Drinking while taking Wegovy

[Anonymous]

A surprise side effect is Wegovy makes wine taste like acid. Liquors seem tolerated but there is no alcohol buzz.
For the most part this is good but a good relaxing drink would be nice once in a while.
What is your experience with Wagovy and alcohol?

[Anonymous]

Really? Wine still tastes great to me but I’m only up to 0.5 of Ozempic. At what dose did this start happening for you?

[Anonymous]

I'm on Ozempic (so same as Wegovy) and drinking is not fun on Ozempic. I get crazy hungover from less than I would normally drink and have thrown up the next morning. Same thing happened to me on Mounjaro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm on Ozempic (so same as Wegovy) and drinking is not fun on Ozempic. I get crazy hungover from less than I would normally drink and have thrown up the next morning. Same thing happened to me on Mounjaro.

I wish! I'm on Mounjaro and able to drink with no issues. I'm on 7.5 about to move up to 10.

[Anonymous]

I had a terrible hangover after two drinks and have cut out alcohol altogether. The taste (and thought) of coffee is horrific and I really loved my morning cup.

[Anonymous]

How are you guys getting your RXs?? So jealous. I have a prescription and keep hearing I'll need to wait until December to get it filled.

[Anonymous]

OP here: I am on Wegovy which is for weight loss. Ozempic is for diabetes. Even though they are the same drug please stop confusing them. The indications are different and the dosing is different.
I started having an adverse reaction to wine shortly after I started. I have titrated up and
currently on the prescription 2.4 Wegovy from novo nordisk. The original and the real deal.
From what I am hearing this is the only drug that works. Pharmacy compounds and knock offs are not the way to go.
As far as getting the prescription, it was not easy. The hardest part was getting the doctors office to send in a pre-authorization to the drug portion of my medical insurance
(CVS mail order FEP). After being told numerous times that it was not available and that it was not paid for. I did some research and found out that it was in fact available and paid for but the problem was the doctors office not sending in the pre-authorization.
I pay under $100 for a three month supply. It comes refrigerated and is overnighted from CVS Caremark.
After being told NO in numerous different ways, I decided to run it down and I’m glad I did. If you really want it, you can find a way to get it. There are coupons offered by the drug companies and the most important thing is to remember that just because someone tells you no, doesn’t mean the final answer is no. In my case it had to do with someone not wanting to do the work to get it for me. It was easier to blow me off with a hard NO and then act like I was annoying them.
So I’ve lost 40 pounds and will go away and no longer drink wine. The effort was well worth it.
And keep in mind, you are not requesting a Ozempic if you are not diabetic, or pre-diabetic
You will correctly get a hard NO.
You are requesting Wagovy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on Ozempic (so same as Wegovy) and drinking is not fun on Ozempic. I get crazy hungover from less than I would normally drink and have thrown up the next morning. Same thing happened to me on Mounjaro.

I wish! I'm on Mounjaro and able to drink with no issues. I'm on 7.5 about to move up to 10.

Mounjaro is useless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on Ozempic (so same as Wegovy) and drinking is not fun on Ozempic. I get crazy hungover from less than I would normally drink and have thrown up the next morning. Same thing happened to me on Mounjaro.

I wish! I'm on Mounjaro and able to drink with no issues. I'm on 7.5 about to move up to 10.

Mounjaro is useless.

lol lol ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here: I am on Wegovy which is for weight loss. Ozempic is for diabetes. Even though they are the same drug please stop confusing them. The indications are different and the dosing is different.
I started having an adverse reaction to wine shortly after I started. I have titrated up and
currently on the prescription 2.4 Wegovy from novo nordisk. The original and the real deal.
From what I am hearing this is the only drug that works. Pharmacy compounds and knock offs are not the way to go.
As far as getting the prescription, it was not easy. The hardest part was getting the doctors office to send in a pre-authorization to the drug portion of my medical insurance
(CVS mail order FEP). After being told numerous times that it was not available and that it was not paid for. I did some research and found out that it was in fact available and paid for but the problem was the doctors office not sending in the pre-authorization.
I pay under $100 for a three month supply. It comes refrigerated and is overnighted from CVS Caremark.
After being told NO in numerous different ways, I decided to run it down and I’m glad I did. If you really want it, you can find a way to get it. There are coupons offered by the drug companies and the most important thing is to remember that just because someone tells you no, doesn’t mean the final answer is no. In my case it had to do with someone not wanting to do the work to get it for me. It was easier to blow me off with a hard NO and then act like I was annoying them.
So I’ve lost 40 pounds and will go away and no longer drink wine. The effort was well worth it.
And keep in mind, you are not requesting a Ozempic if you are not diabetic, or pre-diabetic
You will correctly get a hard NO.
You are requesting Wagovy.

So confidently incorrect. I am on Ozempic for weight loss and weight loss only. I do not have diabetes and I do not have pre-diabetes. It can be prescribed off label for weight loss if a doctor so chooses. My insurance covers Ozempic with no pre-auth, no questions asked but Wegovy requires a pre-auth and is more expensive. The dosing is similar enough that either can be used effectively for weight loss. There is no reason not to inquire about either or both to determine what makes the most sense for the individual based on their health and insurance coverage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here: I am on Wegovy which is for weight loss. Ozempic is for diabetes. Even though they are the same drug please stop confusing them. The indications are different and the dosing is different.
I started having an adverse reaction to wine shortly after I started. I have titrated up and
currently on the prescription 2.4 Wegovy from novo nordisk. The original and the real deal.
From what I am hearing this is the only drug that works. Pharmacy compounds and knock offs are not the way to go.
As far as getting the prescription, it was not easy. The hardest part was getting the doctors office to send in a pre-authorization to the drug portion of my medical insurance
(CVS mail order FEP). After being told numerous times that it was not available and that it was not paid for. I did some research and found out that it was in fact available and paid for but the problem was the doctors office not sending in the pre-authorization.
I pay under $100 for a three month supply. It comes refrigerated and is overnighted from CVS Caremark.
After being told NO in numerous different ways, I decided to run it down and I’m glad I did. If you really want it, you can find a way to get it. There are coupons offered by the drug companies and the most important thing is to remember that just because someone tells you no, doesn’t mean the final answer is no. In my case it had to do with someone not wanting to do the work to get it for me. It was easier to blow me off with a hard NO and then act like I was annoying them.
So I’ve lost 40 pounds and will go away and no longer drink wine. The effort was well worth it.
And keep in mind, you are not requesting a Ozempic if you are not diabetic, or pre-diabetic
You will correctly get a hard NO.
You are requesting Wagovy.

You inspired me. I tried CVS Caremark, who referred me to Aetna, who had it and shipped it. I should have it next week. 3 months for $70. This is after pharmacists at Costco, Rite Aid, Wegmans, Giant and Target all told me it was back ordered until December. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Yep. This class of drugs is being talked about as helping addictive or compulsive behavior— smoking drinking. Also online shopping. I believe it is in clinical trials as for alcohol abuse. It’s weird. I’ve bitten Mt mails for decades and stopped a few weeks after starting Wegovy. I don’t even realize it until they were pretty grown in. I just lost the compulsive behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here: I am on Wegovy which is for weight loss. Ozempic is for diabetes. Even though they are the same drug please stop confusing them. The indications are different and the dosing is different.
I started having an adverse reaction to wine shortly after I started. I have titrated up and
currently on the prescription 2.4 Wegovy from novo nordisk. The original and the real deal.
From what I am hearing this is the only drug that works. Pharmacy compounds and knock offs are not the way to go.
As far as getting the prescription, it was not easy. The hardest part was getting the doctors office to send in a pre-authorization to the drug portion of my medical insurance
(CVS mail order FEP). After being told numerous times that it was not available and that it was not paid for. I did some research and found out that it was in fact available and paid for but the problem was the doctors office not sending in the pre-authorization.
I pay under $100 for a three month supply. It comes refrigerated and is overnighted from CVS Caremark.
After being told NO in numerous different ways, I decided to run it down and I’m glad I did. If you really want it, you can find a way to get it. There are coupons offered by the drug companies and the most important thing is to remember that just because someone tells you no, doesn’t mean the final answer is no. In my case it had to do with someone not wanting to do the work to get it for me. It was easier to blow me off with a hard NO and then act like I was annoying them.
So I’ve lost 40 pounds and will go away and no longer drink wine. The effort was well worth it.
And keep in mind, you are not requesting a Ozempic if you are not diabetic, or pre-diabetic
You will correctly get a hard NO.
You are requesting Wagovy.

So confidently incorrect. I am on Ozempic for weight loss and weight loss only. I do not have diabetes and I do not have pre-diabetes. It can be prescribed off label for weight loss if a doctor so chooses. My insurance covers Ozempic with no pre-auth, no questions asked but Wegovy requires a pre-auth and is more expensive. The dosing is similar enough that either can be used effectively for weight loss. There is no reason not to inquire about either or both to determine what makes the most sense for the individual based on their health and insurance coverage.

This was not the case for me. Ozempic would not be covered without a pre or diabetic diagnosis and would not be covered off label.
Wegovy was covered by my FEP insurance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here: I am on Wegovy which is for weight loss. Ozempic is for diabetes. Even though they are the same drug please stop confusing them. The indications are different and the dosing is different.
I started having an adverse reaction to wine shortly after I started. I have titrated up and
currently on the prescription 2.4 Wegovy from novo nordisk. The original and the real deal.
From what I am hearing this is the only drug that works. Pharmacy compounds and knock offs are not the way to go.
As far as getting the prescription, it was not easy. The hardest part was getting the doctors office to send in a pre-authorization to the drug portion of my medical insurance
(CVS mail order FEP). After being told numerous times that it was not available and that it was not paid for. I did some research and found out that it was in fact available and paid for but the problem was the doctors office not sending in the pre-authorization.
I pay under $100 for a three month supply. It comes refrigerated and is overnighted from CVS Caremark.
After being told NO in numerous different ways, I decided to run it down and I’m glad I did. If you really want it, you can find a way to get it. There are coupons offered by the drug companies and the most important thing is to remember that just because someone tells you no, doesn’t mean the final answer is no. In my case it had to do with someone not wanting to do the work to get it for me. It was easier to blow me off with a hard NO and then act like I was annoying them.
So I’ve lost 40 pounds and will go away and no longer drink wine. The effort was well worth it.
And keep in mind, you are not requesting a Ozempic if you are not diabetic, or pre-diabetic
You will correctly get a hard NO.
You are requesting Wagovy.

So confidently incorrect. I am on Ozempic for weight loss and weight loss only. I do not have diabetes and I do not have pre-diabetes. It can be prescribed off label for weight loss if a doctor so chooses. My insurance covers Ozempic with no pre-auth, no questions asked but Wegovy requires a pre-auth and is more expensive. The dosing is similar enough that either can be used effectively for weight loss. There is no reason not to inquire about either or both to determine what makes the most sense for the individual based on their health and insurance coverage.

This was not the case for me. Ozempic would not be covered without a pre or diabetic diagnosis and would not be covered off label.
Wegovy was covered by my FEP insurance.

Your experience is not universal. I’m a new poster and I’m also on ozempic. I’m not diabetic . I was obese until ozempic.

Luke many others ozempic cases me to hate alcohol. I don’t touch it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on Ozempic (so same as Wegovy) and drinking is not fun on Ozempic. I get crazy hungover from less than I would normally drink and have thrown up the next morning. Same thing happened to me on Mounjaro.

I wish! I'm on Mounjaro and able to drink with no issues. I'm on 7.5 about to move up to 10.

I’ve lost and maintained a 60 lb weight loss in mounjaro so definitely not useless. Honestly, not drinking is part of my success!! I didn’t drink that much before but I did four months completely alcohol free before and slowly added it back in. I’ve noticed that if I drink, I don’t lose that week, even if it’s just a couple of glasses of wine on the weekend.


Mounjaro is useless.

lol lol ok.