MOUNJARO: All Your Questions Answered!
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- How does it work?
How can you get it?
Is it approved for weight loss?
Dr. Christy answers all your questions about one of the most talked-about medications for weight loss and Type 2 Diabetes.
I have lost a total of 104 pounds since October 2022 on this medicine! I have changed what I eat and I am working out 5-6 days a week! Too be honest I had to put in the work to get here! Yes the medicine has helped but changing it one’s mind about eating and weight will help a lot!
🎉 congrats 🎉
Amazing job. So happy for you
Congratulations 🎉 yup still have to exercise and watch what we eat
The most honest comment about the injection I've read!!!!
Have you taken the same dose the whole time? How much?
I don’t plan on coming off of Mounjaro. I plan to be on a maintenance dose once I reach an optimal A1C and weight. Diabetes and obesity are chronic conditions similarly to high blood pressure or cholesterol. We don’t take people off of those medications once they see normal levels; we credit the medication for keeping those levels under control. Mounjaro should be viewed the same way.
Did you get started on this medicine from your provider? Did they see a high level of A1c or did they just do it for weight loss? I have pcos and weight loss is so hard for me would this be something to help with that???? Sorry so many questions but need answers
@@amandataveras4982 this is a prescription medicine. I lost 30 pounds in 5 months so far
I just started and looking at all these videos. I’m 35 and 260 and A1c is 10.5 I was in great shape about 5 years ago then got out of construction and kept the bad habits. Pre diabetic but it’s Been getting worse with time. I’m excited to see what happens with this new medication and get my life back
I have been on Montero since April 1st, they started on the two-point dos and then went up to the Five Point for the second and third month. I started to help my blood sugar's go down and to lose weight. It's doing a great job with a blood sugars that I am not losing much weight and since going up to the 5.0 I feel sick all the time! Any helpful ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks Dr C
My insurance cover some but I still have to pay $181.00 for 3 months supplies. I then googled to see if there’s any coupon for the Mounjaro lo and behold I found one so I was able to get them for 25.00!!! No kidding
What about the side effects of the medication, esp. gastroparesis?
Is Semaglutide still your favorite GLP-1 agonists or do you like Trezepatide better now?
Have been on Mounjaro for 5 months. Just took weekly injection as usual. After counting to 15 (as safeguard) I lifted the pen and there was some of the medication on my skin. First time this has happened and not sure what caused it.
I am 30 to 40 lbs overweight...I'm type 2 and my sugar is STAYING at like 170...I'm on mounjaro 5mg...eating like 850 calories a day now...not hungry not craving anything but NOT losing weight or getting my sugar down...I'm sooo frustrated
Do I have to start on the 2.5 or can I start on the 5? I was on 2.5 but weeks have passed and not sure if 5 is safe or go back to 2.5 and start over. It was on backorder.
I just took my first dose. I didn't feel it at all. Did I do it right. The gray pump was visible, so I'm guessing the medication is in my body. Anyone else experience this?
Why doesn’t your set weight limit change after being at a lower weight? Why do you gain it back?
I've been on Mounjaro, the lowest dose, for 11 months, now. I did have to stop for a few weeks about 6 months ago because my insurance suddenly stopped covering it because I am not a Type II diabetic. They refused to cover a higher dose. Suddenly, I received a letter from the ins co saying they will cover the lowest dose for a period of one year, and will then reevaluate my coverage. I have lost about 35 lbs. but have not lost anything in six months. The medication is helping me hold steady at my current weight but I hope someday the ins co will allow me to advance to the next highest dose.
Do higher dosage levels cost more?
Is that why insurance won't pay for higher doses?
I did Mounjaro from last September to the end of January. Moving up a dose each month. I hadn’t had any of my other medications adjusted after losing 60 pounds. Didn’t think or know they needed to be. By the time I got to my last 15 mg dose a few days later in the early evening my heart started palpitating (I do get PVC’s) where my 3-4 beat is abnormal sometimes. I do take medication for high blood pressure . It was very noticeable and I started to panic and felt like I was going pass out. I called 911 and they came. I was on the verge of fainting when they got there, and my blood pressure was really high and then within seconds it dropped really low. I thought I was going to die. It was terrifying. When I got to the hospital, they did all the tests on me and my heart was fine, but my potassium level was low so they gave me potassium. We still don’t know what caused that episode if it was the mounjaro or not or just a low potassium. After that episode, I had stopped mounjaro completely. for the following couple weeks. I did not do well still having palpitations and bad panic attacks. My doctor had immediately adjusted my other medication‘s that I have taken for years. Around that time you couldn’t get Monjaro at your Pharmacy because the manufacture was so backed up with orders. I waited about six weeks and found out that you could get Mounjaro again so I started all over on 2.5. I had no nausea this time or any symptoms but after the first shot in the first three days in the evening, it’s always in the evening I started feeling panicky a mild form of when I had my bad attack in January and had to call an ambulance, so I stopped taking it again Since then in the last week I’ve started on potassium just in case that was the culprit. Since stopping the 15 mg I’ve gained back 25 pounds has anybody had this reaction? Or anything similar? I’ve tried looking at reviews but haven’t really found much. I went on Drugs.com to see if there was any interactions with the medicines that I take.I didn’t have any reactions to any of them, but a few of them had reactions to each other. They were both in a depressants in the same family. One of them I was able to wean off of and I’m feeling fine I got another box of the 2.5 this last week it’s sitting in my refrigerator. I’m hesitant to start it again but I want to because this weekend is very upsetting. I didn’t say but, I was a type two diabetic when I started this last September when I got tested in February I wasn’t anymore. So technically I didn’t need the medicine except to just maintain on it like most people do right now. My insurance does pay for it so it’s like liquid gold. Any thoughts are welcome. Thank you for your videos. I appreciate them very much. If any of this text doesn’t make sense. It’s because I’m talk texting. Thanks again.
My suggestions: talk to your prescribing physician to prevent further episodes. This drug is so new that enough data isn’t available as to what adverse reactions could occur. Any social media isn’t appropriate place to get your information. Please go and talk to your doctor. Maybe ask for blood test for weekly for the next few months to monitor your potassium level as you start back up on Mounjaro injection. Potassium is one of the important electrolytes in your system for your heart. It has to be in the certain level - too much too less both equally bad for your ❤. Your doctor should make the call to supplement potassium and it’s dose. Or could talk to a cardiologist. Sounds like your heart had some irregular rhythm issue that caused your palpitation feeling and panic attack. You need to follow up with appropriate doctor on that not just ER doc. As your weight drops your other medications needs to be adjusted. Like blood pressure medicine. Start logging in your blood pressure every day before your doctor’s appointment so that your physician can see your trends of BP and know how to adjust your medication.
Good luck to you!!! Hope your weight loss journey goes continues and be successful 🙏
Why not stick with the low dose, take potassium supplements. Drink electrolytes and do evening meditations.
Does mounjaro or similar drugs deplete the water layer underneath the top layers of skin
Well, people regain weight when they go off a diet, so that's not in itself unique to Mounjaro. I agree that the cost of these drugs is outrageous. This may be one of those areas where the government can actually do some good: giving people a voucher, or maybe working with the companies involved to help lower the costs. Here we have a drug that actually works for most people and would save the government a lot of money in the future.
Only bc they don’t force themselves to eat when they’re on it
$1000 usd/month is outrageous, in the uk 2.5mg can be had for £114 and scales up to around £200 for the 15mg. Many discount codes and sign up offers allow this, so you can hop between clinincs to get the best price. Cost price to the pharmacy is £92 for 2.5mg and £122, excluding tax.
Only costs $180 in the UK. No insurance!
Additional bad news: losing weight by eating less and exercising is not the hard part. The hard part is keeping it off. Falling back into bad eating/ nutrition habits is easy to do and the weight goes back to where it was or more. I'm not a doctor, but I know what I am talking about.
Eating less and exercising and losing weight is not easy for a lot of us. We tried that before Semiglutide
So my question for everyone, did anyone have any moments of not losing weight on Mounjaro. This is my second week of 5mg and I’m not getting any side effects (that’s awesome) but I’m still hungry. How does this work. I haven’t lost a pound in 2 weeks. Also, I’m a type 2 A1C is 7
Yes make sure your in a calorie deficit diet and add exercise especially strength training
Drink plenty of water and protein shakes.
I take this once a week and also take the insulin injection at the same time.
I've been on it for 8 weeks, up to 7.5mg.....feel good, few side effects, most, right after injections....no weight loss yet....a bit frustrating, but, hey, patience is golden huh?
Hi have you had any weight loss yet
Have you lost any weight?
Sometimes I'll get a lump in my stomach after injecting this drug. Does that mean it isn't getting under the skin?
What about loss of muscle, connective tissues, ozempic face, ozempic butt. Not even a mention?
Because it’s irrelevant. Loosing weight fast through exercise or diet causes everything you mentioned. So these meds do not cause anything that wouldn’t happen naturally anyway
And how much are they paying you?
Can someone stay on Mounjaro 2.5 longer than 4 weeks? If 2.5 is working for them?
Sure. I’ve got a friend who’s been on 2.5 for almost a year. I’m on 10.
Yep you stay on the one that works for you. I’m on 7.5 but thinking that I’m gonna move up to 10.
Working in the sense of lowering A1c or lowering body weight? I think maybe the higher doses are for people who are wanting to lose weight. I haven't heard anyone complaining that lower doses are not reducing A1c or glucose levels.
@@VernCrisler lowering weight
@@briangonsalez2173 if you want to lose weight you will get better results on a higher dosage. I didn’t see any weight loss until I moved up to 5mg. I start 10MG next month. I’m currently down 60 pounds
I noticed when I got to 5mg I started having heart palpitations, has anyone else experienced this.
Me on the 2.5mg it was so scary
The question is, how long will you maintain your weight if you ever go off of this drug?
If you have to watch what you eat,and exercise,why do you need medication?
But if your on a controlled healthy diet and your going gym, will the weight come back after you have stopped using it
I wouldn’t think that’s likely. Although if your body is used to not getting enough food for a period and you start eating more after the meds, I definitely think it may horde onto fat more so you would have to workout more to maintain your weight. If that makes sense?
Will Mounjaro or Ozempic be ok with ulcerative colitis and diabetes?
On Mounjaro and no problems with my UC. Body aches tho
It is for diabetics.
Non diabetic 50 lbs overweight. Started first dose of 7.5 yesterday. Feel terrible.
No appetite
No energy
Waves of unpleasantness
I hope this goes away 😂
The same for me I’ve been at 7.5 for a while now, the nausea is stifling at times, but goes away after a couple of days.
NONE of my questions answered.
Then ask your doctor not social media
Gastroparesis, look it up. If you're going to take a drug you need to know what it can do to you.
How bout them Cowboys!!!!
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