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How many clicks of pen to get a half dose on MJ?

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Pearandavocado · 10/09/2026 12:24

I am currently on 5mg of Mounjaro but to save money I bought a 10mg pen. I see that many people are buying stronger doses and using half doses to save money. How many clicks do I need to do to get a half dose?

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Katalica · 10/09/2026 12:24

A full dose of any MJ pen is 60 clicks so a half dose is 30 clicks.

Pearandavocado · 10/09/2026 12:26

So are you saying each dose is 60 clicks not the whole pen?

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Namechangingregularly · 10/09/2026 12:28

Is this your first pen? It’s not the whole pen per injection. It’s an injection a week from a monthly pen.

and yes 60 clicks full. 30 half

Katalica · 10/09/2026 12:30

If you’re currently taking 5mg of MJ, presumably you’ve already used up a 2.5mg pen?

Did you get at least 4 full doses from that pen or just one dose?

jeffsaward · 10/09/2026 12:32

Pearandavocado · 10/09/2026 12:26

So are you saying each dose is 60 clicks not the whole pen?

60 clicks is a dose. Each pen holds 4 doeses.

Pearandavocado · 10/09/2026 12:34

Ok great thanks for confirming. I have been on it a while, currently on 10mg but would like to go down and also save money so thought I'd try the half doses I read others are doing.

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Raghnaid · 10/09/2026 12:35

This may be useful @Pearandavocado

Katalica · 10/09/2026 13:12

Pearandavocado · 10/09/2026 12:34

Ok great thanks for confirming. I have been on it a while, currently on 10mg but would like to go down and also save money so thought I'd try the half doses I read others are doing.

Are you already maintaining? If so, maybe consider going down gradually rather than a sudden drop to 5mg?

Whenever I increase my dose, I only go up by either 0.5mg or 1 mg so after a year, I’m still only on 4mg and I’d like to lose another half a stone before maintaining so might go up to 5mg. Once at goal, I plan to titrate down in the same way dropping only half a mg each time I reduce my dose.

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