Goodbye, Ozempic

Re:Goodbye, Ozempic by gumby on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:12PM (#36511147)

I’m delighted that there are all these new alternatives. Not only because I believe they will help people. But selfishly because I take .75 mg a week to help manage my glucose level and the weight loss users have made the drug hard to get (even though a dose as small as mine doesn’t help weight loss — in fact I’ve been gaining weight, something I have struggled to do).

A couple of months go the drug stopped being back ordered and the pharmacy said they were prioritizing diabetics. Not sure how they can tell — perhaps my other prescriptions?

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Re:Goodbye, Ozempic by mainedotpy on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:25PM (#36511350)

You sure thats Ozempic? Sounds like Trulicity based on the dose.

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Re:Goodbye, Ozempic by halostatue on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:45PM (#36511618)

I’m on a .25mg/week dose, so I wouldn’t discount the dosage report.

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Re:Goodbye, Ozempic by gumby on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:09PM (#36513951)

It is indeed a blue ozempic cylinder. There is one with selectable dosages for ramping up and acclimitizing and a 1.0 mg only for prolonged use, but I got good results before I got to 1.0, so went back down because why not take less.

I believe the weight loss dosage of semaglutide is well over 2 mg.

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Re:Goodbye, Ozempic by ribosometronome on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:18PM (#36511233)

Presumably switching to de-prioritizing off-label prescriptions?

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