Ozempic doesn’t make you stop drinking. You make you stop drinking.

Wegovy has decreased my desire to drink. Over the last few years, I haven’t been a big drinker but I would have a few glasses on the weekends. Now, I have very little desire. I go for weeks/months without drinking.

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Anonymous wrote:I am having about 1/2 to a glass a week still, but I didn’t drink every night before. If it makes you nauseous you won’t want to drink and if it doesn’t make you nauseous you probably won’t lose weight.

I have been on the highest dose for a year now and at no time did it make me nauseous. I have lost 35 pounds.

What’s your A1C? Has your endocrinologist considered moving you back a dose or two if your diabetes is controlled?

I have been on it for 5 months and my desire to drink is almost nil. I think I've had a total of 3 drinks since then. It's not because I am nauseated. It just doesn't appeal anymore. Fascinating, really.

I still drink a glass (occasionally two) of wine if I’m out, but have zero desire to drink at home - all in all, a significant decrease. It doesn’t make me feel bad - I’m just not that interested.

just cut out your every night wine. that will make you lose weight.

My DH is about 8 weeks in and it hasn't impacted his drinking at all.

White wine tasted bad for me. I could drink about a 1/2 glass of red. Cutting alcohol calories was a major plus.

Didn't affect my drinking

Wegovy has made me cut back (and I drink more than I should) - I tend to be a beer and/or red wine drinker, and the beer is making me full and the wine has been making me nauseous. (To PP's comment - the meds have not otherwise made me nauseous - just impacting my appetite and feeling of fullness.)

Anonymous wrote:I am having about 1/2 to a glass a week still, but I didn’t drink every night before. If it makes you nauseous you won’t want to drink and if it doesn’t make you nauseous you probably won’t lose weight.

I have been on the highest dose for a year now and at no time did it make me nauseous. I have lost 35 pounds.

It hasn’t really affected my drinking, which is too high but not crazy.

I was drinking more than I was 100% comfortable with, and Wegovy (same diff) really stopped it for me. At 0.5 I would pour myself a big glass of wine to drink while watching TV at night and find myself pouring 90% of it out in the kitchen sink on my way up to bed, and some time around the 1.0 dose I realized I hadn't had a drink in a while, or even thought about it.

I am having about 1/2 to a glass a week still, but I didn’t drink every night before. If it makes you nauseous you won’t want to drink and if it doesn’t make you nauseous you probably won’t lose weight.

I have ozempic and starting tomorrow. My weakness is wine at night in front ot the TV. Will ozempic curb this? Does it last one week? with each does?