Ozempic

[Anonymous]

Any type two diabetics that were prescribed those Ozempic had your insurance deny it once you reached a certain A1C?

[Anonymous]

I think there are more Ozempic posts in the "health" forum here.

Seems odd to just deny coverage completely as Oz or other medication may still be needed to maintain the lower A1c. But maybe this is their way of trying to push patients to a lower cost medication. My DH was able to stay on lower dose of Oz after he met his targets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there are more Ozempic posts in the "health" forum here.

Seems odd to just deny coverage completely as Oz or other medication may still be needed to maintain the lower A1c. But maybe this is their way of trying to push patients to a lower cost medication. My DH was able to stay on lower dose of Oz after he met his targets.

Thanks for responding. When your husband went on the lower dose did he regain any weight? Also did his A1C stay around the same? Thank you very much

[Anonymous]

Yes he regained

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there are more Ozempic posts in the "health" forum here.

Seems odd to just deny coverage completely as Oz or other medication may still be needed to maintain the lower A1c. But maybe this is their way of trying to push patients to a lower cost medication. My DH was able to stay on lower dose of Oz after he met his targets.

May I ask what your DH would eat on an avg day when he was losing? I really know almost nothing about the drug in terms of what it actually does. Does it make you nauseous at the thought of junk food or do you make better food choices or eat less junk food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there are more Ozempic posts in the "health" forum here.

Seems odd to just deny coverage completely as Oz or other medication may still be needed to maintain the lower A1c. But maybe this is their way of trying to push patients to a lower cost medication. My DH was able to stay on lower dose of Oz after he met his targets.

May I ask what your DH would eat on an avg day when he was losing? I really know almost nothing about the drug in terms of what it actually does. Does it make you nauseous at the thought of junk food or do you make better food choices or eat less junk food?

NP here, I was on Ozempic and switched to Wegovy when my bloodwork improved (but mostly because I switched doctors, not because you can't remain on it). The meds make me less hungry / not hungry, and get full earlier. Yes certain junk food is unappealing but it's mostly about turning off cravings. You still have to make good choices, watch out for emotional eating, etc.

I eat eggs, fruit, chicken, tofu, salad, sandwich, snacky veg like carrots and apples, protein shakes, sometimes ice cream - normal stuff but small portions and emphasis on protein. I almost never drink alcohol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there are more Ozempic posts in the "health" forum here.

Seems odd to just deny coverage completely as Oz or other medication may still be needed to maintain the lower A1c. But maybe this is their way of trying to push patients to a lower cost medication. My DH was able to stay on lower dose of Oz after he met his targets.

May I ask what your DH would eat on an avg day when he was losing? I really know almost nothing about the drug in terms of what it actually does. Does it make you nauseous at the thought of junk food or do you make better food choices or eat less junk food?

NP here, I was on Ozempic and switched to Wegovy when my bloodwork improved (but mostly because I switched doctors, not because you can't remain on it). The meds make me less hungry / not hungry, and get full earlier. Yes certain junk food is unappealing but it's mostly about turning off cravings. You still have to make good choices, watch out for emotional eating, etc.

I eat eggs, fruit, chicken, tofu, salad, sandwich, snacky veg like carrots and apples, protein shakes, sometimes ice cream - normal stuff but small portions and emphasis on protein. I almost never drink alcohol.

Thanks for your response. I was so curious about it because I just never really learned about the details of what the drugs actually do. I wasn't sure if you go from gorging on potato chips to finding crudité more appealing or do you just not eat as many chips because you get full or start to get sick from it since taking the drug.

[Anonymous]

Go see a nutritionist, OP.

[Anonymous]

Eat bacon

[Anonymous]

I agree. See a nutritionist and fix this problem - so easy.

Or metformin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there are more Ozempic posts in the "health" forum here.

Seems odd to just deny coverage completely as Oz or other medication may still be needed to maintain the lower A1c. But maybe this is their way of trying to push patients to a lower cost medication. My DH was able to stay on lower dose of Oz after he met his targets.

May I ask what your DH would eat on an avg day when he was losing? I really know almost nothing about the drug in terms of what it actually does. Does it make you nauseous at the thought of junk food or do you make better food choices or eat less junk food?

NP here, I was on Ozempic and switched to Wegovy when my bloodwork improved (but mostly because I switched doctors, not because you can't remain on it). The meds make me less hungry / not hungry, and get full earlier. Yes certain junk food is unappealing but it's mostly about turning off cravings. You still have to make good choices, watch out for emotional eating, etc.

I eat eggs, fruit, chicken, tofu, salad, sandwich, snacky veg like carrots and apples, protein shakes, sometimes ice cream - normal stuff but small portions and emphasis on protein. I almost never drink alcohol.

Thanks for your response. I was so curious about it because I just never really learned about the details of what the drugs actually do. I wasn't sure if you go from gorging on potato chips to finding crudité more appealing or do you just not eat as many chips because you get full or start to get sick from it since taking the drug.

I think the (many uninformed) detractors like to say it's just a medicine that makes you so sick you don't eat, which is not at all true. Some people have nausea but it doesn't last. But the other two things you said are true -- you do find healthy foods more appealing and you do get full more easily. But it's not like you never want anything unhealthy again, you still do at times and you have to work at it alongside the medicine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there are more Ozempic posts in the "health" forum here.

Seems odd to just deny coverage completely as Oz or other medication may still be needed to maintain the lower A1c. But maybe this is their way of trying to push patients to a lower cost medication. My DH was able to stay on lower dose of Oz after he met his targets.

Nope most are here nice try

[Anonymous]

I’ve been on Ozempic for 1.5 months because my A1C went high. I’ve lost 12 pounds so far but I’ve also changed my diet and walk three miles almost everyday. My dosage is about to increase to 1mg so I’ll be curious if the weight loss increases. What I will say is that Ozempic alone won’t do it. You have to make other changes with it.

[Anonymous]

The thing I still find the most strange about the drug after being on it for 1 yr is that it helps me feel full and satiated. Just this weekend it _felt_ like I ate a lot. I was never very hungry and ate white bread and ice cream. Yet I didn’t gain a pound. I think it makes you feel like you’ve eaten a lot when you actually haven’t. So in the past I wouldn’t have felt satiated until I ate 1000 calories of ice cream but now I feel full and done after 300 calories of ice cream.

It also makes me mostly want to eat healthy food. Junk food (with the occasional exceptions above) really turns me off. I have no desire to eat junk and would rather eat a hard boiled egg for breakfast and a few legumes for lunch, etc.

In the past I would feel so hungry and deprived just to lose 5 lbs. It was such a struggle. With the drug it feels incredibly easy to be 40 lbs below my previous “set point weight”.