A calm and supportive thread to discuss the Price Increases: Mounjaro

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For anyone who would like a calmer place to share support and information about the price increases.

PS - tried to order another pen from She Med, who have been stunningly unhelpful regarding their plans, wont confirm how much notice they will give before taking higher amounts of payment, and say if you want to switch to Wegovy, you have to start completely from scratch.

Just out of interest, how do people actually ‘stock pile’? I thought the pens expired after 30 days? I’m not planning to do it, just curious!

I think you can just stop - i.e. it's safe to do so.

But I have heard the hunger return is worse that way. Gentler on your appetite to titrate if you can manage to at all.

i think the NHS will be able to get the meds. The question will be for those taking it for type 2 diabetes, brought on by lifestyle. Will GPs go back to metformin and Slimming World?

@threeeggsontoast if you look at one of your injection pens you’ll see an expiry date printed on it. Usually several months in the future. If unused and refrigerated the pens are fine until that date.

Thanks Marmalade - I know there is a way to get an extra dose and have a few pens I have been meaning to do this with, so if I buy some syringes, I should be able to titrate myself. Waiting for an NHS referral (I was referred, GP messed it up so the company closed it, GP has now left so waiting to talk to my GP about referring again) so will likely have a break at least, if not a complete end of using it.

@AnnaQuayInTheUk I don’t think it’s relevant to be discussing people who are acquiring prescription medication fraudulently on this thread.

For me I have long been in the habit of placing forward orders for every 4 weeks (you can buy and select a future delivery date with Oushk) but I take 5 doses per pen. That's meant I was always getting a bit ahead.

Then, in the earlier days there were a couple of times when I had pre ordered a higher dose but decided I wanted to stay on the lower one for a bit longer. I just stashed the higher dose and bought a smaller dose from a different pharmacy. That put me ahead again.

When there were some stock issues a few months back I realised how useful that was because it meant I didn't have to panic and could (as I did) tell Oushk they could cancel my order in favour of someone else who needed it, so that they got the stock they needed.

So long as the pens stay unopened in the fridge, they last until their expiry - which can be months ahead. e.g. the pen I am using now has a Dec-26 expiry.

@CoverMeInMarmalade there’s no evidence that hunger returns worse that it was before. Titrating down isn’t medically proven or even researched at the moment. It’s just what some people prefer because they are worried about managing without the medication. Mainly because the few studies there have been do show that people regain some weight. So better to remain on a maintenance dose, which may not need to be as high as the dose that you were using to lose weight.

Good to know! And a relief for those who do have to stop short.

I am nowhere near a maintenance phase - currently on 10mg so will try to titrate while I pursue NHS referral.

That's not too bad, as 5mg is currently £149 at Oushk - I was worried prices would double!

I think it’s just a case of waiting until the madness has died down.

obviously it’s been whipped up on social media, and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be quite as bad as been made out
(bad enough of course)

I have been on since jan and lost 70lb

I have to say my weight loss is slowing down (about 1lb a week max now) so I’m even wondering if it might be a jolt to the old system and start me loosing again if I went on to Wegovy 🤷‍♂️

husband is also using , he’s lost 4st , and had two more to go . We can’t really afford to fund it now , never mind with an increase.

however , good news is I have four weeks left in the fridge , husband has three

so hopefully the madness will have died down by then.

im hoping that husband will get to goal by January, then can start tirating off for maintenance (I don’t know what that will look like, I was actually hoping that some sort of low level (cheaper) maintenance dose would be available by then !

in all likelihood I would have to be on it long term , it would take me at least another year at 1lb a week , and as someone who has been overweight since about 5years old , this is the only thing that ever worked .

I am thankful for what I have lost , my life is fuller (and easier) and although there’s no magic formula to tell you, I would imagine I have pushed back some serious health issues by a decade

Pure nosiness on my part @FlappyFish but could I ask how you found out about mj before it was released here? Was it from other countries?

Thank you for starting the original thread. Agree that there’s a lot of useful information on Reddit. Before deciding to microdose and use the pens for a bit longer than six weeks, I trawled through any mentions on Reddit. The explanations of risk there meant I was able to feel relatively secure in veering away following the official manufacturer advice. Think this is something more people may consider doing now.

That is reassuring for Oushk, as I was expecting £240ish for a 5mg with the quoted mark ups in prices in the media.

I've been trying to find out whether Wegovy and Ozempic are going to increase in price too,but everything online is very vague about it,just says about Mounjaro. Does anyone know?

All I've seen is an article quoting Novo that say they have no intention of raising prices.

How much that can be relied on, I don't know. But it's soemthing.

Thanks for starting the new thread OP

Just a request for people not to post referrals on this thread please. There’s a separate board for them. I’m reporting any and mnhq will delete them.

Thanks for starting this thread 🙂 Feeling much calmer about the whole dreadful thing today as not sure the price increases will be as high as initially reported. Some of the big pharmacies must be able to negotiate discounts which we may benefit from.

I’m with MedExpress and they are asking for questions to be submitted online so they can compile and publish an FAQ about the whole
thing early next week. My main question is whether I can switch to Wegovy for maintenance. My BMI is 26 now (been on MJ for nearly a year) so wouldn’t be eligible for Wegovy in normal circumstances.

They are, however, as far as I am aware, one of the firsts to tighten up the process of getting a prescription. You have to have a video call, and prove height and weight on the call. Makes it a bit harder to 'fake' a photo. So, not sure if I agree with the lax of patient safety.....On the other hand, MEDEXPRESS hasn't asked for a new picture or proof of weight since March.

I’ve always had at least one pen in reserve. However, a warning as I came a cropper at one point. Had an operation and took a couple of one week breaks, had some extra pens (can’t even remember the logistics as to why now!) and when I went to order again it was nearing 8 weeks and they were very interrogative as to why I’d had ‘a break’ even though I actually hadn’t beyond a week. After 8 weeks they start you again!

They’ve tightened up as an enforcement order was placed upon them. They had to or they’d be shut down. Ditto for their storage of medicine which wasn’t adequately monitored in temperature. Hopefully they’re doing better now

How do you microdose please?

This article explains it well https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/12/microdosing-weight-loss-jabs-off-label-glp-1-mountjaro