GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs: The Aftermath

Can you get the shots if you’re on Medicare/medicaid?

I just received my first script for Zepbound 2 days ago. I haven't taken it yet. I was so excited to get it. It took me 2 months to get it after I had it prescribed because I couldn't find it at the pharmacy and now that I have it. I'm nervous to take it. A lot of my co-workers are on it and all the side effects are scaring me. Any advice?

I have Type 2 Diabetes. I am on Ozempic. It has helped me regulate my Blood Sugar and I am losing weight loss. I was an Obese woman at 220lbs. 5'2". Now I am an Overweight woman at 164lbs. and my goal is to lose 28 more pounds (or more) so I fall under "Normal Weight". And my Endocrinologist makes me see the Opthalmologist to make sure my Diabetes hasn't caused irreversible eye damage.

I tried every shot. I think there’s four different ones out there. The last one was the oldest one called Felicity each one of them made me deathly ill. I could not do it. The last one about put me in the hospital so I’ve waited been reaching about this GLP I finally ordered some yesterday. I hope it works and I hope my body can handle it. I too obese about 5’1 and 190. I’ve tried everything.

Now I take 1 shot a week and am off insulin completely, A1C is awesome, and losing weight. All for $15 a month.

Intermittent Fasting is all you need

I'm a truck driver ever since I've been driving I've put on a lot weight and was considering taking one of these meds but after reading all the side effects I decided to try L-Carnitine and with 1hr a day exercise I've been losing weight very easy.My 1st month I lost 30lbs and now halfway through the 2nd I've lost 20.Of course I eat a lot healthier than what I was and stopped all the truck stop food.I do meal prepping at home before I hit the road and if I stay out for a long time I go to the closest grocery store and get my stuff.

I lost 80# on Ozempic and had to stop cold turkey because my glucose was in the 50's and my a1c was 4.5. I lost another 20# on my own by holding myself accountable and tracking everything I ate! 1 year later, I'm still down 100#. and I couldn't exercise because of back issues and pain. I'm now the size I was in high school in 1986.

Monjourno here. Tried Ozempic and was deathly ill and gained weight. Now I’ve lost 30 lbs. BS in normal range (cut in half) A1C is 4.3 Blood pressure and pulse stabilized to normal. BMI 24.1. One size smaller in all clothes. I move faster and eat a quarter of what I did. Monjouro has been a lifesaver!

What I don’t understand is is this: Any weight loss needs caloric reduction and some exercise. It’s not a magic potion. If you continue to watch your intake and keep up the moving why would you gain ? Normally obesity is caused by higher calorie intake.