Switching from compound to name brand

[john_askins]

Hi all - I have been on the compound since June. Had pretty good results. After Eli Lilly lowered their prices, it ended up being cheaper having my doctor prescribe 15mg and making my smaller doses from them. Today was the first day that I took the name brand. I was nauseous, dizzy, lightheaded, and overall sick within one hour of taking it. Crazy side effects I’ve never had before. Is this normal? I’m currently laying in bed out of commission on Christmas because I am so sick.

 

[Grogu]

Hi all - I have been on the compound since June. Had pretty good results. After Eli Lilly lowered their prices, it ended up being cheaper having my doctor prescribe 15mg and making my smaller doses from them. Today was the first day that I took the name brand. I was nauseous, dizzy, lightheaded, and overall sick within one hour of taking it. Crazy side effects I’ve never had before. Is this normal? I’m currently laying in bed out of commission on Christmas because I am so sick.

Are you sure you took the correct dosage? The 15mg Lilly direct vials are 30mg/mL and compounded vials concentrations are usually not that high. So, if you took the same # of units that you were used to taking with compound, you probably overdosed. That would be the easiest explanation.

If you adjusted for the higher concentration, when did you take your shot today? If you took it before food and then ate a bunch of stuff that may be causing the nausea. What did you eat today? Did you drink?

I've used Lilly vials and compound interchangably over the last year and really didn't notice any difference between the two.

Hope you feel better soon! Hang in there!

 

[BellyD]

Yuppers, one of my worst mistakes is eating a lot the day of injection or heavy the night before! I'm always hungry day 7 of Triz. I'll ruin myself 😭

 

[john_askins]

Are you sure you took the correct dosage? The 15mg Lilly direct vials are 30mg/mL and compounded vials concentrations are usually not that high. So, if you took the same # of units that you were used to taking with compound, you probably overdosed. That would be the easiest explanation.

If you adjusted for the higher concentration, when did you take your shot today? If you took it before food and then ate a bunch of stuff that may be causing the nausea. What did you eat today? Did you drink?

I've used Lilly vials and compound interchangably over the last year and really didn't notice any difference between the two.

Hope you feel better soon! Hang in there!

That was my initial thought. I’m on 5mg and I took .166mL of the name brand so I don’t think it was an overdose. I actually took it after eating and it wasn’t much food. Had 1/2 a beer and decided I wasn’t in the mood. I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary other than switching away from the compound. The only thing I can think of is the compound has b6 in it and maybe I actually need the vitamins.

 

[druell235]

Hi all - I have been on the compound since June. Had pretty good results. After Eli Lilly lowered their prices, it ended up being cheaper having my doctor prescribe 15mg and making my smaller doses from them. Today was the first day that I took the name brand. I was nauseous, dizzy, lightheaded, and overall sick within one hour of taking it. Crazy side effects I’ve never had before. Is this normal? I’m currently laying in bed out of commission on Christmas because I am so sick.

Just out of curiosity how did you make smaller doses? The Zepbound vials are single use once punctured? Did you add bac water to stretch it out and give it a preservative? The Zepbound vials just use sterile water, meaning they don't have the benz alc that the compound vials do?

ETA. Should add that I am not trying to call you out, just curious as I have heard of people doing this and just curious about your process.

 

[Grogu]

That was my initial thought. I’m on 5mg and I took .166mL of the name brand so I don’t think it was an overdose. I actually took it after eating and it wasn’t much food. Had 1/2 a beer and decided I wasn’t in the mood. I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary other than switching away from the compound. The only thing I can think of is the compound has b6 in it and maybe I actually need the vitamins.

The 17 units sounds right. Yes, the B6 is supposed to help with nausea, maybe that’s it. If you have any zofran, that would probably help right away. Hope you feel better!