Grey Tirz costs me nothing...

[byefatlicia]

I got to thinking today about the cost of all this. And the more I pondered, I realized that I have spent much less on Grey than if I would've kept the same pace of Dr.'s appointments and paid the $200 a pop each time.
It's really amazing to think that my health has done a complete 180 and it costs me less than before🙂

 

[CNCCurrency]

Facts

 

[nonyabizznez]

Preach!

I was saving money even while hoarding tirzepatide! A kit of T30 is less than one dinner for two in a semi decent restaurant these days. My food budget is a fraction of what it use to be. I watched my savings grow from not eating out regularly and just returned from a vacation that was paid for in calories not consumed in restaurants!

 

[Hichewgoddess]

I’ve saved SO much by going gray. I thought I was getting a great deal for $160 a month compounded.🫣

 

[Bdos1]

In Australia the cost for Mounjaro is between $500 and $600 per month (AUD, so approx $334 to $400 in USD)

Meanwhile a 40mg kit delivered from China cost $280 delivered and lasts me more than a year

Splitting the difference if I did a full year on Mounjouro it's $6,600

That's a saving of $6,320.

 

[testyonenow42]

So true. Even at compounding prices reduced costs offset much of the expense. Add in how much better I feel and it's a huge win.

 

[jdaniel30]

I just like being in the driver's seat regarding my healthcare. Currently at my goal of 175 and have no intention of returning to being overweight. I don't want or need to have someone else deciding when to dose down and there is no major cost associated with continuing Tirz.
Originally, I was concerned with the fact that no insurer would ever approve GLP-1 on someone with a BMI of 24, now I don't care. Titrating down on my schedule.

 

[Jellybelly54]

$5 a week for my tirz! I spend more per week on chewing gum! 😂

 

[jw717us]

The funniest was a comment after my wife started. She figured we were WELLL ahead based on having zero interest in dessert and wine anymore.

 

[Sasquatch]

Even @15mg zep. is $16/mg. Compared to pennys/mg. 😺 🤯

 

[Minus80]

In Australia the cost for Mounjaro is between $500 and $600 per month (AUD, so approx $334 to $400 in USD)

Meanwhile a 40mg kit delivered from China cost $280 delivered and lasts me more than a year

Splitting the difference if I did a full year on Mounjouro it's $6,600

That's a saving of $6,320.

When you add up the annual cost it just blows my mind. What annoys me is that the people that need the medication the most likely need to get higher in the doses and they make it ridiculously expensive to move up. The whole model is cooked in Aus.
I'm just at the early days in looking for a better solution, but am hopeful there is a better and more managable longterm pathway.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

When you add up the annual cost it just blows my mind. What annoys me is that the people that need the medication the most likely need to get higher in the doses and they make it ridiculously expensive to move up. The whole model is cooked in Aus.
I'm just at the early days in looking for a better solution, but am hopeful there is a better and more managable longterm pathway.

Lilly is doing the same thing in the US. 299 starting dose. 499 max dose. Incremental increases along the way.

 

[New2ton]

Lilly is doing the same thing in the US. 299 starting dose. 499 max dose. Incremental increases along the way.

I was just reading the fine print on their website. I always read the fine print when I see something like "As low as $499".

 

[HereKittyKitty]

I was just reading the fine print on their website. I always read the fine print when I see something like "As low as $499". View attachment 14823

It's quite the catch they built in. If you don't order within the period, it defaults to 499.

That's exactly how I got here. LOL

 

[Calm Logic]

What annoys me is that the people that need the medication the most likely need to get higher in the doses and they make it ridiculously expensive to move up.

That is sinister.

I think eventually the starting dose direct from Eli Lilly could be $199 a month, instead of $299 now.

As of now, people getting the max dose are paying $449, which is 50 percent more than the $299 starting dose.

 

[Wallydog]

That is sinister.

I think eventually the starting dose direct from Eli Lilly could be $199 a month, instead of $299 now.

As of now, people getting the max dose are paying $449, which is 50 percent more than the $299 starting dose.

But Lily would argue that it's much cheaper than it was at $1200 to $1500 per month! I loved it when my PCP sent me to get compounded products and said "EL can take the hit on this. What was their last quarterly earnings report?"

 

[Calm Logic]

But Lily would argue that it's much cheaper than it was at $1200 to $1500 per month!

I can side effects for less than $2:
Magnesium Citrate

 

[oldrunnerguy]

$238 for some Reta and Tirz, plus $460 to have it tested, because I chose to do so. Even after sacrificing 2 vials for testing, that leaves me with about 3 years of medication. That's less than $20/month. I'll call that a really good deal.

 

[theoretical_maximum]

Meanwhile I'm still paying $500/month because I haven't made the switch yet. Was too nervous, reasoned that spending money for the "legit" product was worth the peace of mind. Not for long.

 

[byefatlicia]

Meanwhile I'm still paying $500/month because I haven't made the switch yet. Was too nervous, reasoned that spending money for the "legit" product was worth the peace of mind. Not for long.

You'll get there🙂 and your time spent here will help you navigate.🙂

 

[Alikron13]

Each of us has a different threshold of anxiety to money output to overcome. For some there is just no way to afford the insane markups that "legit" products have if certain factors are not in your favor.

 

[lessthanhalf]

The price does not seem to have got any better here since I bought my one script of it for $690. And hoping I could get it to last at least 4 months. My calculation was 0.8mg semaglutide which was all I could tolerate should be about equivalent to 3-5mg of tirzepatide. And I spent days trying to work that out. Did not work out like that, way higher dose needed to control hunger, but no nausea on 15mg which I totally did not expect, after a year of feeling pukey on ozempic.

A year of that at 15mg/week is $8280, a year of Chinese pirated tirz was $350 last September and about $280 now. Sounds like Aussie retail prices might be dearer than US ones now.

I saw this study recently. It is in Denmark so prices are not going to translate exactly but on average people spent the equivalent of $1800 usd less per year on grocery shopping after starting GLP's making grey GLP's cheaper than free after accounting for paying less for shopping.
Consumer Food Purchases After Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Initiation

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2844224

 

[MsGizmo]

In Australia the cost for Mounjaro is between $500 and $600 per month (AUD, so approx $334 to $400 in USD)

Meanwhile a 40mg kit delivered from China cost $280 delivered and lasts me more than a year

Splitting the difference if I did a full year on Mounjouro it's $6,600

That's a saving of $6,320.

I bought a year and a half supply of semaglutide and all the supplies I needed for $250.
18 months of retail wegovy would have cost me $9000.

Hmm ... $9000 or $250 ... decisions, decisions.

 

[Dydanz]

In Australia the cost for Mounjaro is between $500 and $600 per month (AUD, so approx $334 to $400 in USD)

Meanwhile a 40mg kit delivered from China cost $280 delivered and lasts me more than a year

Splitting the difference if I did a full year on Mounjouro it's $6,600

That's a saving of $6,320.

this is so true, i can relate cz same happened to me with ozempic

 

[Estarossa19]

Meanwhile I'm still paying $500/month because I haven't made the switch yet. Was too nervous, reasoned that spending money for the "legit" product was worth the peace of mind. Not for long.

Dang, at least go the compounded route if you're still a bit worried about going grey. $500 is nutty! I think some o the compunded pharmacies are at the $150ish dollar mark a month now.

 

[Gwynhwyfar]

I´m on the original brand TIRZ for almost 2 years now and it cost me now around 6900 $ a year... even with testing each batch, I only have to spend one month worth to supply me for 9 months 😱 It is so crazy. I will change to Reta now, because TIRZ doesn´t do much for me anymore.

 

[DoctaDave]

My wife and I both sat down and realized that we are saving hundreds a month just on groceries. So forget losing weight and being able to actually move and keep up with the kids, it was a sound financial decision lol

 

[Jerrey]

My wife and I both sat down and realized that we are saving hundreds a month just on groceries. So forget losing weight and being able to actually move and keep up with the kids, it was a sound financial decision lol

I came to the same conclusion. Factoring in groceries, snack/junk food, and the occasional door dash take out meal when I was to tired to cook I figure my doing grey triz is putting money back in my pocket.

 

[MsGizmo]

Meanwhile I'm still paying $500/month because I haven't made the switch yet. Was too nervous, reasoned that spending money for the "legit" product was worth the peace of mind. Not for long.

Just going to point out that there hasn't been some tragic mass of people dying from grey market GLP1s. Millions of people taking them .. but are people getting hurt? That's the main thing that convinced me.

Every case I have heard about someone with a GLP related injury 99% of the time they did something stupid. They either took too much or ignored the warning signs of a problem because they were desperate to lose weight. Honestly the same thing can happen with retail anyway. The real difference is if there is going to be someone to sue afterwards.

 

[lessthanhalf]

All the case reports and studies I have found so far are caused by dosing errors, either just calculating doses wrong or just using too much too soon, and there are quite a few of them. This is the only one I have found so far not caused by that problem, and caused an intensive care admission, so was obviously life threatening. I would be very surprised if this is the only time something like this has happened but it is definitely rare.
Hypoglycaemic coma induced by a falsified semaglutide product: a case report
We present a case of a 31-year-old woman who was admitted to the emergency room in a hypoglycaemic coma after self-administrating semaglutide (Ozempic) obtained from a website. Toxicological analysis showed that the vial contained insulin instead of semaglutide, therefore leading to severe hypoglycaemia.
DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2025-004656