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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before I begin, I fully recognize that everyone reacts differently to medication, and I’m not saying you will react this way. But since this has happened to me, many people have suddenly come out of the woodwork sharing a similar experience. So here we go.

TL;DR: I was sick and vomiting for a week from compounded semaglutide and ended up in the ER.

My BMI is 40, I am obese ok (not looking to lose 10 or even 30 lbs here). My insurance doesn’t cover any of the weight loss meds, and I’m only prediabetic, so no help there from my insurance. I went through one of the multiple online prescribing agencies to get a compounded version of semaglutide. I’m not naming the agency because I don’t want them to get a bad rap-what happened wasn’t their fault necessarily. They had me meet with a PA, and a nutritionist, prior to prescribing the med. It was compounded at an FDA-approved, sterile lab. I was put on the lowest dose to start, and injected the first dose on a Monday with no issues. Immediately felt the effects-lessened food noise, not hungry, etc.

Tuesday evening, around 8, my stomach started to feel uncomfortable and queasy. I had eaten a side salad with just a little bit of falafel for dinner, and a cup of vegetable soup for lunch without discomfort. The feeling got worse and worse until I ended up vomiting pretty much an entire undigested falafel salad. For the next day or two, nothing stayed down and I was in major pain. I could drink sips of water or Gatorade but even chicken broth made me feel overfull. Late Thursday I felt better and was able to have about 2/3 c chicken soup, mostly just broth. I ended up vomiting that up in the middle of the night, undigested. Friday I went to the ER and was in so much pain I had trouble breathing. I got fluids and zofran. Finally on Sunday I started feeling better, and could eat chicken broth. I improved from there.

I know many people have nausea as a side effect, but believe me, this was not sustainable. I was non-functional for a week, and I’m going to have hospital bills to deal with. Since this happened I have heard multiple stories from people who have had the same thing…but only with compounded meds. I just want to caution people since I feel it’s going to come out that the compounding is more an art and that the solutions aren’t as reliable, and may in fact be detrimental. It is an amazing drug, but as I haven’t heard too many stories like mine (at least until AFTER I took the meds 🙄), I just wanted to share. Feel free to ask any questions.[/quote]

Sounds like your are eating to much, mind over matter[/quote]

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