PP - Freudian slip! "It goes both weighs." Oops. WAYS.

It goes both weighs. Obesity is a contributory cause of most cases of type ii diabetes, so treating the excess weight helps prevent/treat diabetes. This drug also has a beneficial effect on blood pressure.

I don't understand the "oh but do you have to take this forever to keep the weight of?" anxieties. Lots of people take lots of drugs forever. I've taken oral contraceptives for the better part of 35 years, for instance, with brief breaks to have children. People with thyroid issues may take drugs for life. People with heart conditions may take drugs for life.

As long as the health benefits outweigh the health risks, there is nothing wrong with takin a drug for life.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren't you all worried about gaining the weight back? It can't be healthy to take forever. I have battled with my weight for years but have always gained back on phentermine or restrictive diets like keto.

Wegovy is the same as Ozempic. Mounjaro is approved for T2 diabetics. Diabetics stay on this medication for life. Why would it not be healthy for overweight people to stay on the same medication that diabetics do?

Exactly. Taking a maintenance dose. I’ve been taking BP meds for 20 years, why not this?

I wonder if diabetics taking it lose weight and stay slim.

They do. That’s why they developed it as a weight loss drug. They noticed their diabetic patients were losing weight.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren't you all worried about gaining the weight back? It can't be healthy to take forever. I have battled with my weight for years but have always gained back on phentermine or restrictive diets like keto.

Wegovy is the same as Ozempic. Mounjaro is approved for T2 diabetics. Diabetics stay on this medication for life. Why would it not be healthy for overweight people to stay on the same medication that diabetics do?

Exactly. Taking a maintenance dose. I’ve been taking BP meds for 20 years, why not this?

I wonder if diabetics taking it lose weight and stay slim.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren't you all worried about gaining the weight back? It can't be healthy to take forever. I have battled with my weight for years but have always gained back on phentermine or restrictive diets like keto.

Wegovy is the same as Ozempic. Mounjaro is approved for T2 diabetics. Diabetics stay on this medication for life. Why would it not be healthy for overweight people to stay on the same medication that diabetics do?

Exactly. Taking a maintenance dose. I’ve been taking BP meds for 20 years, why not this?

Anonymous wrote:I'm on Day #3 so I'm really excited to see how this plays out. I wasn't hungry this morning so I skipped breakfast (implicitly got an intermittent fasting bonus). I was feeling hungry for lunch but could only eat about 2/3 of what I normally do before feeling full.

I’m a month in and finished 4 weeks at 2.5, I’m now on a month of 5 and I’ve lost 10 pounds already.

I haven’t had any significant side effects and I’ve gained the benefits of delayed gastric emptying, feeling satiety with eating smaller portions and I no longer think about food all day. It’s cut out the noise of “I wish I had some ….” Or thinking about dinner when I’m eating breakfast.

Good luck to everyone!

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Anonymous wrote:Where is this coupon?

On the Eli Lily site

Never change DCUM!

For those asking about coupon, here you go.

https://www.mounjaro.com/savings-resources

Just note that prior to Oct 1st the coupon was different; it now asks people to attest to having Type 2 diabetes before downloading the coupon.

I'm on Day #3 so I'm really excited to see how this plays out. I wasn't hungry this morning so I skipped breakfast (implicitly got an intermittent fasting bonus). I was feeling hungry for lunch but could only eat about 2/3 of what I normally do before feeling full.

Anonymous wrote:Aren't you all worried about gaining the weight back? It can't be healthy to take forever. I have battled with my weight for years but have always gained back on phentermine or restrictive diets like keto.

Why can’t it be healthy to take forever? What is your evidence that it’s not healthy? There are people who have and will continue to take a drug for the rest of their life to treat a variety of conditions. Do you question them?

Anonymous wrote:Aren't you all worried about gaining the weight back? It can't be healthy to take forever. I have battled with my weight for years but have always gained back on phentermine or restrictive diets like keto.

I think taking this long term would be far more healthy than repeatedly gaining and losing weight.

IMO there is a class of people who, for whatever reason (and I think it’s probably food supply or possibly gut bacteria) live in an undiagnosed pre-diabetic state that medicine doesn’t know or understand yet. This drug works wonders for them. I have a friend on Wegovy who has not only lost 60 lbs, she also immediately lost muscle stiffness and facial flushing. She lost that before she lost any significant body weight; the drug seems to have reduced an inflammatory response across her entire body. She noticed the reduction in facial flushing and stiffness days after her first dose.

The thing is, pre-wegovy her A1C wasn’t even at pre-diabetic levels. But she is responding to the drug as if she was diabetic. She thinks that she has some sort of sub-clinical version of diabetes that is being treated now.

She pays $1k a month for the drug and says she will do this for the rest of her life. Putting aside the weight loss, she felt immediately better on the drug — and that is even with the initial diarrhea.

Anonymous wrote:Where is this coupon?

On the Eli Lily site

Anonymous wrote:Aren't you all worried about gaining the weight back? It can't be healthy to take forever. I have battled with my weight for years but have always gained back on phentermine or restrictive diets like keto.

Wegovy is the same as Ozempic. Mounjaro is approved for T2 diabetics. Diabetics stay on this medication for life. Why would it not be healthy for overweight people to stay on the same medication that diabetics do?

Aren't you all worried about gaining the weight back? It can't be healthy to take forever. I have battled with my weight for years but have always gained back on phentermine or restrictive diets like keto.

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Anonymous wrote:Where is this coupon?

Yes - would love to get the link! And if you are not pre-diabetic, do you need to say anything else to your PCP?

Here you go

Anonymous wrote:Where is this coupon?

Yes - would love to get the link! And if you are not pre-diabetic, do you need to say anything else to your PCP?