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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My doctor has a patient who has been successful in going of the "meds" and maintaining an 80 lb weightless, amazing or so I thought.  She shared this with me because I wanted to start taking the drugs ( and not for vanity weight) because she wanted me to understand the commitment I would have to make after taking the medicine to keep the weight off.  This particular patient has to work out every single day, to include "weights" and walking, up to two or three hours a day, at least that is how this patient is keeping it off.  On top of that, she still eats NOTHING, like a bird was the phrase my doctor used.  How sustainable is that for a lifetime, for me, to be honest, not sustainable hence I chose not to go on those meds.  I walk 12,000 to 15,000 steps every day, because I enjoy it and she did not want me to start resenting my exercise.  I'll try harder the next time normal way, I trust my doctor's knowledge of me as a patient.  I will not get into the side affects she shared with me that many of her earlier patients now have from the "meds", so much so that she no longer prescribes it for vanity weight loss, in fact it is a policy that the four doctors who run her office came to together.[/quote]

The side effects are coming from the over prescription of this medication and the ridiculously high doses that doctors are pushing on their patients. Do you know who came up with those doses? The companies that have created the drugs to sell them to you at a ridiculously high price. Do you stop and wonder who has vested interest in selling you more medicine? Yep, it’s them. The truth of it is that if you were going to lose weight and keep it off, you were going to have to enact some pretty radical lifestyle changes and sustain them for the rest of your life ANYWAY. Everybody I know who has lost weight has a body that wants to return to that higher weight as a set point. Only you know how much it is worth for you to lose the weight. I am perfectly fine with the level of exercise And the amount of protein and calories that I am eating now to sustain that over the long-term. I am not fine with living with an obese BMI and prediabetic A1c levels. I really counsel people who are interested in this to look into the wonders that very low-dose compounding can do to effect change in your body and help your metabolism heal itself so that all of your hard work can actually pay off.[/quote]

After the new vials it’s the same cost regardless of dose. And previously they were all the same cost. [/quote] is that for the wegovy or Mounjaro name brand ones? And you can customize the dose like PP said? That’s great!! 
And fyi no documented dangers with compounding pharmacies, it’s fearmongering and capitalism at
 play.  [/quote]

Zepbound. All the pens were $550/month (without insurance but with the savings card). Now there’s single-use vials for 2.5 and 5mg for $550, and everything higher is up to $650 (unless you’re grandfathered in from this past year, in which case it’s still $550). You can’t customize your dose but you’re not paying more for a higher dose the way you do with compound.[/quote]

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