I found Ozempic 2.5 at Walmart but insurance wouldn't cover.

Now trying to get a Zepbound prescription filled via Lilly Direct as I'm trying to use their savings card. I've been working thru this process of prescriptions/prior approvals/denials etc for 6 weeks now and still haven't gotten a prescription filled yet.

thanks PP.
My CVS in BEthesda has been out of it since December.

^^^ got 3 boxes for a 90 day prescription

Zepbound is better than Ozempic - tirzepatide has two active ingredients vs the one in Ozempic. But both are great options.

Easily found Ozempic at the Walmart Supercenter in Vienna

OP - thanks everyone. How is Zepbound? Similar to Ozempic?

Anonymous wrote:are starting doses of zepbound still easier to get or was that just when it first came out last month?
Wondering if I should ask my doctor for that instead. I have insurance pre authorization for Wegovy now. So would have to go through that process again.

My pharmacy has zepbound in stock, but I need to go through the preapproval process for insurance (UHC). They said they wouldn't approve unless I'd taken something else that didn't work, so I'm not optimistic.

are starting doses of zepbound still easier to get or was that just when it first came out last month?
Wondering if I should ask my doctor for that instead. I have insurance pre authorization for Wegovy now. So would have to go through that process again.

I got it on Amazon Pharmacy over the summer but no more. I get a compounded version but need to go to the doctors office for the shot. I trust their compounded version so didn't want to switch to an online compounder.

I have not been able to get it since last summer and I've called around to pharmacies all over Virginia up to 4 hours away regularly.

I checked with the pharmacists at two places where we get prescriptions filled and asked what they were seeing 8n terms of availability. Startting doses of wegovy were ttricky/spotty to find, but zepbound was easy. So thats what i asked my doctor to prescribe.

Prior authorization was a hassle but once that was solved the scrip was filled the same day.

I get Wegovy at CVS. Maybe try different locations.

I get mine online, through a compounding pharmacy(semaglutide)

my doc prescribed Ozempic for me back in December, but it has been out of stock at CVS. Where / how are you all getting your weight loss drugs when there is such a shortage?