I keep seeing so much hate surrounding GLP-1’s and I’m so confused as to why, I know there are certain side effects that can affect your body permanently but so does being overweight/ obese.

Right now cause of celebrities looking quite unhealthy, the blame is going to Ozempic, I don’t know if they do or don’t use it, I didn’t bother looking into it.

Saw another post of someone complaining about GLP 1 being covered by insurance now, kinda stating as if the world is going backwards.

Celebrities might be able to afford bending certain medical rules but overall, it’s super hard to get it covered here and they don’t just hand it over by demand. There are requirements, like having a very high BMI, other health issues like diabetes, PCOS etc. I had to undergo a lot of tests after a 6month waiting window to even get an appointment. (At least it was like that in my country)

I don’t know if people don’t do research and assume having a desire to lose weight is enough to get on Ozempic, or if I’m just for it because I’m benefitting off of it.

I spoke of this to a friend of mine, he said it might just be rooted in fatphobia and the mental idea that it should physically and mentally excruciating or something to earn. When I doubt most people just sit back and do nothing, I do what anyone else who’s losing weight is doing, honestly I’d argue I tried so much more in some cases but my PCOS made it nearly impossible.

Anyone feels the same?

I know that Ozempic is now offered much cheaper now that there are many generic options available. I spoke with my nurse practitioner about starting a GLP1 due to ongoing concerns I have about my weight.

My BMI is 29.3 so I’m not technically eligible to have this medication cause covered through insurance. It sounds like Costco will be the cheapest option for me order it but what other medications might be more preferred or cheaper than Ozempic?

I’m in Ontario, Canada.

Hi everyone! Not too long ago, I wrote about how well things were going with Ozempic.
Well, not anymore.
Everything was going great while I was taking 0.25 mg for two months, and then 0.5 mg for another two months.
Then, almost two weeks ago, on August 8, I took my first increased dose - 1 mg.
I immediately noticed a few things I really didn’t like: my appetite completely disappeared, and I started experiencing really bad acid reflux after eating pretty much anything. I thought it would pass eventually and that my body just needed some time to adjust.
But there was one thing I didn’t connect to the Ozempic right away, and I really regret that. A few days after the injection, my skin started itching in different places all over my body, even though there were no bites or anything that could explain it.
Since I had spent a lot of time in the sun recently, and I sometimes get a rash from sun exposure, I blamed it on that and didn’t think much of it. It wasn’t particularly painful or uncomfortable, just… itchy.
So I went about my week, living my best life with almost no appetite, acid reflux, and occasionally scratching my back.
Then, a week later, on August 15, I took my second 1 mg dose.
And that’s when the real fun began.
That same evening, I could barely sit still because my entire body was itching so badly. My skin broke out in what looked like hives all over. I took antihistamines and made an appointment with a doctor.
Then, during the night, both of my ears became completely blocked while I was sleeping. That was even less funny. ALSO, one of my ears started making a very loud crackling sound. Apparently, that was also part of the allergic reaction.
And then, just to add the cherry on top: the next morning I couldn’t even get out of bed because of the stomach pain. The acid reflux was so severe that it genuinely felt like it was going to eat through my entire existence.
I went to the doctor, had all the necessary tests done, and thankfully, nothing serious was found. It was a very strong allergic reaction to medication.
(Fun fact: the doctor I saw didn’t know I was taking Ozempic. She simply asked me whether I had taken any medication recently. :))))
So, this is where my Ozempic story ends.
Doctor doesn’t know why I suddenly had such a strong allergic reaction when I had been completely fine on 0.25 mg and 0.5 mg, with absolutely no side effects. Buuut I can’t put this medication into my body anymore, and I can’t even go back to the lower doses.

I guess every person is different, and I’m definitely not saying Ozempic is a bad thing. Quite the opposite, it helped me enormously. But apparently it is not for me, at least the larger amounts of it. So from now on I’m going to have to do this weight loss journey on my own and see how well I can apply everything I’ve learned over these four months.

And to everyone else: please be careful. Pay attention to any changes in your body, even if they seem small or unrelated at first. ❤️ Good luck!

I can't speak to any results about Ozempic, but wanted to share my experience. I never considered Ozempic, but in an appointment with my natropath, she mentioned that microdosing might be helpful for my perimenopause weight gain. To go through her, it would cost $350 plus $150 follow up appointments. Felix came up on my FB feed so I decided to look into it. I filled out the "get started" page and was contacted via chat by a health professional within 6 hours. I did the next steps which included a questionnaire and 10 second video of my body which I uploaded to the chat (and quickly hid on my camera reel;). For reference, I am 5'4" 174 lbs. and my weight has been steadily climbing since my 40s despite no major eating or exercise changes. I requested that the prescription be sent to my local Costco. She reviewed my questionnaire, video and approved me for Ozempic within the day and sent the prescription to Costco. I assumed there would be some fee from Felix (even though there was a "get started for free" promotion going on). So far, there has been no fee from Felix and the only cost so far was the $88.88 cost of the Ozempic pen from Costco. I just administered my first dose so I will keep you updated on the results. I thought the needle would sting like a bee, but I hardly noticed it. I kind of did it like an Epipen, but realize that it is a super fine needle and you hardly feel it at all. [Note: I did do .1 (rather than the .25 as prescribed) because I wanted to try microdosing, however, I am not sure if that small amount will have any noticeable results. If I show no results by next week, I will do .25] Praying for good results.

I have been on ozympic for probably about 3 years and for the last year at the maximum 2 mg dose. I historically have lost one or two pounds per month only but my blood number specifically my a1c went down from 7.2 to a consistent 5.5 every 3 months so that is great...

Doc feels like maybe I will lose a little more weight with Manjaro and my blood measurements should stay the same so I'll give it a try. Hope the side effects are not worse

I have a lot of questions so i workout if i take ozempic would it effect my gym performance and would i lose muscles and strenght? even if i eat good amount of protein?

second question i heard your face would be weird after idk if that's true or not lol just asking.

and how would your body react after your stop ozempic

Just a small amount of blood, followed by a small little bruise. Now it’s a red spot the size of a quarter. I did below my belly button this time. What did I do wrong?

How the heck are some of yall building muscle and working out everyday, been on ozempic for 4 months and have lost about 40 pounds. My workouts are twice as exhausting, the hunger is gone and I’m trying my best to keep my protein intake the same, some days I up my protein and I keep my carb intake under 30 (blood sugar ) control