u/Pitapenguin

I've been on Zepbound for 1 year, at the 15mg dose since January. I lost 50 lbs in 6 months but had not lost any since October. I tried lots of things to help it along, but it just didn't seem to work effectively for me anymore. Until recently. I again have no interest in food, get full quickly, and have lost 4lbs in 2 weeks.

Then I started feeling sick while and after eating chicken. I have aversions to many foods I've eaten and enjoyed forever. I even threw up after a dinner of 1 chicken tender in shake-n-bake.

I was thinking - oh, the zepbound finally kicked back in. But after some research, I see this is common in peri and menopause and from HRT. I recently went up a dose of my patch, and in retrospect, it correlates.

Is there anyone with experiences like this?

I took the stinky pills to the pharmacy. They agreed that they stink and opened a new manufacturer bottle. It smells just as bad. Like dead animal. They are ordering a different brand to see if it's any better. He said the oils can change and since they are an inactive ingredient, it doesn't need to be sent out as a notice. So we are just guessing that is what happened.

In the meantime, I absolutely can not take those pills. I've been sick to my stomach the few days I took them. They smell so bad, my fingers smell just from touching them and it makes me gag just thinking about it. I swear it even made my crotch stink.

I hope skipping for a few days will be ok. And I hope the new ones are better.

I just started a new 3-month refill of my 100mg progesterone. It's my 2nd bottle ever, and it stinks like something rotten. I took it last night and have felt sick to my stomach and have had a migraine all day. It's Xiomed brand and I've read similar posts from 1-2 years ago. Wondering if anyone has noticed this recently. I'm going to call the pharmacy tomorrow.

Hello. I have some moderate L3-4-5 stenosis and SI issues. I get usual SI pain down my butt and back of leg when my SI flares up, but I also get bouts of pain only in my very low back/top of butt crack, all across my sacrum & tailbone when my L4-5 flares. When I get the sacral pain I also get tingling in my butt, both calves and sometimes in my groin. My sacral area is worse if touched. I've been to the ER before and had CES ruled out, and my MRI is stable.

My spine doc says it's nerve root pain and at this time I can do some PT or steroids, but to just monitor. My flares usually calm down with rest over a few weeks, and I can go years between major flares.

Walking is less painful than sitting. I don't need to lean on carts or the counter like my mom who has had 2 failed back surgeries for her stenosis.

Just wondering if anyone here had this location of pain & tingling and how you are doing. Thanks.