Started Mounjaro again after 2 months. Why aren’t there any side effects this time? Worried if wasn’t injected.

[JoeyK74]

I was on it for 6 months 2.5, 5, 7.5. I always had diarrhea and some nausea and throwing up but my A1C went from 10.9 to 5.4 and I lost 30 lbs. I stopped for 2 months because I had such stomach issues. Felt better but my appetite was back and I felt bloated.

I decided to start again at 2.5 mg per my dr. He gave me a box the office had as a sample. The difference is I stopped Metformin completely 3 days before I took the injection and haven’t taken it since. I used to take my injection Friday morning but I switched to Friday night. Normally I would have had a bought of something by now but haven’t yet. I ate pretty much the same things I usually eat. Just a little bit of gassy feeling that subsided. When I took the shot this time though I noticed a drop of the meds on my stomach (mixed with some blood). I have gotten a spot of blood a few times but never the meds. Does it mean the dose wasn’t injected?

 

[raw_oyster_eater]

try injecting all 4 pens at once.

 

[chmuse]

I was on it for 6 months 2.5, 5, 7.5. I always had diarrhea and some nausea and throwing up but my A1C went from 10.9 to 5.4 and I lost 30 lbs. I stopped for 2 months because I had such stomach issues. Felt better but my appetite was back and I felt bloated.

I decided to start again at 2.5 mg per my dr. He gave me a box the office had as a sample. The difference is I stopped Metformin completely 3 days before I took the injection and haven’t taken it since. I used to take my injection Friday morning but I switched to Friday night. Normally I would have had a bought of something by now but haven’t yet. I ate pretty much the same things I usually eat. Just a little bit of gassy feeling that subsided. When I took the shot this time though I noticed a drop of the meds on my stomach (mixed with some blood). I have gotten a spot of blood a few times but never the meds. Does it mean the dose wasn’t injected?

Just a drop wouldn't be your entire dose, especially if they're official pens. The official ones are a lot more dilute than what most of us mix up. You'd have a lot more than just a drop- more likely, you just pulled the pen out a little too fast.

Metformin can be very hard on your stomach- the combo of tirz AND metformin was probably rough, especially if they were raising your dose even while you still had side effects. Do what your doctor says, but I'd suggest asking them if they're comfortable with a more prolonged titration to see if your body handles it better than rapidly increasing the dose.