Rybelsus Day 01 Second Thread

[Doggymummar]

Hi,

Just got back from holiday and thread was full. Couldn't see a new one 😞 let me know if there is one. Hope everyone is doing well.

Good luck all, I’m still on Rybelsus but it’s also not working anymore sadly. Can’t do injections though so not sure what I’ll do, think I’m kidding myself that keeping taking the tablets will stop all weight gain!

Yep it stopped working for me too. Such a shame, but too expensive to just lose a couple of pounds a month

@Doggymummar Thanks for the threads, I moved over a while back and am doing OK on MJ
One thing I would caution you is that, like Rybelsus 3mg, Mounjaro 2.5 is a subclinical dose so may have no effect. When I switched I thought I had some food noise suppression but I think it was the tail end of the Rybelsus effects and it took me a little while to get going again. I think others have said similar
Good luck with your next steps

Thank you @QueenOfHiraeth they told me that 2:5 mj was the same as 14mg of Rybelsus. Is that not true. ?

@Doggymummar I don't know if there is a straight equivalent dose between the two drugs (although I'm no expert) but Mounjaro is generally accepted to be more effective than Rybelsus and you start it on 2.5mg no matter what dose of any other GLP1 you have been on.

I started on 5mg from 14mg although in reality I was only taking 14mg every 3 days. I have some Ry left but I plan to use them to maintain if I can't get M every 2 months. @Doggymummar good luck on M. It is better.

How did you swap, did you leave a gap to withdraw from Ry or just start the next day? @Londonlady365 @QueenOfHiraeth I didn't ask the pharmacy and mine arrives today but I took my tablet already out of habit.

@Doggymummar I just started straight away but it was 3 days since my last tablet. But I haven't ever had side effects. Given your strong reaction maybe you should wait a few days.

I was told by my provider to leave 4 days between the tablets and first injection to give a bit of washout time

Thanks ladies

I hope everyone is doing well, sounds like a fair few have moved over to Mounjaro? How is it?

I have been inconsistent with taking the tablets and weighing weekly since beginning of June so my tracking has gaps. I wasted a few weeks and could/should have lost more. Plus side is that my weight is relatively stable when I am off the tablets so hoping that the genuine changes I’ve made lifestyle wise will work in my favour when I come off the tablets.

Weight is still a downward trend though just slow. I wonder if the 14mg is now longer working as much as it did.

Hi @RedRum27 I think I was the last one to move to MJ they Ry stopped working for me and I've only lost a stone this year. Only on week 2 of Mounjaro and the 2.5 mg dose doesn't seem to be doing much. Hopefully as the doses increases I will see some losses. Stayed the same weight so far.

I am on 15mg Mounjaro now but will start to move down a dose from next month towards a maintenance. I’m really happy with it, now 7 stone down in total and have started buying a size 10 in some clothes which I never thought would be possible.

@BangingOn that's amazing. We'll done

Thank you! I can’t take any credit though, I’ve just paid the money and taken the drugs.

It still takes massive will power you could have eaten McDonald's all day everyday like my friend who had her stomach stapled

I’ve heard that a few times about people who have had gastric surgery. I’ve found that Rybelsus/Mounjaro has really changed my tastebuds and appetite and I’m just not bothered by food anymore.

I am under no illusion that it’s the drug that’s doing that and it’s not that I’ve changed. If I came off it I know my appetite would go straight back to where it was.

It definitely does come back, I gained 10lb earlier this year when I couldn't afford it and it was so hungry. My stomach was so loud others could hear it !

Did you feel hungrier than before? Or was it more that you’d forgotten what hunger is like so it felt more intense?

Massively hungrier than before, almost painful to be honest it was dreadful

That really worries me about every coming off it!

Yeah me too. I am going to stay on MJ for as long as possible. Then I have a few months of Ry for every 2 or 3 days to take the edge off hunger. Then I will have to see if I can do it alone.

It was really bad, I thought I would be able to manage it with mind over matter as I was used to 800 calories I could stop there. I gained ten pound in a month without going crazy. My plan will be to take it intermittently forever I think.

Hi all, I started Thursday after a month of moujaro doing nothing at 0.25. But docs prescribed me 14mg rybelsus. Since I started I've felt so sick, can barely eat and have lost 6lbs (!).

Should I halve my dose for a month or stick it out?

I’ve never heard of anyone starting at 14mg, that’s a really high dose so no wonder you’re feeling unwell. Did your doctor say why they prescribed you such a high dose?