I stopped mounjaro about six weeks ago for the joint reasons of increased costs plus I was anticipating orthopaedic surgery (which now appears further away than I'd thought) so knew I would have to take a break anyway.
I'd been on mounjaro for over a year and had lost most of the weight I wanted to lose.
Now I am in severe pain.
I'm on morphine for my condition, have been for years, but I'd felt so much better on mounjaro that I'd almost forgotten quite how awful it was.
Now it has returned it's like being hit by a sledgehammer.
It just shows the improvement I felt in my mobility and pain wasn't weight loss but the action of the drug on reducing inflammation.
I also have colitis (inflammation of the bowel) due to cancer treatment and mounjaro had corrected my rapid transit to a normal bowel function.
I'm now back to 3-4 times a day which can be difficult as it's unpredictable and can be at short notice.
Anyway, I am now convinced I have to stay on mounjaro for life.
I feel so much better on it.
I'll have to find savings in other areas to cover the cost. I'm retired due to ill health so have a limited income.
If only the NHS would catch up with the other positive effects of this drug and prescribe it for those of us in need.
Anybody else on mounjaro for the non weightloss positive effects?