Anyone swapped from Mounjaro to Wegovy?

[JamPotJenny]

I’ve reached my target weight loss of 5 stone after exactly year on Mounjaro. I feel amazing. I have no
aches in my joints at all and I am
simply moving around and sleeping so much better. As with everyone else, the hefty price increases are worrying me a great deal. My next order I was planning the steady titration down (on 15mg) but I’ve already had a warning email from MedExpress explaining the price increases.

wegovy is cheaper but I have no idea if I can swap, or if I’ll even qualify now that I’m 9 stone. Is it the same preparation?

alternatively is it cheaper to buy a vial and syringes? Avoiding the pen? Is this doable?

i know we’re all in the same boat here. It’s saddening.

I'm actually 8 stone, and I said I had no personal need for mounjaro early on in the thread. Okay, so it's your opinion, but if it's an opinion not based on anything actually factual, then it's pretty useless.

2 to 5 years is on the NHS website that's where I got it from. Don't look for issues where there is none. I am 42 this year and not quite pre menopausal yet. I plan on going to a private clinic to get myself sorted out. I've been reading on here for years how women have suffered with trying to get the right treatment from doctors.

Not engaging it's not about me or my experience. What are you doing here if you haven't taken it yourself are you bored?

I have an interest in the medication. It's a wonder drug in many ways. What are you doing here when you don't even understand the basics of this medication, how it works and when and why it can and cannot be prescribed?

When I last read about it they were tightening the rules because of the likes of Katie Price and others like her abusing the drug. This is not about me or my experience with the drug. What ever I take I use responsibily.

Yes, but the OP wouldn't be abusing it - she would be being prescribed it perfectly legally and within clinical guidelines. People use all kinds of drugs illegally that many more people are prescribed legally, so I'm not sure what your point is?

Do you think people should come off their painkillers because some individuals choose to abuse them, or stop taking a paracetamol when they have a headache because some people use them too often and end up with stomach bleeds?

Obesity is a complex chronic illness.
Complex chronic illnesses are managed by amongst other things, appropriate medications and use of these medications may need to be life long.

OP has found significant relief by taking appropriate prescribed meds for her condition and wishes to continue to manage it by titrating down to a maintenance dose, entirely appropriately (rather than suddenly stop and instead “talk about it” and “just go for it” as you inappropriately suggest).

You wouldn’t advise someone with diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol to stop taking their meds suddenly just because they were now at a healthy level - so why you think it’s fine for someone taking prescription meds to manage obesity to vibe their way out of it is ludicrous.

World Health Organisation: definition of obesity as chronic complex disease here FYI.

www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight#:~:text=Overweight%20is%20a%20condition%20of,the%20risk%20of%20certain%20cancers.

I’ve been on mounjaro since March and am on 5mg, I get mine through PillSorted and it’s going to cost me £159 a month, I’m tempted to drop to 2.5mg and see if I can manage on that, I’ve still got 6 stone to go but had been doing so well on it, I’m not sure I can afford the new prices - I was considering shopping around now to see if I can get some introductory offers for being a new customer and stock piling a few months worth of it - does anyone know what the general shelf life of it is?

The op has not said that. She found it easy and only had one blip. She never said she found relief from any symptoms or illnesses. Some other posters said they did but not the op.

Try IQ doctor they charge for 5mg £137. Then there is a big jump when you go to 7.5mg £162 and then 10mg £164. 15mg is £197.49. I want to lose it quick and come off. I do like a drink and I do like eating. I was 16 stone 10lbs because I had 4 children and I was lazy after my last birth 10 years ago. Now I am 14 stone after 4 months and I do feel good and better. When I get down to my ideal weight I will stop and enjoy food again but in smaller portions.

You are startlingly obtuse. RTFOP.
The OP says

”I’ve reached my target weight loss of 5 stone after exactly year on Mounjaro. I feel amazing. I have no
aches in my joints at all and I am
simply moving around and sleeping so much better.”

without the meds she was carrying 5 extra stone, had aches in her joints, had difficulty moving around as she would have liked and had sleeping issues -

after a year on this prescribed medication she has found relief and wishes to continue to take it to manage her conditions.

This is exactly what the med is for. This is what it’s supposed to do. It’s working.

OBESITY ITSELF IS A COMPLEX CHRONIC DISEASE requiring management including and not limited to WLI support.

This medicine tirzepatide (aka Mounjaro and Zepbound) is being used successfully and there is no obvious reason to suddenly stop; the issue is that a price hike has been announced as a result of US political pressure, giving prescribers and patients no warning.

https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/novo-nordisk-ozempic-wegovy-cash-price-drop/

Hopefully wegovy will not be increased in price here then...

Following as I’ll be switching next month. I’m with voy and they know what my current weight is etc and they offered me the option to switch so I took it as I can’t afford £300 for the highest dose of mounjaro. I’ve lost 7.5 stone and am 2|2.5 stone away from my target weight. It’s been life changing and I’m so pleased, but anxious now about moving to wegovy.

I've swapped with Voy and they have sent me the first pen free, seems due to having referral credit..it wasn't fee with mounjaro though.

I have lost 5 stone in the past year and nearly at goal, hoping to use wegovy for maintenance if it suits.

I had the same thing my periods are lighter and less heavier and I've only lost 2 st 10lbs. My back used to ache that doesn't anymore because of the extra weight. Our bones are small and of course extra weight will put pressure on your joints. The op is doing all the right things cooking well and exercising so she doesn't need to take it. When I get down to 10 and half stone I plan on stopping. I needed a mind reset and that's what it has given me.

Just sharing this in case it helps, price list here

https://igovy.co.uk

Thanks everyone (I think). Yes, I am nearing my goal weight (I’m rather short in stature) and no, nowhere near anorexia (ouch - was there any need?) but I’m a firm believer in withdrawing slowly from a drug I’ve used for 12 months instead of stopping overnight and literally going cold-turkey.

MedExpress keep
pointing me back to their re-order form which isn’t helping!

I’m in the same position as you. Who were your original suppliers? How are you finding Wegovy?

I can’t answer the question but I find it astonishing that given the success of Ozempic (diabetes linked to weight loss) that more people aren’t on wegovy which is ozempic! MJ is not ozempic.

@LadyGAgain are you aware that Mounjaro outperforms Wegovy/Ozempic in the clinical trials in terms of average weight loss. It was also reported to have fewer side effects. So it’s not surprising to me that people preferred to try Mounjaro.

I am aware yes. Are you aware of the additional proven benefits in terms of cardio vascular health etc with W v MJ. And weight loss is still decent. Perhaps not as rapid but then that may minimise hair loss and sagging.
it just surprising to me that ozempic was the global game changer yet the WLI in the UK of choice has been MJ. It was a musing. Not a criticism. Wegovy really gets mentioned. I just find it strange!

Rarely! Not really!

Certainly when I was choosing what to take, it was simply about the effectiveness in terms of weight loss as that was my priority. I had no concerns, have no concerns, about cardiovascular health other than the impact of being morbidly obese.

I've been with Voy from the start. I haven't started yet still got two doses of mounjaro left

You make a good point.
Could it be down to availability? Was Ozempic the WLI of choice in the US and there was simply more availability for Mounjaro in the UK?

I’m happy to try Wegovy - chance would be a fine thing! I have one golden dose left of my Mounjaro pen and that me done. I’m uneasy with simply stopping.

No company seems prepared to assist me, despite not being quite at my agreed target. I’m not after higher doses or even equivalent doses - I want to start dropping. Despite what they say about maintenance, there doesn’t seem to be anyone to help.