Golden dose plus more with a new injection head…

[madeinthe80z]

Has anyone ever forced the pen and got the golden dose out and then put another needle head on and then clicked round to get whatever is left as well and injected a second time?

I have the golden dose of my 2.5mg pen left and I am desperate to increase my dose and have my 5mg pen waiting in the wings but won’t be wasting what I have!

I don’t have any syringes and due to take it tomorrow so can’t order any in time either.

There will be very little left. At best, if you’ve done no priming, 0.2ml which is a third of a dose.

@dizzyupthegirl86 good point. I had read that people are getting the equivalent of about 3.1mg out with a syringe so was wondering if it could at least give me 3mg. Perhaps I’d be best taking a bit extra from my 5mg pen …

There's about 1 1/2 doses in the bonus dose. No point wasting it.

I use syringes to get it out though.

how did you find 2.5mg worked for you? I found it worked well in terms of suppression, satiety and food noise with very little in the way of side effects. I stayed on that for about six months, then did 3mg/3.7mg for six months and went up to 5mg about a month ago…. And it still hit pretty hard for me!

unless you felt absolutely nothing on 2.5mg, maybe consider doing 3.75mg for a week or two first!

I’ve done 9 weeks at 2.5mg and the effectiveness has massively dropped off in the last 3 weeks or so. Food noise and increased appetite back. I’m definitely going to go to 3.75mg before the full 5 and will stay there for as long as it works!

I’m so surprised at how much stronger it seems than 3.75, even though I moved up really gradually!

That’s why I did 3mg initially - so I’d get 7 doses from a 5mg pen rather than 6, but obviously you’ve gotta make sure you’re comfortable using the pen over 30 days first.

You can pop into a pharmacy and buy syringes. You don’t need to order online.

Oh i forgot all about injection site… have you done nine weeks of the same place (ie stomach)? Changing the site can make a difference too. I jabbed my stomach for a while in the beginning and then tried my arm and it felt so much stronger - and then when I jabbed my stomach again I may as well not have bothered. I’ve done 5mg in my stomach so far but will change to arm when it starts waning.

in theory it shouldn’t make a difference but I can only say it 100% did for me. If you’ve got your golden dose to do before moving up then you could try that, you’ve got nothing to lose!

there’s also using a longer needle, again had an impact for me that’s maybe over complicating things!

I suspect you're over thinking the injection site thing. It doesn't need to be that complicated. You can do multiple different places on your stomach / leg / wherever. So if you have a preference for one area, that's fine. Just move the jabs around in that area.

(You should see the state of my stomach for red injection sites. I jab tiny amounts daily - so while the redness of the injection takes a few days to go down, I've constantly got multiple red patches on my tummy from 7 jabs a week)

Yep I’ve moved around the stomach and my thighs, haven’t tried my arm though

I have forced the pen before using pliers to move the cap round but it only issues a full dose so that will still be 2.5mg for you. For removing it all you need a syringe.