Microdosing for maintenance after significant GLP-1 loss

[Anonymous]

Has anyone switched to a compounding pharmacy for microdosing to use for maintenance after using the real thing to lose a significant amount of weight? Is it cheaper? I pay out of pocket for Zepbound vials right now, but would love to not pay $399 a month and take only a portion of the vial. I am not comfortable with reusing the zepbound vials, they lack preservatives.

[Anonymous]

Wait for the multi dose kwikpen to come out in spring and count clicks. Thats what they have in Canada and Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone switched to a compounding pharmacy for microdosing to use for maintenance after using the real thing to lose a significant amount of weight? Is it cheaper? I pay out of pocket for Zepbound vials right now, but would love to not pay $399 a month and take only a portion of the vial. I am not comfortable with reusing the zepbound vials, they lack preservatives.

I do. Yes it is a lot cheaper if you are microdosing. The one thing you want to watch is that you don't get vials with a large amount of mgs which you would have to use for months on end. Some people do that but I don't feel comfortable with that.

[Anonymous]

the 2.5 dose of zep is down to $299 a month. I’m taking that every other week. So it’s $150 a month. I am not into compounds or splitting vials.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the 2.5 dose of zep is down to $299 a month. I’m taking that every other week. So it’s $150 a month. I am not into compounds or splitting vials.

how does this affect your appetite/food noise changes?

[Anonymous]

I've gone on maintenance at 5mg and gained some weight (hopefully mostly water weight) on an extended vacation this past month. At the low doses, I'm not sure I will be able to truly maintain if I moved to every other week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the 2.5 dose of zep is down to $299 a month. I’m taking that every other week. So it’s $150 a month. I am not into compounds or splitting vials.

how does this affect your appetite/food noise changes?

So I never went past 5 and had 35 lbs to lose. Being on 2.5 every other week does give me the right balance of suppression while also being able to meet my nutritional goals. I also am potentially the person who by profile could go off meds, I didnt have weight to lose until after I had kids/perimenopause, so this has allowed me to go back to my weight and habits from a few years ago. That said, I have no interest in making maintenance hard so I am comfortable with staying on this dose pattern for a while.