Mounjaro

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It goes both weighs. Obesity is a contributory cause of most cases of type ii diabetes, so treating the excess weight helps prevent/treat diabetes. This drug also has a beneficial effect on blood pressure.

I don't understand the "oh but do you have to take this forever to keep the weight of?" anxieties. Lots of people take lots of drugs forever. I've taken oral contraceptives for the better part of 35 years, for instance, with brief breaks to have children. People with thyroid issues may take drugs for life. People with heart conditions may take drugs for life.

As long as the health benefits outweigh the health risks, there is nothing wrong with takin a drug for life.

RIght, but with certain drugs, the effect wears off. Like phentermine for example. you have to keep upping the dose and then it still wears off. This could be different but just from past experience I am hesitant.

[Anonymous]

The base dose is 2.5 and it goes up to 15 in increments of 2.5.

I’m on 5 now and will start 7.5 in late November.

I’m in two FB groups and the subreddit - have seen that for those in maintenance they go back to 2.5 and sometimes also lengthen the window between shots (every 10-14 days instead of 7).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It goes both weighs. Obesity is a contributory cause of most cases of type ii diabetes, so treating the excess weight helps prevent/treat diabetes. This drug also has a beneficial effect on blood pressure.

I don't understand the "oh but do you have to take this forever to keep the weight of?" anxieties. Lots of people take lots of drugs forever. I've taken oral contraceptives for the better part of 35 years, for instance, with brief breaks to have children. People with thyroid issues may take drugs for life. People with heart conditions may take drugs for life.

As long as the health benefits outweigh the health risks, there is nothing wrong with takin a drug for life.

RIght, but with certain drugs, the effect wears off. Like phentermine for example. you have to keep upping the dose and then it still wears off. This could be different but just from past experience I am hesitant.

The weight loss effect eventually wears off. People don’t lose indefinitely as long as they are on it. Most people seem to lose about 20% of body weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It goes both weighs. Obesity is a contributory cause of most cases of type ii diabetes, so treating the excess weight helps prevent/treat diabetes. This drug also has a beneficial effect on blood pressure.

I don't understand the "oh but do you have to take this forever to keep the weight of?" anxieties. Lots of people take lots of drugs forever. I've taken oral contraceptives for the better part of 35 years, for instance, with brief breaks to have children. People with thyroid issues may take drugs for life. People with heart conditions may take drugs for life.

As long as the health benefits outweigh the health risks, there is nothing wrong with takin a drug for life.

RIght, but with certain drugs, the effect wears off. Like phentermine for example. you have to keep upping the dose and then it still wears off. This could be different but just from past experience I am hesitant.

Phentermine is speed….
Totally different. Some good articles on this drug compared to phentermine….Google.

[Anonymous]

I was on 4 weeks of 2.5mg and now have been 4 weeks of 5mg. I'm on my final (8th shot) and have lost about 10 pounds.

I have continual nausea, fatigue, and aches when I'm on the drug. The nausea is the worst--I usually throw up once or twice each week. It makes it so I can't really function at work. It's bad enough that I've taken a week off between shots 6 and 7 and again between shots 7 and 8. The weird thing is that I don't usually have any side effects with medications---something about this med just does not agree with me. I'm on a Facebook group and many people tolerate it without side effects after a few shots. Then there are others who end up hospitalized due to the extreme nausea/vomiting.

I think I'm done after this week. I just can't take feeling like this anymore.

[Anonymous]

Previous poster again.
I should also mention that the people in the Facebook group I'm in who do the best on the drug seem to be those who have the most to lose....like starting weight 300 pounds+. They lose weight the most rapidly and without side effects. Probably because they have actual insulin issues. Some of us (myself included) who have less to lose and aren't really diabetic lose at a much less rapid rate and struggle more with feeling like absolute crap. The larger patients often post "i feel better than i have in years: no inflammation, headaches, aches, etc" Whereas I'm like "I want my old self back, please! I feel like absolute crap".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again.
I should also mention that the people in the Facebook group I'm in who do the best on the drug seem to be those who have the most to lose....like starting weight 300 pounds+. They lose weight the most rapidly and without side effects. Probably because they have actual insulin issues. Some of us (myself included) who have less to lose and aren't really diabetic lose at a much less rapid rate and struggle more with feeling like absolute crap. The larger patients often post "i feel better than i have in years: no inflammation, headaches, aches, etc" Whereas I'm like "I want my old self back, please! I feel like absolute crap".

There is no correlation with body habitus/starting weight and unpleasant side effects. I am severely insulin resistant and started at a BMI of 40 and have had plenty of unpleasantness along the way. I have been very active in these groups for close to a year now and there’s plenty of just slightly overweight people who have had smooth sailing with few side effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again.
I should also mention that the people in the Facebook group I'm in who do the best on the drug seem to be those who have the most to lose....like starting weight 300 pounds+. They lose weight the most rapidly and without side effects. Probably because they have actual insulin issues. Some of us (myself included) who have less to lose and aren't really diabetic lose at a much less rapid rate and struggle more with feeling like absolute crap. The larger patients often post "i feel better than i have in years: no inflammation, headaches, aches, etc" Whereas I'm like "I want my old self back, please! I feel like absolute crap".

There is no correlation with body habitus/starting weight and unpleasant side effects. I am severely insulin resistant and started at a BMI of 40 and have had plenty of unpleasantness along the way. I have been very active in these groups for close to a year now and there’s plenty of just slightly overweight people who have had smooth sailing with few side effects.

I've been on it since it came out (now on 15mg) and have had very minimal side affects. I don't think it works as well for me as Wegovy as far as weight lost, but I'm not gaining, so I'm happy.

[Anonymous]

How can I get this? My pcp wants to refer me to an endocrinologist for it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can I get this? My pcp wants to refer me to an endocrinologist for it

Your PCP is perfectly capable of prescribing it. Perhaps they believe that it will be covered by insurance if an endocrinologist prescribes it.

[Anonymous]

Is anyone on Mounjaro concerned about pancreatic cancer? Apparently the trial participants had to sign off on it being a risk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone on Mounjaro concerned about pancreatic cancer? Apparently the trial participants had to sign off on it being a risk

This is false. There is a risk of pancreatitis, not pancreatic cancer. It has caused thyroid cancer only in rodent trials.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can I get this? My pcp wants to refer me to an endocrinologist for it

Your PCP is perfectly capable of prescribing it. Perhaps they believe that it will be covered by insurance if an endocrinologist prescribes it.

You need a Type II Diabetes diagnosis to get it covered right now. It's going through the FDA approval process for weight loss right now so hopefully that changes soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again.
I should also mention that the people in the Facebook group I'm in who do the best on the drug seem to be those who have the most to lose....like starting weight 300 pounds+. They lose weight the most rapidly and without side effects. Probably because they have actual insulin issues. Some of us (myself included) who have less to lose and aren't really diabetic lose at a much less rapid rate and struggle more with feeling like absolute crap. The larger patients often post "i feel better than i have in years: no inflammation, headaches, aches, etc" Whereas I'm like "I want my old self back, please! I feel like absolute crap".

I’m a Mounjaro user who started at 316 lbs. I’m now at 303 lbs. I just finished my last week of 7.5mg and start 10mg this week (I move up every month). I’ve had very few side effects (a little achey and tired, but I’m kind of always like that haha). But as you can see the weight loss is slow. I’ll take it because it’s SO hard for me to lose any weight, but it’s a little frustrating. I’m not diabetic and not a huge eater to begin with. I do have major issues with inflammation (auto immune disease) and haven’t noticed Mounjaro helping with that. That was something I was really hoping for. The best unexpected side effect is lack of interest in drinking. Occasionally it’ll sound good, but hardly ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again.
I should also mention that the people in the Facebook group I'm in who do the best on the drug seem to be those who have the most to lose....like starting weight 300 pounds+. They lose weight the most rapidly and without side effects. Probably because they have actual insulin issues. Some of us (myself included) who have less to lose and aren't really diabetic lose at a much less rapid rate and struggle more with feeling like absolute crap. The larger patients often post "i feel better than i have in years: no inflammation, headaches, aches, etc" Whereas I'm like "I want my old self back, please! I feel like absolute crap".

I’m a Mounjaro user who started at 316 lbs. I’m now at 303 lbs. I just finished my last week of 7.5mg and start 10mg this week (I move up every month). I’ve had very few side effects (a little achey and tired, but I’m kind of always like that haha). But as you can see the weight loss is slow. I’ll take it because it’s SO hard for me to lose any weight, but it’s a little frustrating. I’m not diabetic and not a huge eater to begin with. I do have major issues with inflammation (auto immune disease) and haven’t noticed Mounjaro helping with that. That was something I was really hoping for. The best unexpected side effect is lack of interest in drinking. Occasionally it’ll sound good, but hardly ever.

Actually now at 301! Hadn’t weighed in a few days till this morning.