" I started Ozempic last night" THREAD FIVE"

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Link to previous thread "I started Ozempic last night” THREAD FOUR http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weightlosss_chat/4761416-i-started-ozempic-last-night-thread-four

Manual code for anyone starting

manual.co/r/U-O6x8se14VL

Ozempic doesn't melt fat or muscle. It is an aid to dieting. So it would be the same as of you were on any other diet. Fast 800, Atkins etc. As others say, just make sure you eat a balanced diet. It will be a Long time before I will feel body condiment to get in the gym and lift weights, let along join a ballet class. Just treating it as any other diet at the moment but for the first time ever this is the easiest diet I have ever been on.

How does it work once your BMI goes below 27? Do they just continue the prescription until you are at your goal weight?

I'm two jabs in. Hunger more manageable, only side effect so far is going to the loo less often.

Feeling positive about the next few months

@LadyFarnborough I ordered mine using your code and it didn't ask for your name.

I also had the same issue where it says £195 but £145 was billed.

Mine has arrived. It says to keep it in th fridge - but from what I can tell everyone is saying as long as you use it within a month it can be stored somewhere else cool? Eg like a desk drawer...

You only have to keep it in a fridge if you’re not using it for a few weeks. Once you open the package and start using it you can store it out of the fridge for about 6 weeks, somewhere fairly cool but not a fridge.

Thank you @Twiglets1

@TheWayOfTheWorld - the advice is to keep it in the fridge until you start to use it and then it can be left out. Given it arrives with cool packs etc I think it’s safer to keep it refrigerated.

@TheWayOfTheWorld royal mail delivered my order 24 hours later then they were supposed to, by then the ice packs had defrosted. I contacted manual & received this reply, which might be helpful for you.

Thank you @Peridot1 and @kkr168

You’re welcome ☺️

Sorry did not mean to quote myself but @TheWayOfTheWorld

I’ve suddenly wondered if my pen is working. I have taken two doses but I can’t see in the transparent window, the plunge bit pushing down as the doses are used. Could this be possible? Should you see it after 2 weeks?

Does the window still look completely full of liquid @LittleDitto?

This is my 1mg pen after a 0.5 dose and then a full 1mg dose.

My 0.25 pen didn’t really look any different until after my fourth dose. I think it’s cos there’s so much extra in that pen (but not the others)

Hi
just wondering has anyone had the experience of good weight loss on .25mg dose but appetite suppressant effect seeming to wane on 0.5mg dose? I am quite capable of overeating now, which I wasn’t before. I actually though I might have made a mistake injecting the first 0.5mg dose but it’s happened again this week!

Yes it happens @Dublinmam2023. It’s partly because appetite suppression is not how the drug works. It’s for blood sugar control. Especially at lower doses. For some people the appetite suppression is quite strong from the get go. With others they don’t feel anything on the low dose but it increases. For some it wears off completely. It doesn’t mean the drug isn’t working though. Just see how you go.

This explains it quite well.

Can anyone please send me a code? Looking at quickmeds but will take any! Hoping to get approved asap

Quickmeds is back in stock, I’ve seen some places (e.g. manual) are having shortages with the 1mg pen so I’ve ordered one in advance so I’m not stressing in a few weeks.

Yes I’ve just ordered as well @Sameiam.

I took my first dose today - 0.25ml. I was shocked at how tiny the needle is as I couldn’t feel it go in and thought maybe I did it wrong.

I am drinking lots of water and hoping I get off lightly with side effects

Yeah it does. Nothing like that!

Oh ok! It’s really confusing. Perhaps after this 3rd one it’ll look different. If there is a lot spare then it’s good to know.

Has quickmeds been out of stock for a while?
I've only had 1 0.25 dose from my syringe so plenty left still but wondering whether to order the 0.5 pen now just in case they have no stock by the time I need it