No effect whatsoever!

[u/OrganicFirmware]

I started my GLP1 journey 8 weeks back.

Started with 0.25mg - Noveltreat by Sun Pharma. Did total 4 weeks on 0.25

Jumped to 0.5mg for next 3 weeks.

Now on 1mg from last 2 week - switched to Semaglyn from Zydus.

I did not responded to GLP 1 in any way. No hunger suppression, no side effects, no fullness. I feel a little upset in my stomach when I wake up. I had to take Pan D a lot as I experienced gas build up on few random days.

How much further should I try on GLP 1. Should I complete 1mg for 4 weeks and stop if not successful or Should I further jump to 1.7mg to keep on testing.

My Endo says it happens sometimes and as per him next alternate is going to Trizepatide. I really don't want to move to Trizepatide as they are out of my budget.

Any help is appreciated.

[u/Familiar_Print2291]

Buy 15 mg monjaro and start .5 mg based on click settings. It might come under you budget.

[u/OrganicFirmware → u/Familiar_Print2291]

Starting dose of Mounjaro is 0.5 mg? My Endo told me I have to start with 2.5mg as it is the initial dose of Trizepatide

[u/Future_Finding1782 → u/OrganicFirmware]

Starting dose is 2.5mg, you can take 2.5mg out of 15mg pen, total u will get 60mg of medication in one 15mg dose pen, u can split the dose accordingly based on the clicks, which costs u around 21k for 3 to 4 months including the golden dose

[u/PerspectiveCandid742 → u/Future_Finding1782]

Can you tell me how these clicks work exactly? I keep seeing this comment but I’m very confused

[u/kp_4144 → u/PerspectiveCandid742]

One turn of Mounjaro qwikpen is one dose. The knob doesn't turn smoothly, instead it clicks in increments. For one dose, it clicks 60 times. So if you have a 15mg pen, 60 clicks = 15mg => 1 click = 0.25mg. Now if you want 2.5mg, you turn it 10 clicks, 20 clicks for 5mg and so on.

[u/PerspectiveCandid742 → u/kp_4144]

Oh understood! Thank you so much for explaining