Wegovy pills and rheumatoid arthritis (or other inflammatory disease)

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I’m about to start wegovy pills. Yes, I need to lose 2 stone but the other main reason is to try and help manage my RA. I know GLP-1s are not prescribed for RA but there is now quite a bit of research that shows positive outcomes for inflammation.
I guess I’ll have to see how it goes but wondering if anyone with an inflammatory disease has seen good results with weight loss medication?

I have RA. I was on Wegovy injections for weight loss for around 9months last year and lost about 10kg. My joint pain was so much better but I had not great side effects (fatigue and constant nausea and gastro side effects). Honestly I thought the pain relief was a side effect of the weight loss not the jab.

i went off Wegovy a few months ago - I got shingles and was so fatigued with that I could not face the injections. About 6 weeks later - joint pain back and I think worse than before. Weight has not gone up since stopping.

I went to my dr and rheum and have now started Mounjaro to see if I get the inflammation benefits without the side effects. Still too early to tell ( no side effects however but I am still sore! I am on a very low dose atm and have just started a week ago).

So - to answer your question - yes Wegovy did help - a lot. I actually didn’t realise how much until I stopped taking it. If Mounjaro doesn’t do the same I will try Wegovy again ( in Australia so no pills here yet).

Thank you for sharing @Mamafromthebeach
that’s really encouraging to hear!