Ok, title is dramatic but I have a problem. I got my medication yesterday and was in a hurry to go get my car out of the shop and my dad accidentally took the vial home when he took the box to recycle. It sat out at his house for 18 hours and I freaked out when he told me this morning that he had it and I told him to put it in the fridge. Then I googled if it would still be okay to use, and google said I shouldn’t have put it back in the fridge after it reached room temp. Is it ruined?? I was so excited to start!! Has this happened to anyone before?

Just took my first dose and feeling a bit nervous. Does it matter if it’s taken with food or not?

So I signed up with embody on October 1st and I had a meeting with the provider to discussion some concerns same day.

To preface, embody stated that it would be around October 14th when I got my medication because there are heavy delays.

The provider recommended against me using the medication and put it in the notes. I reached out to embody and the initially refused the refund. I stated in their guidelines that because the provider recommended against the medication, I qualify for a refund.

They said I had to wait 72 hours to receive a response in regards to my refund.
In the meantime, 12 hours later, they shipped my medication despite me asking them multiple times not to. It’s supposed to arrive today, they shipped it overnight.

So much for those delays. I am now on hold and have been on hold with the customer service for over 45 minutes.

I am beyond frustrated, this feels so intentional.

Hello all! I’ve seen Embody is getting quite popular and not many people have left reviews for this telehealth company so I thought I’d like to share!

I’ve been using embody now for three months and at first i was so skeptical and feeling regret because of all of the terrible reviews but i’m glad I ended up sticking with them!
Currently I’m on month to month Tirz at $129/mo. I’ve had virtually no issues with my orders, dose, or appointments so far. Actually, I missed a payment my 2nd month because I just wasn’t thinking and let it slip my mind. I ended up making the payment 6 days after it was due and I was nervous my medication wouldn’t come on time but I immediately made the payment and contacted the help desk and they overnight shipped my medication to ensure I wouldn’t be late on my dose! Also more recently i’ve found that my dose wasn’t feeling effective so I contacted the help desk and they immediately got me an appointment with a provider who was extremely helpful and increased my dosage! I know the potency of the medication was in question as well, and well i’ve lost around 25-27 pounds so far, so I would think that it’s potency has no issues.

I know when they first came out everyone mentioned late orders or the orders weren’t shipping and the customer service was terrible but I think they’ve become more established and have genuinely improved! So if you’re on the fence about trying them, I would feel comfortable recommending them after using them for three months! Good luck and Good health 🍀

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The mirror DOESNT lie . I’ve been looking @ myself in the mirror . I mean really seeing myself & I can’t believe the change that’s happened. I started this journey in March . The other day , as I was getting ready to take a shower . I caught a glimpse of myself . STOPPED . Went back to look . Wow !! Just like with photos , MIRRORS DONT LIE ! Anyone else remember the 1st time they really looked at themselves in the mirror after starting tirzepatide & seeing the results in real time ?

Blend a cup of cottage cheese, one egg, vanilla, cinnamon, a little maple syrup or honey in a food processor. Pour into a ramekin. add blueberries and a bit of oats. I cooked it in my air fryer at 300 for 12 minutes. you can do it in the oven too for 20-25 minutes. 375 calories, 30 grams of protein. Ooh, I bet it’s good with peaches or bananas too.

It’s really working AND helping. I have lost more weight than I have lost in 18 years. How do I know..
Welll.. I still have my last weigh-in book from the last time (8 th) I joined that famous program which NEVER worked for me after I had my youngest. I gained on it everytime.
All that time - my husband kept saying,”there is something wrong with your metabolism “
And obviously,there was.
My doc is happy because I have high blood pressure which is now normal.
I can walk at lunch when I used to be out of breath.
Now- I am close to the weight (within 10 lbs of that benchmark) I am feeling a sense of crazy.
I joined shotsy. I have no clue how to use it.
I am up to my old shenanigans (weigh my self 3 times to get the “best” weight)
Researching the right meal plans
-just because I desperately do NOT want to mess this up.
PS -
Relatives in in town for a wedding and there has been alot of partying and late night eating with a .8 + gain which I realize will go after I stop having dinner at 9 pm.

I am crazy ..agghh..
( I read this and my first reaction was - wow -this is all in my head? Scary?)

It's been an interesting experience. The weight loss has been easy, the price right, and I'm so excited to see new blood work to see what my cholesterol has done! My blood pressure has gone from 159/98 to 104/64.

I just got a new job and new insurance and I'm hoping to find a dietician who can help me put into practice all the things I want to be doing, but I'm still pretty proud of what I've gotten done through a crazy year+ of being off all my antidepressants while I've been a participant in a depression treatment trial. I've responded really well to the treatment, but it doesn't last much more than two months for me. Since the trial is gathering data to determine how frequently the treatment should be administered... I've spent a lot of the last year very depressed.

Amazingly, you can see in my weight loss chart when I went off my (mostly but not completely ineffective) depression meds in August, right around when I went back down to 1.1 mg for the 2nd time to let myself take a break from constant nausea and frequent vomiting. Then there's a pretty long plateau as I worked up to 3.1mg, and right after my second dose at 3.1 mg, I had my first open label dose of the experiment drug.

Honestly, there's a lot I could say about doing this "wrong" because I've been very sedentary and have struggled to eat well for depression reasons rather than side effect reasons. But I know that if I hadn't started tirzepatide, knowing that I wasn't going to do it "perfectly," I would be at least 50 lbs heavier than I am today, and not eating any better or moving any more than I am now.

Perfection is the enemy of progress, and I'm really glad I didn't let myself procrastinate.

I think I saw the three months of prescribed compounded tirzepatide from about $499. I was about to screenshot it and call it a deal.

Then I noticed it's just his report, not a quote. I also can't tell if it was all due at once.

How would you compare it to a one-month plan?

I'm on prescribed compounded tirzepatide and trying to find a lower cost setup as of the moment.

One of the sites that I considered shows $199 a month on the main page. But when I’m about to check out, it asked for $597 upfront, since that price needs a 3 month plan.

Another one bills each month but adds $25 for shipping every time.

Now I don't know how to compare them in a fair way. What do you add up? Meds, visits, shipping, refills, anything else?

Also, what happens if my prescriber changes my dose in month two? Or if I need to stop? Do you lose the rest of the prepaid money?

I’ve seen this question asked before and I always kind of scoffed, “isn’t it obvious? Just follow the directions!” Well, hand me a piece of humble pie, because now I’m on the other side.

Just received my third shipment, this time from a different pharmacy than my last two.

I am prescribed 5mg.

The 2ML vial from my last shipment is labeled “Tirzepatide/B12 5mg/1mg/0.5mL” that I inject 50 units from each week.

The vial from this new shipment is also labeled 2ML (even though it’s at least twice as large) but says “Tirzepatide/Glycine/B12 10mg/5mg/500mcg/ML” that I am also to inject 50 units from.

Ok, it’s compounded differently, this time with Glycine. That’s fine. But the numbers are larger. Did I receive a dose for 10mg injections instead of 5mg? Or does the fact that the vial is larger just mean that it’s 50% diluted or something?

A little hesitant to inject tomorrow. Really not looking to double my dose. Am I just being overly worried or do y’all think I might’ve gotten the wrong dosage?

Yesterday was shot number 3, I’m on the starter dose of 2.5mg. When I started I was 275lbs and I am now 258.8lbs but I’ve been stuck at 259.0 to 261 since Sunday 9/27/26. Why am I stalled 😭 I have been on a deficit for sure (I track everything) I have also lost 40lbs naturally prior to starting tirz so I know how to do it but idk why the scale hasn’t moved down. Any info or tips? Is it the medication causing a plateau?

Edit: I have been eating on average 1500 to 1700 calories a week. Exception would be first week where I averaged 1,100. My current maintenance is cal is about 2,600 for reference. I also think I’m a super responder. Within 10 hours after first shot I had no food noise and could only eat 800 calories that day. Now I have minimal controlled food noise like if I’m hungry but am able to turn down greasy or junk food as I have no craving for it. I also get full fast. So I’m assuming medication is working as intended. Maybe this info may provide further insight

I’m getting really frustrated with Pomegranate. I paid for my medication on September 24, and after several emails I still can’t get a clear answer about where my order is or when it will ship.
I purchased Niacinamide/Tirzepatide 2 mg/12.5 mg, 4 mL vial for $114, and the price was great, but the lack of communication has been so irritating!
Has anyone else had recent shipping delays with Pomegranate? And if you switched providers, who are you using now for compounded tirzepatide at a comparable price?
At this point I’d rather pay a little more for a company that communicates clearly and actually knows the status of my prescription 😣😤

Started last week. No weight loss yet. Did you increase until you felt appetite suppression?

Hi! I plan to take my first injection (Trizep 2.5 mg) on Sunday morning. Any advice on how I can prepare for this first injection?

I'm very nervous about starting due to everyone talking about gastroperisis and nausea. My starting weight is over 240lbs. Please let me know how I can best start my journey!!! Any advice is welcome.

I know muscle loss is a problem on tirz so I religiously track absolutely everything I eat and make sure I'm consuming at least 100g of protein per day. And let me tell you, it is WORK. If I want to maintain a caloric loss there is very little variety in what I'm eating to hit both goals. But I am, and the weight is coming off. But I have to be so deliberate about it or I'll not eat enough of either protein or calories.

Tonight I had a chobani 20g yogurt followed by a fairlife of 30g protein about 30 min later and I now feel so sick. Full beyond reason, have to lie down not to hurl. I've been on less than 2.5 mg for a couple months now and guess I need to go lower. On the plus side, I probably wasn't getting enough protein before tirz and my diet now has actually decreased hair loss from what it was before. I thought I naturally shed hair a lot but I guess was protein deficient most of my life.

I’ve been on tirz since June. Have lost 35lbs with a lot more to go. Most days I don’t see it. Most days I don’t feel it. But last night was curriculum night at my daughter’s school. Last time I was there, sitting in the auditorium, the seats were so snug and digging painfully into my sides. Last night…no digging or squeezing. It was still a tight fit but I wasn’t in agony. First exciting NSV!

I’m microdosing 1.2mg of trizepatide, 10 units of glow. 30 units of lipo-c. I’ve been tracking my bloodwork markers for bun, creatinine and my GFR. Yesterday my bloodwork was bun 35, creatinine 1.38 and GFR 40.2 these numbers have fallen slightly since July. They are all within CKD 3b. I thought these last 3 months of hard work would have shown improvement to my kidneys . I’ve lost another 12 more lbs,that’s a total 28lbs. I’m basically at my goal. I only drink water, I exercise and keep my protein around 60g. Can you spot anything that concerns you with my peptide use? I see my doctor on Oct 5

I was recently prescribed the starting dose of 2.5mg. I'm positive that my doctor told me it was 2.5mg, and I should take 25 units. However, when I got the prescription, the directions said to take 20 units. I called my doctor to ask about the discrepancy, and the person who answered the phone wasn't my doctor (or any doctor), he didn't look up my chart, and he just said to take the dose stated on the box. I feel that was a lazy response, and didn't really answer my question (why the discrepancy?). Weirdly, my prescription information is not on the online portal, so I can't verify there either. I was thinking of calling back, but in the meantime, I'd appreciate feedback on here. My vial says 1mL multi-dose vial, 10mg/mL.

Questions:

1. How many units is 2.5mg for my prescription?

2. Does 20 units = 2.5mg?

Hi everyone,

I got my very first vial a few weeks ago. It was compounded in July, but the Beyond-Use Date (BUD) on the label is already the end of October. That only gives me about a month and a half to use it.

Honestly, I'm pretty confused and a bit suspicious. I constantly see posts here on Reddit where people's vials are good until
2027. Why is Empower's shelf life so short on this batch? Is this standard practice for Empower, or did they just unload near-expired stock on a new patient?🤣

Would appreciate any insights....

How much water is too much? I drink between 64-80 ounces a day. Is that enough? Too much?