My wife has been on this stuff for six months and has lost 25lbs. She is by no means obese but has struggled with weight since she started having kids. She's gotten to a good place in the past weight-wise and then health or life or pregnancy has happened and she gains the weight back. It's tough because she lifts 4-5x a week and hits the rowing machine for 20-30 minutes a day in addition to being on her feet all day with her job but it's been a struggle to lose weight at a rate that is acceptable for her. I personally think her biggest issue is diet- I don't think she eats enough to maintain the muscle she is putting on, so her body consumes her gains. I've tried to talk to her about it but that's been an empty conversation. Proper rest is an issue, too, but I've been helping mitigate that by taking stuff off her plate. So overall, this stuff is a wonder drug for appetite control to get people over that hump. However, it doesn't help with energy or hangryness and if you don't learn proper nutrition habits, you're going to bounce back if you get off of it.
Anyone heard of Contrave? My doc recommended it if wegovy isn't covered by my insurance (which it probably isn't). Man, losing weight isn't as easy as it used to be. When I was in my 20's, 30's, and even 40's, I could drop weight by just snapping my fingers. Now in my 50's....not so much.
While I agree with this in theory and it is the case for a lot of medications - I don't have such an issue with Monjaro type drugs for a few reasons. First, many of the people taking it are diabetics, and being an uncontrolled diabetic is worse than the side effects of these medications. Second, people are losing, and keeping off 75-150 lbs with these drugs. Losing that kind of weight is huge for a quality of life and length of life perspective.
https://pharmaleaders.com/weight-loss-study-semaglutide-vs-tirzepatide/ tirzepatide appears to provide greater weight loss than semaglutide in this population
So turns out I'm prediabetic. My doc prescribed wegovy. I'm pretty skeptical, but she kind of talked me into it. I decided I would try it only if it was covered by my insurance, thinking there's no way it would be. Turns out it is covered, based on my BMI (ouch). So now that I'm open to trying it, and my insurance covers it, I can't find it anywhere. Is there a pharmacy that has this stuff? Because HEB sure doesn't.
Got rejected for these types back in March. Went on Phentermine for 3 months or so, and since have been switching various ADHD meds. Seemed to have settled on straterra and fish oil, which is helping my ADHD quite a bit. Started at 270. I'm now about 208, but stuck in a bit of a plateau. Getting ready to add cardio but I have either tendonitis or the anterior tibialis or a stress fracture that is slowly healing. Goal is to get close to 190. Have to say, I'm fairly happy at 6'2" 208-211 at 37. I've added quite a bit of strength and definition. Faint six pack starting to form. Was happy to be doing deadlift sets at 300 the other day. Been a while. I want to push it further though. The meds have helped on my cravings to where now, the only snacks I really eat sre pickles and apples (sometimes with plain Greek yogurt), and the occasional bag of sour Skittles (maybe once every other week or so). Been really into proats lately. Trying to eat as much protein and fiber as I can. Trying to figure out where I want to settle my calories at. Somewhere between 2,000 and 2,500. I make sure and get 12k steps a day, at minimum. I'm happy to see all of you losing weight, no matter which way.
There's been on-and-off shortages of stuff like Wegovy, Zepbound, Ozempic, etc. because drugmakers can't keep up with the demand. I'm guessing you'll find the same issue at other pharmacies, unless you get lucky. I've read about people driving to various cities looking for these meds.
As a massive employer, we have been debating whether to offer insurance coverage for these weight loss drugs in the USA (we self-insure so essentially we pay for the doctors visits and prescription drugs). The drugs are obviously super expensive and we all hope competition brings the prices down over time. We currently offer coverage for weight loss drugs to diabetics only. The rest of the employees who want to go on the drugs need to find cheaper ways to lose weight (or pay for the drugs themselves) -- and to this end we are offering gym memberships and access to nutritionists. But these drugs are game changers. The long term effects spook me a little bit, but the long term effects of being overweight are serious as well. So on balance, I see a net positive.
What dosage did you get prescribed? Was it one of the starter dosages? Those have been brutally difficult to find for a while now. Try Insito Medfinder, you can Google it (LMGFY, jk , but really you can Google it, should be the first result). I've never used it, but you can look it up on Reddit and people say it's pretty legit. I think it's $50 per medicine to find it for you. They call around to all the local pharmacies until they find it or if they can't, they give you your money back. The starter dosages for ANY of these weight loss meds will be hard to find, but that service is worth a try. These drug manufacturers are really focused on keeping people already on the medicines to have a steady supply of the higher dosages, and they don't put a lot of priority on making the starter dosages because they're doing good enough to keep the established patients with the higher dosages and producing enough of those dosages. Someone suggested Amazon, but that was something I tried too back in the day. You basically get a RX , send it to Amazon Pharmacy, and then you check back nearly daily like a drug addict at 7 , 8 am and see if they have it in stock. They won't just auto fill it once it's in stock, you have to check daily and add it to your cart if you find it. I don't mean to be crazy discouraging, it's just how it is though. Try that service above though if you don't want the hassle of feeling like a drug addict searching every pharmacy in Houston, lol. Can DM me too any time! Or I can respond here. I think this info helps everyone curious about these meds in the thread. I'm on the highest dosage of 2.4 of WeGovy, so I haven't had hardly any trouble finding it these days. It can be frustrating when you are on a lower dosage to find it.
I used to do 4 injections daily before diet change and Rybelsus. On shoot a week seems like nothing if that is your best option.
we are not even talking about overweight......OBESE! half the country is OBESE. geezus. East asian countries are what...<5%?
Has there ever been a medication without any side effects though? Sounds great, I'm not gonna lie but almost to good to be true, no?
