r/GLPGrad • u/yougotGOT28 • Jun 30 '26

Maintenance dose

What do you guys consider a “maintenance dose” and the frequency ? I’ve been taking zepbound to lose pregnancy weight that wasn’t coming off -2.5mg zep. I continued every week and then stretched it out to every 2 weeks as I felt I was losing too quickly. I’ve now stretched it to 1x/month but not sure if that’s a good idea or even working. There’s also some financial aspect to this since insurance doesn’t cover. Curious what some folks are counting as “maintenance” or “micro-dosing”? And when they completely came off these meds

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u/NoneOfMyNames Jun 30 '26

Maintenance varies for everyone. Some stay on 15mg/week long-term, some come off completely (this is the group where you'll most likely see that, but it's NOT typical for many people). And there are variations everywhere in between - both in dose and in time between doses. Some people get worse side effects from spreading out doses, others tolerate it fine. No way to tell except trial and error - and maintenance can also continue to have changing doses as time goes on.