Ozempic in the 27-30 BMI Zone? Safety?
Looking at Ozempic. If i have high blood pressure and/or cholestoral is that enough to get me covered? Not on any medications for these conditions so thats my concern.
Besides that any good meta analysis or write ups on the current research on Ozempic/wegoovy safety?
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adverse-sapphire•4mo ago
It won't get you covered but definitely enough to get prescribed out of pocket
As for research, I'll find some tonight
I used ozempic
Was 29.9 BMI I think. At 194 lbs 5'7"
Went to sequence health got ozempic, paid full, and lost 40 lbs in 6-7ish months
dang nice, if i have to pay out of pocket seems like compounding is a bit cheaper?
adverse-sapphire•4mo ago
It is cheaper yeah
But for me, I have... Like 8 pens (I keep them for posterity) .. 8.8k to lose 40 lbs was definitely worth it for me at the time haha.
With compound you can probably go like 70% cheaper
Just gotta use the insulin needles on your own
cool. i have no issues with needles. we'll see what my primary says. thanks for the info.
info online mostly seems to warn against the fact its not actually changing your eating habits which is fair enough. really just worried about messing up my actual body in an irreversable way
adverse-sapphire•4mo ago
In my view, use it to learn how to fast
Use a fasting app
Make it a game how long you can consistently fast for and be comfortable with intermittent fasting while limiting oily food and carbs
The longer you do this, your habits will undoubtedly change as you learn you can handle day to day while fasted
I did this the majority of my time with ozempic and now I’m 5 weeks off of it and doing just as good
I thought you needed to continue taking it or you gain the weight back?
Can't gain the weight back if you don't eat more than you burn in calories.
That's also true if you didn't take it in the first place though
So presumably the medicine is doing something to allow you to have calories in < calories out that you weren't doing before
adverse-sapphire•4mo ago
I did it solely for vanity reasons using an online medical doctor since I can afford it
Those who are type 2 diabetic would need to take it forever
But I mainly used it as a fasting crutch to accelerate a 40 pound weight loss in a short time
tame-yellow•4mo ago
Yeah the people that don't lose don't exercise and use the shots to continue eating junk in smaller quantities. This is why glp-1 should never be free
adverse-sapphire•4mo ago
Yes... Something related to how the liver responds to sugars in your body
I noticed that first hand when I had my first 5 lb jump off of ozempic even though I ate the same as I've always been.
Which I assume directly helps those with type 2 as well
hmm i need to review some of the literature more. a bit worried about longterm side effects we haven't seen manifest widely yet
adverse-sapphire•4mo ago
You'll probably be on the sidelines for a while to see long term effects
I got into it because a member here told me the long-term effects of obesity is worst than what we think ozempic would do
And so far since taking it I sort of believe it. Though obviously open for debate cause I'm living the long-term of it
really no doubt of that, like everyone else i've told myself i'd lose those "couple extra pounds" for quite a few years now.... but I haven't and actions speak louder then words. correlation between bad health outcomes and being overweight are very clear
adverse-sapphire•4mo ago
Yeah if you read through #💉｜ozempic-mounjaro (a more private channel than here ), and some pins, we've had a few discussions about it too
cool thanks, will do. too many channels for me to keep up with 😄
I did Mounjaro, same concept but supposedly more effective with less stomach issues. Working great with very mild side effects (occasional light nausea). Down over 50lb in 8 months (264 to 210 at 5'11"). I'm paying full out of pocket and using a compounding pharmacy at about $325/mo