r/FoundayoPill

Just started Foundayo...Hoping side affects are less than Wegovy Injections..Your Thoughts?

I started Foundayo at the beginning of August. I was on Zepbound for over a year and decided to try Foundayo due to insurance dropping coverage for Zep. Today is my last day on Foundayo. I’ll share my experience:

-extreme fatigue -lost 1 pound -mild headaches -holding on to water weight, always look and feel bloated -acne that I’ve never previously experienced -very vivid,sometimes scary dreams

I did not make it to the therapeutic dose. I told my doctor about the attain/maintain study and they were unwilling to let me start at a higher dose even after being on Zep for so long. My insurance changed again and my prior authorization for Zepbound was approved today. Good luck to everyone. I will consider Foundayo again in the future for maintenance.

Hi there! My Dr has floated switching to fundayo. I’ve been on Zepbound for 1.5 years and have only lost a few pounds. I feel suppressed hunger for the first few days of my shot, but then it fades quickly. Any success stories with this switch?

SW:321lb Height: 5’9" Age:39F

A year ago I did Tirz injections for a month and didn’t lose any weight so I stopped. Then I tried Wigovy pills and couldn’t deal with the headaches I was getting and stopped that too.

I recently was put on Foundayo .8mg and I’m on day ten and have lost 7lbs. Weighted at 314.4lb this morning and I’m utterly shocked. What is happening to my body?

The only side effect I have so far is fatigue. I could sleep at anytime of the day. Coming from someone who has been averaging 4-5 hrs of sleep, this is a bonus.

Anybody else a fast responder? Is this inflammation going doing or am I losing muscles?

F, 56, SW: 181 CW: 171.9 and yes I am putting in the decimal!, started Foundayo .8 on August 4. I also started Duavee HRT the same day.

No, not huge weight loss. I’ve been fluctuating between 172-176 for the entire month. I know that’s still within “food weight/water weight” so I guess I’m just losing very slowly. But, that inflammation in ankles/legs that I had for years and that got noticeably more chronic in the past year thanks to menopause? That continues to not show up. I haven’t worn compression socks in quite a while!

Some days I eat far less than TDEE and force down a protein shake because I don’t feel hungry; other days I feel like I could eat everything in sight (but I don’t!). My food noise prior to starting was like this, so I don’t notice a huge difference now. I do notice that I get an upset stomach faster when I eat the “bad stuff” and it can last until the next day. That didn’t really happen before Foundayo. I have no other side effects.

My measurements definitely changed. I’ve lost an inch and a half from my waist, and about 2 inches from my hips as well. I’m very glad to see that the belly fat that showed up last year is beginning to reduce. I’m still wearing the same clothes, mostly size 12 pants . . . but the waistband is getting a little looser. I bought an “aspirational” pair of size 10 pants — they are still a little too snug.

I finally started walking more, about a half hour or more in my neighborhood, for as many days a week as I can. It’s helping my mood, definitely, and I think the walking is probably contributing to any weight loss I have going on now. So, the Foundayo might only be keeping inflammation at bay, but for me, that’s positive. I’m changing my habits faster than my weight. (Still haven’t added a 3rd day of resistance training, though, I don’t know why that feels so tough to do.)

My GP (menopause doc) wants me to stay on this dose for a while longer, probably one more month at least. I don’t expect I’ll lose more than a pound or two. But yeah, psychologically, seeing anything in the 160s would be pretty great. I’ll re-evaluate in another month or so. Wishing all of you the best!

I got my 5.5 dose early and I am curious about starting it sooner and save some of the 2.5 for when the time comes to maintain. I read that there is no need to taper unless you take medication for diabetes. But to ease off and have time to emotionally work through the food noise sounds like a good plan.

I'm aiming for a 30lb loss and am 8 solid pounds down since starting in August. I'm hoping the 5.5 is the magic dose.

Does it sound reasonable to tuck away some of the 2.5s for the future, and maybe the 5.5 if I increase to 9? Anyone have details to share on doing an earlier start of the next dose?

Hey everyone,

I’m about to wrap up my first month at .08 and it’s been great so far. I was going to stay at .08 but thought to get a higher dose for the same amount of money and take it every other day.

Has anyone found success in that strategy?

Thanks!!!

Day one.

I woke up with a bit of a stomach ache this morning because I think i overate last night before bed, and it was a greasy meal.

I took the pill anyway.

About 3 hours later I almost threw up. It's been about 3 hours since then and I feel a little bit better but there is absolutely no way in hell I could eat anything right now. I almost threw up like 10 times and had my trashcan by my desk during work. I'm not sure I can do this if this is what it's like.

Does this go away? Is it because I overate yesterday? Please help. At this point I'm just looking forward to it wearing off but I do really need to lose weight. 300lbs with comorbidites.

Thanks.

I start Foundayo 2.5 tomorrow after 30 days of .8

I've lost 12lbs so far and I'm hoping to stay on 2.5 for the rest of the journey.

Wondering if anyone else out there uses 2.5 as the maintenance dose?

I was previously on Zepbound and lost about 50 lbs, but unfortunately I couldn’t continue because my insurance didn’t cover it and financially it just became too much.

I was off Zepbound for about 3 months and gained around 10 lbs back. I started Foundayo 4 months ago, and so far I’ve only lost around 6 lbs. I know 6 lbs is still progress, but compared to my experience on Zepbound, it’s definitely been much slower than I expected.

I’m curious if being on Zepbound previously has anything to do with that, or if anyone else who switched from Zepbound to Foundayo had a similar experience in the beginning?

I just moved up to 9 mg a few days ago, so I’m really hoping this is where I start seeing better results. 🤞 I have about 23 lbs left that I’d like to lose.

Would love to hear from anyone who came from Zepbound—especially if things started picking up once you got to 9 mg!

Hi! I finally got approved by insurance to start foundayo. I didn't consider it before, but I read that it can lower the effectiveness of the birth control pills. I'm taking progesterone only pills.

Did your doctor mention it? Did you start using other bc methods?

I'm extremely fearful of getting pregnant so I'd love to hear from others!

I’m on week one of my first dose! I started Monday morning. Day one I had some aches after my first dose and wasn’t sure if that was from the medicine or just an unlucky coincidence. Yesterday the reflux started and I’ve never had heartburn this bad before. I can feel it in my chest the way it feels when I’m really anxious about something. A bit of burping, had a close call with throwing up from a burp but managed to not.

I know everyone is different but how long did this last for others? TIA!

So I started my Foundayo Journey on June 5th, I went from 0.8 to 2.5 and now I am on 5mg. I started at ~175lbs. I hit 168lbs in about 2 month-ish so I lost 7 lbs. I moved up to 2.5 and I just finished my 1 month of 5mg. After 4 months, I am stuck at ~168-169lbs. One thing I noticed was that when I was nearing the end of the month, I end up feeling hungrier so I end up increasing the dosage. My goal was to lose 10lbs but I ended up only losing 7-ish pounds. Now that I finished my 5 mg dosage, I feel like I need to increase my dosage again because I now end up feeling hungrier and have cravings which I am not going to do.

I felt like I was just going in a loop of taking Foundayo, felt not hungry, then nearing the end of the month I felt more hungry, eat more, and then up my dosage again -- so I am just going to stop the loop now.

My diet could had been better but due to my work schedule and lack of knowledge of cooking, it limited me on what I could make.

I was doing cash payment since my normal insurance would not cover for me (or qualify me) so it just ends up getting more and more expensive since increasing the dosage increases the costs.

I did not end up having my clothes get looser or anything like that lol. Visually I cannot tell a difference from my before and after.

Side Effects:

I always took my Foundayo at night before bed so I didn't have much side effects regarding nausea. The only side effect I really noticed was sleepiness/tiredness throughout the day when I increased to 5 mg. Like I could sleep 10 hours the night before and then a few hours after waking up, I would feel like I didn't have enough sleep.

I had no real bowel or intestinal issues but I did notice smellier gas and it didn't matter what I ate lol. It DID NOT create more gas but when I had it, it smelled pretty bad, like rotten eggs bad.

I did experience body rash while on Foundayo and the doctor says it was a case of pityriasis rosea. But pityriasis rosea does not have a known trigger or cause. Just being fully transparent about it.

In terms of my mood, since I am feeling more tired/sleepiness I have been feeling depressed lately and bit more agitated.

Best of luck for everyone else on this medicine!

I started Mounjaro 4 years ago. Lost 40 pounds. About 2 years ago I go such debilitating nausea and fatigue had to stop. Started Foundayo and I feel maybe some constipation and I can see the heart rate is up but no control of food noise and definitely no weight loss. Anyone got ideas?