Are you drinking enough?
You really need to drink a lot more water than usual I find.
You really need to drink a lot more water than usual I find.
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used sax for a few months last march, and have recently started it again a couple of weeks ago. I may have jumped up too quickly. I just can't stop itching, and I'm wondering if I need to lower the dose, or ploughing through.
You’re not supposed to skip days on Saxenda. It’s not like a diet where you can have a day off/cheat day etc. You need to take it consistently
Sounds like it’s working well for you already. Yay!
Okay, no skipping then! I'll follow the scheme as it's been fine so far!
Update on the GP - Rang up and basically let them know that I'm on it, and honestly, I felt like a bit of a numpty because the Doctor was basically saying in a very professionally disguised manner - 'okay, so what? I don't care'.
It made me feel a bit cringe at myself, but to be fair to me, the place I got mine from literally encourages you to tell your doctor soooo...
. I was very clear that I'd already started and she was already going on a 'we CANNOT diagnose it' tirade, so maybe I shouldn't feel too bad, as she just didn't come across all that warm or welcoming in general.Right as I hung up I thought, I might as well have kept that to myself because what a waste.
My husband was prescribed this by a clinic in Newry. Ozempic. It was £300 for a months supply, we are in Ireland (South). They sent my husband the actual pen, can we get the prescription off them and get it cheaper locally? Or is it not available in Ireland at all? Seems extremely expensive
I have been prescribed it too but there is no supply in the South that I’ve been able to locate and earliest estimate is late March before supplies return to normal. It’s also no cheaper really because as your dose increases so does the price. I started on 0.25 and up to 1.5. Up to 1mg is about 140 euro for a month but after that you have to get two pens one of 1.0mg and one of 0.5mg. So it’s €280 on my last 1.5mg prescription. I’m hoping more companies will manufacturer it now so the price will come down because the demand is unprecedented.
I've recently switched to Ozempic and have zero side effects but lost a similar amount of weight (11lbs) first week.
How much is Ozempic compared to Sax in England?
I got a deal for 120 for 1 pen
How long does the pen last?
Cos you only inject once a week this is gonna last me somewhere between 4-6 weeks.
Ozempic in the price range you mention is if someone is on up to 1mg. Once the dose goes higher, two injections are needed to make up the dose so the price goes up. There's no way around that until Wegovy is released.
Though that person could just use 1mg pens and give one and a half doses by counting the clicks. That would keep cost down a bit. Three of the 1mg pens would last eight weeks, rather than having to buy 2 x 1mg and 2 x 0.5mg.
I'd love to hear experiences of anyone who has had to switch from ozempic and what doses of each you used? I was on 1mg of ozempic and losing slowly but steadily which I was happy with. Now I've been switched to liraglutide 3mg. So going from the lower diabetic dose of ozempic to the full weight loss dose of saxenda. It's so much dearer I'm debating not going to the full 3mg.
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I’m on 1mg but buy from more than one pharmacy and have just moved to taking it every 5 days, rather than weekly. I’ve just had about 6 weeks of every 6 days.
what do you so when you don't have enough foe a dose in a pen ? do you so two injections oe just under dose one. I used the rest of ny first pen up today but didn't have enough for 1.8mg so I just finished off the cartridge as far as it would go.
Before I was on 3mg I used to just save the bit left and use it with the next injection to get the full dose. Now I’m on 3mg I just finish it off with the last dose from the pen. It’s about 3 clicks worth. It would drive me crazy trying to work out the dose every time if I didn’t though so I live on the edge and have that tiny dribble extra with the last dose.
Took my first injection just now, is there anything i should expect or will the symptoms come in the coming days? Can’t remember from the last time I took it (a few years ago).
First time the nausea hit me about 12 hours later, immediately after I felt nothing
Oh god - Send help !!!! I’m a few days into 1.2 and it is kicking my backside. I have had the very worst diarrhoea for days along with a gurgling tummy, it’s awful.
I don’t remember having this last time - Will it go ? Any tips to manage the diarrhoea and nausea?
I’m tempted to jack it in again as it’s making me feel awful but I don’t want to give up so early again.
I don’t remember having this last time - Will it go ? Any tips to manage the diarrhoea and nausea?
I’m tempted to jack it in again as it’s making me feel awful but I don’t want to give up so early again.
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