Going to go on Ozempic (without insurance) and have a few questions

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Anonymous wrote:Literally the first day.

I had side effects and lost a lot of weight, then I got to one of my “set points” and it sort of stopped working as well. But I’m maintaining a the weight loss very easily! Good luck.

Same here. It's definitely worth it. I went from 198 to 168 with almost no effort -- the food noise just ended and I could finally stick to ~1500 calories a day (high protein, omnivore diet) like I'd been trying to do for decades. I'm stalled now, and I don't feel the effects of the drug as much, but maintaining has been a breeze.

You're maintaining by staying on your most recent dose? (You haven't stopped or gone to a lower dose?)

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who has been off for 1 month. My doc told me there isn't a maintenance dose of Wegovy (what I took for a year), and that if my weight shot up to a BMI of 27, I could go back on it.

27 or 37?

You have another health issue?

27 - I lost 45 pounds in 2023, and have high blood pressure

I’m surprised they would prescribe for 27.

Maybe it was 28, all I can tell you is I went from a size 10 to a size 0, and my health stats are so much better. Primary Care doc prescribed. Also used the coupon all year, so I paid only a $25 co pay every 4 weeks. And toward the end, and the worst time of year for dieting (Halloween through New Years), I stretched out my doses to every 10 days, rather than every week

This was a board licensed MD?

Weird.

Not sure why you, a stranger on the internet, presumably not an MD, finds it weird that my board certified GP is willing to prescribe Wrgovy (same as Ozempic but for weight loss, not diabetes) as recommended, to someone with a bmi over 27 and one other issue

Because 27 is barely overweight. Sounds like a quack.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who has been off for 1 month. My doc told me there isn't a maintenance dose of Wegovy (what I took for a year), and that if my weight shot up to a BMI of 27, I could go back on it.

27 or 37?

You have another health issue?

27 - I lost 45 pounds in 2023, and have high blood pressure

I’m surprised they would prescribe for 27.

Maybe it was 28, all I can tell you is I went from a size 10 to a size 0, and my health stats are so much better. Primary Care doc prescribed. Also used the coupon all year, so I paid only a $25 co pay every 4 weeks. And toward the end, and the worst time of year for dieting (Halloween through New Years), I stretched out my doses to every 10 days, rather than every week

This sounds off to me, as well. But it sounds like this would only happen with a large amount of weight gain, so they would be heading things off early.

Not sure if it's a good strategy, but I think it's somewhat different than someone with BMI=27 starting Wegovy in the first place.

This was a board licensed MD?

Weird.

Not sure why you, a stranger on the internet, presumably not an MD, finds it weird that my board certified GP is willing to prescribe Wrgovy (same as Ozempic but for weight loss, not diabetes) as recommended, to someone with a bmi over 27 and one other issue

Because 27 is barely overweight. Sounds like a quack.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who has been off for 1 month. My doc told me there isn't a maintenance dose of Wegovy (what I took for a year), and that if my weight shot up to a BMI of 27, I could go back on it.

27 or 37?

You have another health issue?

27 - I lost 45 pounds in 2023, and have high blood pressure

I’m surprised they would prescribe for 27.

Maybe it was 28, all I can tell you is I went from a size 10 to a size 0, and my health stats are so much better. Primary Care doc prescribed. Also used the coupon all year, so I paid only a $25 co pay every 4 weeks. And toward the end, and the worst time of year for dieting (Halloween through New Years), I stretched out my doses to every 10 days, rather than every week

This was a board licensed MD?

Weird.

Not sure why you, a stranger on the internet, presumably not an MD, finds it weird that my board certified GP is willing to prescribe Wrgovy (same as Ozempic but for weight loss, not diabetes) as recommended, to someone with a bmi over 27 and one other issue

Because 27 is barely overweight. Sounds like a quack.

Not PP, but overweight is overweight. These meds aren't just for obese people. My BMI was 28.5 when I started, now it is 22.5. That's a big difference in terms of health impact.

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How is anyone able to get it now? I’ve been back ordered since June.

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Anonymous wrote:How is anyone able to get it now? I’ve been back ordered since June.

I have no problems getting it at CVS, but that's with a diabetes diagnosis

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who has been off for 1 month. My doc told me there isn't a maintenance dose of Wegovy (what I took for a year), and that if my weight shot up to a BMI of 27, I could go back on it.

27 or 37?

You have another health issue?

27 - I lost 45 pounds in 2023, and have high blood pressure

I’m surprised they would prescribe for 27.

Maybe it was 28, all I can tell you is I went from a size 10 to a size 0, and my health stats are so much better. Primary Care doc prescribed. Also used the coupon all year, so I paid only a $25 co pay every 4 weeks. And toward the end, and the worst time of year for dieting (Halloween through New Years), I stretched out my doses to every 10 days, rather than every week

This was a board licensed MD?

Weird.

Not sure why you, a stranger on the internet, presumably not an MD, finds it weird that my board certified GP is willing to prescribe Wrgovy (same as Ozempic but for weight loss, not diabetes) as recommended, to someone with a bmi over 27 and one other issue

Because 27 is barely overweight. Sounds like a quack.

Not PP, but overweight is overweight. These meds aren't just for obese people. My BMI was 28.5 when I started, now it is 22.5. That's a big difference in terms of health impact.

“Big difference”? Not really.

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Anonymous wrote:How is anyone able to get it now? I’ve been back ordered since June.

I have no problems getting it at CVS, but that's with a diabetes diagnosis

CVS and Costco have been saying they are both out of the lower doses since last summer.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I changed insurance providers to get coverage, and I went with a weight loss program / clinic because they knew how to work with insurance. I get a coupon from Wegovy that brings it down from $65 to $29. Just ideas.

I know everyone is different and some people report no effects, but for me the food noise quieted on day 1. I noticed that on the lowest dose the food noise came back mid week but that stopped as I ramped up.

Hi - could you pls share the name of your weight loss clinic? Much appreciated.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who has been off for 1 month. My doc told me there isn't a maintenance dose of Wegovy (what I took for a year), and that if my weight shot up to a BMI of 27, I could go back on it.

27 or 37?

You have another health issue?

27 - I lost 45 pounds in 2023, and have high blood pressure

I’m surprised they would prescribe for 27.

Maybe it was 28, all I can tell you is I went from a size 10 to a size 0, and my health stats are so much better. Primary Care doc prescribed. Also used the coupon all year, so I paid only a $25 co pay every 4 weeks. And toward the end, and the worst time of year for dieting (Halloween through New Years), I stretched out my doses to every 10 days, rather than every week

You sound entitled and ridiculous. So we all get to fund you so you can be a size zero? You are the perfect example of the breakdown in the system.

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So glad that you think someone at 5'2" is healthy at a size 10, and that losing weight and not needing meds for high blood pressure is "entitled and ridiculous." Obvious that you are not a doctor

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who has been off for 1 month. My doc told me there isn't a maintenance dose of Wegovy (what I took for a year), and that if my weight shot up to a BMI of 27, I could go back on it.

27 or 37?

You have another health issue?

27 - I lost 45 pounds in 2023, and have high blood pressure

I’m surprised they would prescribe for 27.

Maybe it was 28, all I can tell you is I went from a size 10 to a size 0, and my health stats are so much better. Primary Care doc prescribed. Also used the coupon all year, so I paid only a $25 co pay every 4 weeks. And toward the end, and the worst time of year for dieting (Halloween through New Years), I stretched out my doses to every 10 days, rather than every week

You sound entitled and ridiculous. So we all get to fund you so you can be a size zero? You are the perfect example of the breakdown in the system.

“We all” = insurance executives making 10s of millions a year