Planned to buy 1st Mounjaro dose today- would stockpiling be insane for a Newbie?!

[Catfinkz]

I'd been planning to try Mounjaro for ages, and I finally decided to take the plunge...but looks like that's been scuppered! I know Wegovy is another option, but Mounjaro does seem better, and I was wondering if it would be madness to stockpile 3 or 4 months pens (if I can get them)? Problem is I'd have to commit to certain doses before I knew how I was going to react to them, and I know the movement to the next dose up isn't always straightforward (e.g. people staying on 5mg for longer than a month). Any thoughts welcome!

I think you'd be more sensible to just wait until things settle down. Yes you'll have to pay more, but if you try it for the first time and you hate it or it makes you ill you'll have wasted quite a lot of money.

You'll probably struggle to get it prescribed in large quantities now anyway, a lot of places seem to be restricting access or pausing prescriptions entirely. I was planning on ordering in late August to start when the summer holidays are over. Hopefully things might have calmed down a bit by then? Bloody Trump!

If you could get them prescribed as a new customer (which might be difficult in coming weeks), and have seen the potential future prices I would go for 1 x 2.5mg and 1 x 5mg if the prices are similar. A second 5mg pen you might regret if you don't respond to either (some don't until much higher does). If you want to stay on 2.5mg you can take it from the 5mg pen.

If everyone panic buys then the supply is going to rapidly run out

I wouldn’t. I have been on 2.5mg for 9 months though. If I had ordered higher doses in advance that would have been a waste (yes I know some people take less of a higher dose, but for me a full dose of 2.5mg is what I want) - I would hold off until you know what you want. You might not even get on with it at all

I’ve seen that chemist4u do bundle deals & have said they have plenty of stock so that could be an option.
A 2/3 pen bundle will probably save you money in the long run with the prices going up considerably in two weeks time. You could always count clicks to stay on a lower dose if needed.

Yes if I did it, maybe just 2 pens makes more sense- 2.5mg and 5mg. So have I understood you right that you can make a 5mg pen emit 2.5mg??

Thanks, I'll check them out. Pls can you explain the 'counting clicks'?

Just start on wegrovy. It's only 3 percent less effective

@Catfinkz
Each full dose of every pen is 60 clicks. If you ordered a 5mg pen but wanted to stay on a 2.5mg dose, it would be 30 clicks of the pen.
I’ve attached a chart for the different pens/doses

@CatherineParr yeah but 3% over 4 months is half a stone.

@Time4changeagain Oh cool, thanks v much

I think the 3% figure came from its overall effectiveness - ie, Wegovy just doesn’t really work for a slightly higher percentage of people than MJ works for.

It is not the case that if Wegovy works for you that you will lose half a stone less over four months that you would on MJ, and even if it is, that’s hardly the end of the world.

For many reasons (money being a major one, but certainly not the only one) now does not seem to be the time to be thinking about how to stockpile Mounjaro when you haven’t even been approved for your first prescription.

I understand the feeling of wanting the best (boy do I understand that!) but I think in your position in the current market I’d start on Wegovy and see if it suits, you may do very well on it, and if not, things will have calmed down by then and your prescriber will be there to help.