pricing / dosages semaglutides

[Anonymous]

I pay for mounjaro out of pocket. Started at 2.5 for a month, increased to 5 for a month, and am on the fence about whether to increase to 7.5. But the monthly price is the same regardless of the dosage. Why not buy the higher dose and spread it out over more weeks?

[Anonymous]

Because it’s in a single dose pen. You can take it less often. But you can’t take 1/3 of the pen this week, and another 1/3 next week.

[Anonymous]

If you buy the compounded version, it’s much easier to control the amount that you take.

[Anonymous]

op here. the medication comes in a vial that you draw up with a syringe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:op here. the medication comes in a vial that you draw up with a syringe.

Is that compounded? The shot from Lilly is a one time auto-pen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op here. the medication comes in a vial that you draw up with a syringe.

Is that compounded? The shot from Lilly is a one time auto-pen.

no, it’s not compounded

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op here. the medication comes in a vial that you draw up with a syringe.

Is that compounded? The shot from Lilly is a one time auto-pen.

no, it’s not compounded

Sorry Op. you aren’t making any sense. Either you are getting brand name, which is a one time injection pen and can’t be used multiple weeks. Or you are getting compounded and using a syringe— and probably being charged more for higher doses. Which is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op here. the medication comes in a vial that you draw up with a syringe.

Is that compounded? The shot from Lilly is a one time auto-pen.

no, it’s not compounded

Sorry Op. you aren’t making any sense. Either you are getting brand name, which is a one time injection pen and can’t be used multiple weeks. Or you are getting compounded and using a syringe— and probably being charged more for higher doses. Which is it?

Correct.


If you aren’t taking this, you’re getting compounded.

[Anonymous]

Or wait. I think the vials are available overseas. Are you in the U.S.?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or wait. I think the vials are available overseas. Are you in the U.S.?

Not sure about that. Great Britain lets you use a dial pen for Wegovy. But, you can get it through NHS. Besides that, most countries don’t have the GLP-1s. And the that do charge so much less than the US. I saw an article today that said US cost for GLP-1s is 10x the cost of the drugs in Western European countries where they are available.

Plus, the Ozempic dial a dose model isn’t a syringe and bottle. It’s still a pen. You can just adjust the dose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or wait. I think the vials are available overseas. Are you in the U.S.?

it comes from Canada
-op

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or wait. I think the vials are available overseas. Are you in the U.S.?

it comes from Canada
-op

So, compounded outside the US? Super /s

[Anonymous]

Ok. Yep I understand now. Canada has the vials of MJ. But the volume is so small you could I guess multi dose it using an insulin syringe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok. Yep I understand now. Canada has the vials of MJ. But the volume is so small you could I guess multi dose it using an insulin syringe.

thanks