r/CompoundedSemaglutide

Has anyone ever paused and restarted?

I have a vacation in a few months and hopefully I will be where I want to be goal wise, but either way I want to be able to enjoy myself and have a few glasses of alcohol (I rarely drink).

Right now, even 1 drink makes me throw up. Do you think I can pause a week before and restart when I get back??

This is the second time this has happened with hallandale. It's 108 degrees here in Phoenix, I get it, but I will have to stop getting vials delivered to my house. They do a good job of packaging but it takes FOREVER for Fedex to get to my house, even if it's overnighted. The ice was 75% melted.

Two of my vials were cold to the touch and one was VERY warm. It just was in an unfortunate area probably getting blasted by the heat in the truck. I labeled the warm vial. I do not know if it is safe to use or not? It's in the fridge. I hope it is salvegable?

I will have to look into hold at Fedex facility from now on? Do you think that's better? I don't even know if the facility would allow me to pick up sooner and if the facility is even cold? I guess this won't be a problem in the winter but ughhhhh.

I don’t want to sound dramatic but I’ve been on compounded semaglutide for exactly 3 weeks. I’m down 12.4 lbs (5.8% of my body weight). It has changed my life. It took me 3 months of grinding and killing myself last summer to lose 12 lbs. Since taking this a few weeks ago it has honestly made it a breeze to be healthy. No food cravings, no alcohol cravings, plenty of energy and no side effects. I am eating about 700-1200 healthy calories a day and I’m completely satisfied and shedding weight. If this continues I will be the biggest advocate of it to everyone that’s ever struggled with their weight. Also only $90 a month makes it insanely worth it. After being on it for almost a month I would pay 10x that price to stay on it because it has made me feel so good! If anyone is hesitant please go for it, I was extremely hesitant for a long time. Feel free to ask me any questions. I am a 5’10 mid 20s male, former college athlete and gained about 40 lbs after college to 220.

i’m on week 6, week 2 on .5mg. i injected on friday (i had diarrhea on thursday but it lasted 1 day. it came back on monday) currently experiencing constant bubble guts and bad diarrhea. I’ve been eating light foods and trying to drink as much water and gatorade zero for electrolytes. it’s day 2 and a half and i’m starting to get a little worried. i also started taking a over the counter probiotic. does anyone have any advice and will this subside soon? i have to go to work 😭😭 im also starting my period soon which i think is also making it worse, if you know you know im really struggling rn

So I had to see PCP today and I am down 21 pounds since 6/25

got semaglutide from trimrx and it was great until i actually needed customer support. month 1 delivery was quick and the sema seemed fine. month 3 when i needed a dose adjustment and sent 4 emails over two weeks. zero replies.

looking for a provider with actual messaging in the app.

is gimme care actually better or is there another alternative that doesnt ghost you??

I searched the sub and didn’t find anything. Is there not an app for LSH? I’m hoping to switch from Ro to LSH because $$. I completed all the LSH forms and stuff. I got a pop up on their website saying that another pop up would appear to take me to the Apple Store for the app but it never happened and I cannot find the app in the Apple App Store. Does an app exist? If so what is it called so I can find it?

I just got my first shot today. For background, I’m 5’4” and 127-130 lbs. I’ve struggled for two years to get my weight back down to where I ended up after my weight loss journey (109 lbs) through excercise and calorie counting.
I decided to give compounded semaglutide a chance to see if that could help me break the plateau. I have trouble with food noise and binge eating occasionally which I think has played a part in why I can’t get my weight back down.

I went with a “micro dose” plan at a wellness clinic near me and they gave me .2 compounded semaglutide (has B12) that comes from Empower Pharmacy rather than starting with the typical .25.

Anyone have similar experience? Advice?

I just got to the airport and realized I forgot my medication at home. I’m leaving for a work trip for 8 days. I normally inject on Saturday nights. I won’t be back home until Wednesday night. I’m in my fifth month. I’ve been doing so well. I hope I didn’t mess up too bad.

So if you order from most telehealth and do the 3 month option are all the vials going to have a BUD very close to the end of the 3 month treatment?
Is it better to order one vial at a time then?

Just took my first dose yesterday, it arrived just as i had to leave for work and i was a little nervous about side effects. But i have had none and it seems to be working already! The issue is, i only took 3 units instead of the 5 it said. Would it be okay to take the rest of the dose once its been halfway through the week or should i see how it goes? And it says to dispose of whats left at the end of the month, do i actually have to do that?

Hi- just got approved to start 0.25mg weekly via midi to help w the perimeno weight that diet and exercise just aren’t able to manage on their own- haven’t yet started, am reading up for tips

I notice many people here split their doses for various reasons, including to manage side effects (this is what I’m thinking about, as someone who is prone to reflux and other GI issues anyway.)

When y’all split, what are the additional needles you buy to spread the dosing out? What should i look for online?

Also i noticed a few folks here use injection devices- i looked them up and there seem to be different types and sizes- what do folks recommend?

I’m new to any kind of injections and have zero idea what to expect— any guidance is welcome!

Ty in advance!

Yesterday I finally got under 160, for the first time since I was probably a senior in high school, nearly 45 years ago. Seeing "159.6" on the scale was something my brain almost couldn't process. (60 F 5'6")

I've lost almost 30 lbs since January on compounded sema, averaging a pretty steady .84 lbs lost each week. Sometimes it'll slow a bit, but then I'll drop some extra weight and go right back to the .84 average--it also seemed to get back on track when I went up first to 1.0mg and now 1.4mg (if I have to go up more, I will.) I have fought through a fair amount of side effects, but these days I feel pretty good as long as I keep the constipation at bay. (I take Mag07 every night, a fiber bar every day, and my turmeric/fish oil/vitamin d/biotin/b complex supplement stack often seems to get things moving as well.)

But this is only the latest chapter in my weight loss. In 2007 I weighed 251 lbs, and was miserable physically and psychologically after multiple big losses and regains. The first picture was taken in 2009, and within a month I started buckling down and dropped to around 205, bouncing between there and 215 for the next 8 years. Then I went low carb and got down to around 175 in 2018, bouncing between there and 189 until last year.

After slogging through the holidays I decided that there was no way I was going to breach 162 (which I had gotten down to in college after the freshman 30+ got me up to 210) without help, and besides, I think I had proven that I could indeed do all of the "willpower! exercise! track calories! eat clean!" but that it wasn't going to get me to a healthy BMI (around 154 at 5'6"). I wasn't really sure that a GLP-1 would do anything, but I've tried every other weight-loss "solution" since I was first dropped off at Weight Watchers when I was 10, so might as well try this one! I felt the food noise disappear within 24 hours, and it was just stunning to me that I had lived with that for so long--I told my dad that I had basically been hungry my entire life.

I was a few lbs heavier in the second photo than I am now, but you get the idea. My "goal" is 145, so still a little ways to go, but we'll also just see where my body lands. I need to get better about resistance training more regularly, but I do okay with exercise. And I have zero intention of stopping the drug, though I hope to be able to titrate back down at some point for maintenance.

The most important thing--don't ever give up. If you have to tread water for a while, that is still better than where you started. (It took me well over 14,000 days to finally get to 162 again!)

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Does the appetite suppression of semaglutide "feel" like food aversion or just not wanting to eat? I have had quite a bit of low level nausea (a few times intolerable, but mostly ok) but I can't tell if me not wanting to eat is because of the nausea or because the medication is working. Just curious about others' experiences! Thank you!

I Impulsively went through with switching to Embody from JoinPolly and now I am feeling some regret about it. I’ve had a great experience with JoinPolly so far even though communication kind of sucks the med works great. I’m in the middle of moving states and worried about money so I saw that Embody had the $79 price lock which would save me $100 a month from what I’m taking now.

I’m currently on 2.5mg and JoinPolly uses Hallandale pharmacy which has been great so far, however, Embody has me on 2.24mg of sema now mixed with B12 and I didn’t want my dose lowered as I’m still 6 lbs away from my goal weight. I wasn’t aware that it was going to be lowered before the script was sent to the pharmacy. Should I try Embody or just keep my current prescription with Polly since it’s been good so far and just suck it up paying the $179? I’m feeling anxious and not sure what to do.

My prescription is sent to Seven Cells Pharmacy from what I read is legit but I feel like Hallandale is better. I need some advice.

I experienced no noticeable side effects. Since I tolerated the first dose well, I’m wondering whether I should increase the dose for my next shot.