Has anyone been off Ozempic for a while and managed to maintain their weight loss? I’ve seen studies from last year that most people when they stopped the meds regained 2/3 of the weight they’d lost within 2 years.
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AutisticLegoLover · 03/05/2023 10:53
Using ozempic needs to be as part of a healthy lifestyle approach to weight loss and maintenance. If someone goes back to the way they ate and to their original lifestyle then the weight will return. Ozempic is hoped to help form new habits , it's not a magic cure sadly so once the drug is stopped there's the need to continue to eat healthily, eat correct portions and be active, There are many reasons people gain weight to start with but if those aren't addressed then the time on ozempic will not have been as useful as it could have been.
Inkpotlover · 03/05/2023 18:46
I've been asking that too, @MynameisJune, but it doesn't seem as if anyone on MN has been on it long enough to come off it! It's why I'm holding off until there is more anecdotal evidence about the regain – spending £££s just to have the weight pile back on when I stop would be such a waste of money.
MynameisJune · 03/05/2023 18:54
@Inkpotlover this is my worry! Tiktok has videos all over of people who came off it and gained more weight than previous. But then you have those like above who blame not changing habits on this, which to some extent I’m sure it is. But also some places claim that Ozempic changes your ‘steady state’ weight and therefore surely if you gain all the weight back then this isn’t true.
I’m well aware that every weight loss solution requires lifestyle changes even bariatric surgery but at this point that seems more sustainable than taking ozempic and gaining all the weight back when you stop.
Inkpotlover · 03/05/2023 18:46
I've been asking that too, @MynameisJune, but it doesn't seem as if anyone on MN has been on it long enough to come off it! It's why I'm holding off until there is more anecdotal evidence about the regain – spending £££s just to have the weight pile back on when I stop would be such a waste of money.
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MynameisJune · 03/05/2023 21:56
@Panfriedscallops i am exactly the same, I’ve lost weight then gain it back in a vicious cycle. I’ve tried reverse dieting, calorie counting, lifting heavy weights and loads of exercise, intermittent fasting etc. But as you say, it’s exhausting on top of a demanding job and two small children. The older I get the more difficult it is to lose the weight. Just once in my adult life I’d like to be thin without it being a massive up hill mental battle every day against cravings and compulsions.
Doggymummar · 03/05/2023 22:44
I think it is expected you take it for life, at least they do I'm America and I intend to
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JustATinyOne · 04/05/2023 07:49
Ozempic has given me gallstones and pancreatitis. I've been off it for 4 months and not regained weight but that's probably because it's absolutely trashed my physical health.
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mumwheresmyribena · 04/05/2023 08:26
It's a (thankfully) very rare but acknowledged and documented side effect of all GLP-1 agonists. It's a serious drug with rare but potentially serious side-effects. It's not an over the counter magic bullet for weight loss. This is why many of us here warm about dicking around with dosing, not following eating advice and generally not reading the literature. I'm not for one moment suggesting that @JustATinyOne did any of that or anything other than was a perfect patient. But her experience shows that serious side-effects can and do occur. The health benefits of taking GLP-1 agonists for D2 and or obesity have to be weighed against the potential health "costs". We're do this routinely with paracetamol, insulin, antibiotics, cortosteroids, we should all be doing it for GLP-1 agonists too. www.ozempic.com/how-to-take/side-effects.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8294388/
Inkpotlover · 04/05/2023 07:46
That's if you're diabetic. That's a lifelong condition. I read the manufacturer has said it's meant to be taken only for max. two years for weight loss and that's when prescribed by your doctor.
Doggymummar · 03/05/2023 22:44
I think it is expected you take it for life, at least they do I'm America and I intend to
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