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Oushk maintenance - they want me to restart at 2.5mg despite having been on 15mg for months. Very stressed.

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MJMaude · 24/03/2026 19:33

Would appreciate any help/advice please. I started on Mounjaro in late Oct 24 with Med express. Went up through the doses and lost weight happily. Changed to Oushk towards the summer as I was getting below the BMI for a new starter and wanted to know I'd have maintenance options. Generally was ordering with a few weeks to spare so would sometimes have a pen or even two unopened ahead.

Got to the time when the price change came in an suddenly found I was having an absolute nightmare ordering. Put through requests with both oushk and med express as it was so difficult I thought I might not get any and got three pens then creating something of a stockpile. By November I still had 4 pens unopened in the fridge (was on 15mg by then as had been over a year. Approaching but not at goal). Had a maintenance consult (I was about 10lb above target) who said stick with the 15mg weekly and get back to them once at goal. I queried having problems reordering as there was likely to be a long gap. Was told to photograph my stockpile with a date and upload and this should avoid problems. I did this.

Jump to now - I have 2 doses left. The vast majority have been taken at the licenced 7 day interval. Last few I did extend to about 8-9 days as I no longer want to lose (Although the last 10 pounds were the slowest to come off!). For this reason I had a follow up consult last week. The pharmacist said don't continue to extend the interval but instead drop to 12.5mg weekly. I'm quite happy to do this and put through an order.

Pharmacist has declined it today and said I need to go back to 2.5mg due to the gap in ordering. This is despite me showing a picture with today's date, the open pen showing 2 doses in it and all prescribing details. I also uploaded the pic from November showing I had 4 pens then (with date on it). I have since sent pictures of the spreadsheet I keep with all my injection dates and doses and my account from Medexpress. I can evidence 14 pens bought since late Oct 24.

Sorry this is so long. I'm so so stressed though about potentially dropping back to 2.5mg. I have lost 9 stone and changed my life. Any advice?

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WeAllHaveWings · 10/04/2026 12:31

Swift order approved and appears to be dispatching today. Coming by DPD so fingers crossed delivery is ok over weekend. Should perhaps have waited until Monday to order 🤦🏻‍♀️

That is one thing I’ll miss with Oushk, picking courier (Royal Mail tended to be better here) and delivery date.

Oceangrey · 10/04/2026 14:01

They have approved my 10.5mg this time with no issues, but have sent an email saying that if there's over 8 weeks between then you have to go back to the starting dose

MeridaBrave · 10/04/2026 14:46

MrsMiagi · 09/04/2026 19:26

Good luck with it! I wanted the consultation because I felt I needed to explain that I haven't ordered a pen since August as I know that will be an issue for many suppliers. They are GP led so I get the impression they will work on a case by case basis, perhaps more so than others. I was honest that I am taking 6.25mg from a 10 pen.
The proof will be in the ordering though; will do that in the next few weeks

Have they agreed in principle to let you continue at current dose? Or do you need to go back to 2.5mg?

MrsMiagi · 10/04/2026 15:31

MeridaBrave · 10/04/2026 14:46

Have they agreed in principle to let you continue at current dose? Or do you need to go back to 2.5mg?

They recommended 5mg rather than 6.25mg (which I expected) and I am OK with that. I got the impression if i was still on 10 it would be OK but I am trying everything possible to get to the lowest dose I can.

WeAllHaveWings · 11/04/2026 17:05

Received my 5mg from Swift today after ordering Thursday evening. Fast and efficient and as a bonus it’s a pen with extra fill still. 👍🏻

WeAllHaveWings · 15/04/2026 21:17

Swift Doctor just put a post on their Facebook page to say they have passed their GPhC inspection first time.

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