r/WegovyPills

Hello new here. I was on zepbound injections for a while and then my insurance took me off of that said I need to go on wegovey injections and then of course insurance said I need to get off of that they’re not paying for it … so now I wanna do self-pay and maybe try the Wegovy pill. How are you finding it compared to the shots? I had very slow results with the injections. I think I’m one of the rare cases that it doesn’t work that great for … Where do you think the best place is to get this when you’re not going through your doctor and insurance? Please give suggestions and experience - also cost.. compared to injections ! Thank you!

Im on the last few days of being on 9mg before taking 25mg. The constant burps have actually started to ramp up on me. Idk if its something I ate or its the pills but it has been going on for 3-4 days now.

First time dealing with a side effect. Hopefully not too bad on 25mg

I’ve read several posts that people who get the injections experience the allodynia/ dysesthesia. I recently increased to the 9mg Wegovy pill (been slowing working up since June) and am just now experiencing a sunburn-like feeling a few places in my body. Been about a week now. It’s not intolerable, just uncomfortable.

Has anyone else taking the pill experienced this? Or does it not really make a difference if it’s the injection or the pill, since it’s the same drug anyway?

If you have experienced this on the Wegovy pill, how long did it last? Or did it stick around?

Has anyone else felt that? My tiredness is gone. I am so thankful, and I am not as nauseated.

Going to try asking this again & being more clear:

If you’ve been on the 25 mg pill for three months or longer, have you experienced food noise and old hunger pangs returning? I’ve been satisfied with my meals and have been losing weight steadily, but recently noticed what has satisfied me say, last month, isn’t doing the trick anymore.

Has this happened to anyone else? That’s all I need to know- thanks!

Hey all, started 1.5mg pill dose yesterday so far not had any bowel movements or even felt like I need any. Normally once a day before medication, is there anything I should be drinking or taking to support bowel health while taking Wegovy pill?.

I’m on my second week for 4mg. Overall things have been going well but have been having pretty substantial nausea after eating sometimes. It doesn’t feel like the medication is making we want to eat less necessarily, more like I eat till I feel full then a couple hours later I feel awful so apparently that was too much.
Has anyone had this and does it get better? I’m hoping my appetite catches up to the amount my stomach wants to eat.

Just curious what people’s experiences have been with getting an upset stomach after eating certain foods or drinking certain things while on the Wegovy pill?

I’m upset. I’ve been on these damn pills since the beginning of the year and been taking 25 mg for a few months now. Slowly, steadily losing, feeling satiated while eating less was a joy. Now over the past 2-3 weeks, my old familiar hunger is returning - like right now, that hunger I’d feel in the morning, needing to get something, anything to eat asap. I’ve not felt like this since January and it’s destroying me. And to top it all off, I’ve gained 2lbs back in the last 2 weeks. It feels like my digestion isn’t slow anymore. My usual yogurt & fruit breakfast doesn’t keep me as full, longer like it did 2 months ago.

I’m 61 and have always struggled with food, eating and weight. I’ve lost 30lbs (started at 273) and now feel what’s the point of spending $300 per fcking month if I’m just backtracking now.

Has anyone experienced this? And yes, I plan on talking to my dr about it, but I don’t know how helpful it’ll be.

Hello everyone.

As the Wegovy pills are fairly new in my county and I am literally the first person to get it from my doctor and my pharmacy I have a question about when to up the dosage. I am now shortly before finishing my first month on 1.5mg and have to get a new prescription on Monday.

Should I ask for the 4mg already?

I couldn’t find good information about that.

Grateful for your help!

I am 43F, been on for two months. Started at 1.5 now on 4mg. I am in perimenopause and experiencing the worst clotting ever during a period. No other symptoms, just the bleeding is so scary. Has anyone else experienced this? Looking for some reassurance that this gets better. Please 😢

I’ve finally reached 25mg and luckily I never got constipated until now! I need to pick up magnesium citrate and take it lol. I bought the pill form and thinking I need the liquid form. Does anyone know. Thanks!

I started the pills recently and WOW. I didnt know what to expect, just not THIS. Like, no hunger. I eat almost nothing and am never hungry. I already wasnt much of a food craver (broke that habit a few years ago) but now I dont feel tired or hungry or headachey from lack of food. Anyway, I have a dr appt coming up - do I need to raise my dose or do some people manage to stay at the starting dose?

Ill keep it brief lol.

Tried to do 2months on1.5mg. Ended up moving up as it tapered off about 10days into 2nd month felt nothing at all.

I'm now on 2nd month of 4mg. And 15days in to that, and again it's tapering off so bad guys. I feel ravenous around 5pm. And it's taking everything in me not to eat everything in sight. Like really serious hunger I can't even explain lol.

But I'm nervous about moving to 9mg. It's not super sustainable for me because of pricing. And the kicker is I'm not losing weight. I haven't been for weeks. Should I just buy the 9mg? I really hoped this would work more for me by now but yeah. Id promised myself 6months on the tablets to see how I get on.

That time limit is coming very soon 👀

I'm extremely nervous to move to 9mg as seeing alot of horror stories of people's move to 9mg. And I am tolerating 4mg well enough.

Has anyone done 2 tablets of the 4mg? To help get ready to move up to 9mg?

Sorry if that's a dumb question 😭

still eating the exact same as I always have

Hi everyone,

I had my gallbladder removed May 2026 and have since dealt with Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction (SOD, mostly at night and stress induced). My doctor and I are looking into the oral Wegovy pill (daily oral semaglutide), but I’m really nervous about potential biliary or digestive side effects.

For anyone here who has SOD/ post-cholecystectomy issues:

Have you tried oral semaglutide?

Did it trigger any SOD flares, upper right quadrant/epigastric pain, or biliary spasms?

TYIA!

I just reviewed my rx on goodrx and decided to increase dose. 9mg was alot better than 4mg with food noise. 4mg didnt do anything for me.

With 9mg, didnt really get side effects only until final days I have been burping.

I have finally moved scale being 9mg. But it is still not much. Hope to have success on 25 mg, dont see much info on people getting or taking 25 mg.

Hi Everyone,

Just thought I’d do an update from my angle for anyone researching for themselves.

I’m just into my fourth month and have lost 18 pounds/8.2kg to date (about 9% of my starting weight) - I went up a dose each time from starting dose but have stayed at 9mg for an extra month as I’ve experienced awful nausea with it. I’ve noticed small changes in my body (e.g. clothes fitting a bit better) but nothing huge yet - I’ve not had any comments on losing weight yet so don’t think it’s fully noticeable.

During this time I’ve been on holiday and had a lot of meals out etc - I’m still experiencing nausea in the morning and am sometimes sick first thing - I’m hopeful it is easing off though.

Hardest thing I find is not drinking any water for the eight hours before doses - I’m a terrible sleeper and often need to have a drink in the night to help me dose off.

I have around 20kg to lose until my ideal weight - though I’ll be happy by the point I’ve lost another 10kg.

Good morning! I’m starting the 1.5 wegovy pill this week and wanting to know if I should expect ANY weight loss or less food noise, or if this should just be considered the month where my body is just getting used to it? I don’t want to go into this with too high of expectations. My doctor seems to think the 1.5 will be enough for me since I just want to lose 15-20lbs and improve my cholesterol, but from what I’m seeing the 1.5 dose doesn’t seem to do much?

58, 5’2” 230lbs. I am tired often sad about how I got here. PCOS and resistance has been rough.

Please those you have done well, please share your stories and your side effects too, but I really want positive feedback if possible. I feel like I’m psyching myself to not take it and I really need to take my health. It’s not good between the PCOS, insulin assistance, fibromyalgia, nerve pain in my feet and lower leg, as well as other health issues. I have no gallbladder so of course I’m concerned about that. I suffer from bile acid diarrhea because I don’t have the gallbladder but sometimes it will make me constipated in between. Again I start Wegovy tomorrow morning. I’ll go to the pharmacy to pick it up. Any help would be very appreciated.