r/Ozempic

I've been on a .5 dose for 6ish months... I can deal with the random nausea spells and the occasional diarrhea but sometimes I get these nasty, rotten burps all day long and it's so nauseating. Yesterday, I had a couple of eggs for breakfast and all day I had the nastiest, rotten sulfur burps every few minutes. It's happened before but it's random so far. It's been bad enough before that I stayed up all night multiple times... Sometimes it feels like the nausea finally settles and I have to take my next dose 😩

Does anyone else struggle with this? Any advice?

Guys I have to share this because I literally don’t have anyone else who is excited about this for me but, I’m finally 16lbs down!!

I started April 24th, it’s been very small amounts of weight loss, some weeks no weight loss and one week, weight gain 😱

I’ve been sitting at around 11lbs and getting a little tired of it. This morning when I weighed in, 4lbs down for a total of 16!!

I did 8 weeks @ 0.25 and I’m on my 3rd of 6 weeks @ 0.37 before I decide if I’m going to titrate up to 0.5mg.

As long as I continue losing, I will likely stay at 0.37 because my personal goal is to stay as low as possible for as long as possible.

I feel it it important to add (for context) that I am not really working out much at all, beyond a 10-20 minute walk, during my work days. Some weeks that’s 4 days a week. Some weeks that’s 5 days a week.

I’ve done 2 at home weight workouts (full body workout) in this time. Started a few weeks ago, took a week off due to feeling unwell (not related to Oz) and taking this week off due to dental work I’m having done. But my intention is to begin weights again next week, with 2x workouts a week. Eventually I want to do 3, but 2 is what I can do right now without wanting to quit.

16lbs feels — and is starting to look — so much better.
I can feel it in how I move (but many activities are still very hard at this weight/size) and I can see it in my body. My legs look ever so slightly slimmer. My arms too. My back fat rolls seem to be less. My stomach isn’t protruding as much. I haven’t had to buy new clothes yet, but things I bought in April are fitting better, so I know I’m getting smaller.

Anyway, I just wanted to share with people who know how these small wins feel huge. 16lbs you guys!!

I have been on the Apotex for three doses of 1mg and I have severe allergic reaction, full body hives, and dry cough. I also noticed more food noise, and it wore off faster, despite being on the first higher dose at 1 for all three shots. I felt that the regular Ozempic worked better for me at .25 and .5 than this plus no allergic reaction. However, on the regular O, I did have dizziness, headaches, and a bit of nausea, and none with Apotex.

For people saying it's the exact same thing, no it's not. The hospital, pharmacists, and doctors have all told me that the semaglutide should be similar but it is not tested for any therapeutic advantages, so food noise, and other benefits - for me I am treating fatty liver - are not actually being compared. As well, the mechanisms they use to bind and deliver can be different, which could cause an allergic reaction like mine.

Anyone gotten tinnitus from oz? If so how long until it subsided? 3 doses in and it’s constant

Ok guys so basically I started ozempic awhile ago and I’m wondering if anyone else js gets super nauseous everytime they drink. Like I had a couple drinks the other night and (TMI) js puked it all up and it’s so annoying. Anyone else?

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I used to eat an entire box of dessert in one sitting. It's only week 2 of my Ozempic, and I ordered the same dessert because my period cravings hit me out of nowhere and I was craving something sweet so badly.

But I could only eat about a quarter of it, and after that I couldn't even look at it.

The same dessert I used to go absolutely crazy for and finish in one sitting.

It just hit me... wow. I used to eat so much. My husband would always have just 1/4 of the dessert, and even he used to be shocked by how much of a sweet tooth I had and how I could finish the whole thing by myself.

Now I look back and realize how out of control my cravings were. I had no idea how much they were affecting my health. It's honestly wild to see the difference already.

I feel like I’m an anomaly here, reading that some people only eat OMAD and don’t have an appetite to eat anything more.

Granted I don’t eat large portions, but I do still eat a breakfast (complete meal replacement shake and energy drink), lunch (tofu and broccoli or protein yogurt, granola and berries), afternoon snack (pumpkin seeds or fruit), dinner (protein and veggies) and evening snack (fruit, ice cream, pumpkin seeds, protein shake)

Everything fits into my 1500-1800 calorie/day deficit.
I’m losing slowly. I’m still on starter dose (0.37) and will be for awhile.

I’m not HUNGRY per se, but I’m also not not eating? Appetite suppression is definitely there if I don’t eat. I can go all day without wanting to. But I guess I do out of structure & habit? I know nutrition is important.

But I feel like a failure when I read here sometimes because it seems like so many of you just don’t eat. I know this is a me problem. Thank you for letting me vent.

Asking on behalf of a family member not on reddit. They just started taking a GLP1 and it seems like their periods are far more intense than normal. From the little bit I could find, there might be the smallest shifts in a period but most of the stuff online says it helps period symptoms not make them worse.

It is my third week on 0.25mg.

Today I went to the supermarket and bought three beers, thinking I'd have a few at home. But I could only drink half of one before I completely lost interest.

It’s not even that I felt sick, I just didn't want it anymore.

Also, I have a pack of cigarettes at home, I haven't touched it for the past 3-4 days.

Before starting Ozempic, I have read similar posts before.

Could this be placebo? Is there any concrete scientific evidence now, that GLP1 drugs do this?

As the title asks.

So I’m now at 1mg and I don’t feel like eating ANYTHING sometimes. I used to have a really bad problems with overeating and binging, so I started taking this medication to stop those behaviors and it really helped me. But now I’m struggling to actually eat. Foods that I used to like just don’t taste like it used to and sometimes it’s downright unappealing. I can go hours and forget to eat to the point where I’m only reminded because I feel dizzy (like today where I ate my first meal at 3).
I know this isn’t good but I don’t know what to do. I definitely don’t want to stop taking it because I’m happier now that I’m not struggling with binging. Does anyone have suggestions on foods that work for you or any advice in general?

Talked to my doctor yesterday about lowering my dose from 1mg to 0.5mg because I've gotten pretty bad acid reflux that's been making my anxiety go crazy. He told me it would stall my weight loss progress if I go down and prescribed me some esomeprazole.

I looked into it and am just scared to start a new drug that may not be good for me just to treat the symptom of another. I didn't have the reflux issue until 1mg and now I can only eat around 1500 calories in a day due to fullness. I know weight loss is the ultimate goal but I feel like my daily life is not improving as I just fight through it all.

Has anyone still had success on the lower doses? I'm losing my mind here not being heard. I don't want to take my next dose.

Obviously everyone in here knows about the dramatic price drop and I've finally been able to afford it. I've gained about 100lbs in 4 years after quitting drugs and im so excited to silence the food noise 🥹

What should I be worried about? I hear lots of people get really nauseous when they start taking it and im wondering how many people have experienced that and what they did to manage

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this but I’m just starting to research. If I lose weight I’ll look weird, but I do want the side effect of quitting a dopamine seeking habit. Has anyone used it for this?

My DR called me
In the 2.0 pen. I have not picked it up yet cause I am currently on .50. I did want to go up but I thought I would go up to 1.0. Am I able to dial 1.0 on a 2.0 pen? Did he do this to save me money possibly? I will
Ask the pharmacist also.

So I’ve been on and off this medication for about a year or two now I’ve chronic health conditions and sometimes when I’m in major flareups it’s just not wise for me to take Ozempic because of some of the side-effects I get

Long story short I contracted influenza an and following this I have a sinus infection. Obviously during this time for about a month I skipped Ozempic.

Funny story is before that month happened. I’ve spoken to my doctor about going up from 0.5 mg to 0.75 mg. I was prescribed the 1 mg pen with the oh.75 mg dose.

Now that I’ve had a bunch of time off it, I’m concerned about going straight up to 0.75 and I would like to be trying to do oh .5 or even 0 .25, just not to send my body into too much of a shock
I have never used a pen that doesn’t just have the dose. Every pen I have used has been the set dose for example when I was on oh.25 I used a pen from that amount.

What is the best way to draw this up? And is it possible to start myself on a slow dose from the same pen? For example starting on a dose of 0.25 then 0.5 for two weeks and then go up to 0.75 without buying more and more pens.

I’ve never had to do the clicking thing to a dose with counting so I’m not really sure how it works and the doctor didn’t give the best instructions is it better to buy a syringe and treat the pen like a vile I’ve been reading in some comments that that is easier however I would like to steer away from that because it gives me anxiety

I just finished my first (brand-name) pen, so I need to pick up a second pen this week. I’m hesitant to get the generic (Apotex) because of one post where two people said it did nothing for appetite/food noise. Idk why, but it’s making me anxious that the generic doesn’t work as well.

HAE tried the Apotex? I just don’t want to waste a month on a less effective medication after a really good start on the brand name. (I’m not weighing myself, but I can tell inflammation is WAY down, and my sleep is much, much better. No food noise, steadily low appetite, etc.)

Novo Nordisk has a discount coupon, but I don’t know how much it will reduce the cost at London Drugs.

TIA!