Severe Reaction of semi celeb

[lessthanhalf]

I started with name brand Zepbound at the standard starting dose. Unfortunately, I had some of the same effects although not quite as severe. I did have to wash my unders and pants once and there were a few times that I only made it because our house is so small. That side effect faded over the next few weeks and even restarting after a break on an accelerated titration schedule hasn't triggered it again.

I do agree that she's more than a little "the sky is falling!" here. Glp1s can be so tremendously beneficial to so many. Accounts like hers can do a lot of damage if she starts trotting out that people should only use them if they are the last resort.

Eli Lilly really needs to release their stranglehold on the dosing IMO. 2.5 mg-5mg-7.5mg-10mg titrating up every month is just way too much way too fast for so many and many insurance and prescribing patterns basically force people to go up whether it's medically indicated or not. My dad was very nervous about starting the meds and opted to start at 1 mg and go up 1mg each dosage increase. Impressively it's already improved his IBS symptoms.

The problem the drug companies have with the pens and dosing is the less choices they give you , the more idiot proof it is, and the more options and variations, the more likely people are going to stuff it up and get doses wrong. I think the tirzepatide dosing schedule is probably the best one, reasonably slow and consistent and way less problematic than the ozempic one of 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.7, 2.4mg. At least with the multidose pens you can count clicks and adjust dose that way. With grey peptides you can use any dose you like and people do make dose errors more often.

 

[sheilarae74]

Now this story is ALL OVER social media now and people have been telling their ozempic horror stories. 🙄