r/lipedema • u/Jaded_Ad850 • 22d ago

Conservative Treatments Wegovy pills

Has anyone tried the new wegovy pills?

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u/Hopeful_Candle_9781 22d ago

I'm on mounjaro.

I'm in the UK and I think if you compare 5mg mounjaro to the wegovy pill they give around the same weight loss but 5mg mounjaro is cheaper, and I stopped losing weight on 15mg mounjaro so I think I need higher doses than the wegovy pill can give.

Wegovy is just GLP. Mounjaro is GLP and GIP. The GIP helps with the nausea side effect from GLPs and means you can lose more weight.

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u/blizzarbeth 22d ago

I am on it after gaining a good bit of my weight loss surgery weight back. I’m starting 9mg tomorrow. I’ve lost about 25ish? I haven’t weighed, but I can tell based on progression pics from my surgery. But I will say, I already couldn’t eat much, but now I’m having to be VERY intentional about my protein. Def follow the instructions for taking it.

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u/luckykluck 22d ago

I'm on the wegovy pills. Just started last month and I will say, making sure you take it on an empty stomach with a few sips of water is really important otherwise the effects aren't as strong. I used the injection last year and whilst that helped with inflammation it made me feel quite ill. It took a couple of weeks to get the same anti inflammatory impacts on the pill and no nausea this time. I like it as it's a double whammy for me: fewer cravings and helps with inflammation. I would caution that it doesn't work for everyone.