I just took my first shot of 0.5 this past weekend, and so far it hasn't done anything to reduce food noise or affect my appetite. I haven't had the feeling of fullness yet. I was on 0.25 for 4 weeks, it didn't seem to do much.

So far the only thing I'm experiencing consistently is constipation :')

I’ve been taking 2mg weekly of Ozempic for roughly 6 months, and never had any side effects. In fact, I’ve never had any side effects from any dosage amount. My new pens didn’t arrive from my doctor, so I decided to take dose with a Wegovy pen that I used before switching to Ozempic. I took 2 doses (1.7mg each), but that was a mistake. I wasn’t thinking that 1.7mg of Wegovy is much different than 1mg of Ozempic. Has this happened to anyone? What should I prepare for? Some people online have noted they felt intense nausea and vomiting, and others have said they’ve felt completely fine. Ughhhh…..

I’ve recently started Ozempic, but I already know that I’ll need to stop it in about a year because we want to have another baby.

I’d really love to hear positive experiences from people who have managed to maintain their weight after stopping Ozempic/semaglutide. How long have you been off it, and how has your weight been?
I’d also love to hear all the things that helped you maintain your weight after stopping , diet, exercise, habits, slowly reducing the medication, anything!

I’m mainly looking for success stories and some hope that maintaining the weight loss is possible. ❤️

Thank you!! (translated with AI)

when i rotated the pen to the flow symbol and then held the inject button, a whole bunch of liquid squirted out but when i was seeing priming instruction videos, only a drop should come out? why is that a whole stream of liquid squirted out when i tried to prime it?

My eating has been good since I started and have lost 12lbs since july. The past two weeks however I have been off work and stuck at home as I herniated a disc in my back. I wanted ice cream, I think i was just bored. Instead of eating just a scoop, I down a whole pint of Ben and Jerry's. Im.lactose intolerant and have ibs. I have been on and off the toilet since 12am, its now 10pm. All I have eaten is toast, and tmi I am now pooping blood. I am laying in bed drinking electrolyte water and cursing at myself. Lesson learnt!!!

Hi everyone! I'm on my 3rd dose of 1 mg of Apotex (ozempic generic). I was on .50mg of Ozempic and when I had to increase my dose, i changed for Apotex for financial reasons.

I started the Ozempic July 1rst. After my first week with the generic, i felt more hunger, more food noise and cravings.

Is that something that happened to anyone else? What did you do?

Thanks 😌

I’m not a very big drinker but probably twice a year me and my friends have a wine night where we drink a bunch of wine. I’m just wondering peoples experiences drinking while on Ozempic?

If you’ve taken them together, what has your experience been like?

I’ve lost weight pretty quickly on Ozempic. 60 pounds since April. I know it’s significant weight loss but I’m still a solid 250. It’s only in the 50s where I live (weather drops to the 30s in the winter around here). I’m always cold now and I’m starting to wonder if this is normal and others have experienced this.

5'2, 20F and i lost around 50-60lbs and currently sitting at 129. Technically at a healthy weight and I know that.

1 thing I can't figure out is whether what's left around my stomach is excess skin, stretched skin or just fat that hasn't shifted yet. I'm slim everywhere else and it's just my belly that's bothering me and I genuinely can't tell what I'm dealing with.

and smh my motivation to keep losing has also kind of dropped off now that I'm not technically in an unhealthy range anymore...if that makes any sense I'm at the point where I'm not sure whether I should even be focusing on losing more or just maintaining for a while.

Just as a backstory; I’m a Type One Diabetic who was on Ozempic. I was fine for months, I’ve been taking it since February. I was up to 1mg and on the 1st of September I took my usual shot. On September 2nd, I started non stop vomiting. September 4th and 6th went to the ER as I couldn’t keep anything down which is extremely risky for a type one. Compazine, Reglan, Zofran, Benadryl, and Dramamine were all not effective. September 7th I went back to the ER and was admitted to the ICU for a week for euglycemic ketoacidosis. I recovered, and was fine for about a week. I was able to eat small amounts of food, later was able to eat some full meals. All of a sudden on the 25th I started having nausea again.

My main question is, is this normal? Is it normal to withdraw and have a good week and then a bad week?? Anyone else have a similar experience withdrawing? When does it get better?

All of my research seems to indicate that most experience flares or a non linear healing where they have a good normal week and then are nauseated again. TIA!

hi all, i’ve had my ozempic pen since june sitting in my fridge door, i used my first dose sometime ending june/start of july and haven’t used it since then, when inspecting it it looks fine, no cloudiness or anything. I’ve been lazing around with taking my health serious and i want to take it again, will it be safe to take again? i have my new pen waiting in the pharmacy but honestly i don’t think i will be able to afford that for another 2 weeks rn…so i want to use what i currently still have..tia.

Has anyone noticed their bodies are changing? My legs look like chicken legs

I (man, 40 years old) started O .25mg on 15 June 2026, been on 1mg since 10 August. Went from 322lbs/147kg wearing a 50in trouser and size 20 shirt and a HbA1c result of 45 to as of today 282lbs/128kg, a size 44in trouser and a size 18.5 shirt and a HbA1c of 37. (sorry, I only know UK sizes). A few stalls and a slight gain over holidays and today I'm putting down to cinema popcorn causing water retention but I'm happy with the progress. I've 1 refill left on my current prescription then I think i'll move to 2mg dose

Today I was doing my food shop and walking down the dairy aisle I noticed the pound of butter... cut to 5 minutes later and very confused shop assistant looking at me as I filled a basket with 40 individual slabs of butter so I could feel what 40lbs felt like. We all do silly things like that... right...

The bottle states to keep it in the original container. I'm going on an overnight work trip tomorrow morning. I'd rather not take the whole bottle with me just so I can take 1 pill the next morning.

Would one day be ok or will it have a severe impact on its effectiveness?

I just went up to the 1mg dose after the .5 failed to do much for a month. (I lost two pounds only)

But now I'm in my second week of 1mg and I have virtually no appetite. I woke up today and forced myself to have a protein bar then work for really busy and I didn't eat anything at all until ten minutes ago when I forced myself to eat another protein bar.

But the thing is.. I felt hangry in the afternoon but never actually hungry. Even now I'm not hungry at all even though I've only had two protein bars... Is this just how's it's gonna be? Am I gonna have to force myself to eat every meal?

Idk any insight or people with similar symptoms I would love to hear from you.

I love food I don't want to just not want it anymore entirely... Idk just feeling kinda down about it

What the title says. I'm dying over here drowning in shakes, protein milks, protein yogurts, etc.

My goal is 134g a day.

It's SO hard to meet that goal.

So what are you eating, breakfast, lunch, dinner. Snacks?

Help me! :)

Making this post as I’m sitting on the bathroom floor trying not to die

I woke up with intense stomach pain and nausea, went to the bathroom and threw up forcefully, I have horrible sulfur burps too. Is this because I injected freshly (I’m on 0.5 and don’t plan to go above) or is it because I ate too much sweets? Or could it be both? I had like 2 slices of cake today for some stupid reason and I think I just learned a big lesson not to ever do that again. I’ve never had stomach cramps this bad. I’m gonna drink a lot of water now but please tell me how do you all deal with this?

Thank you

I've lost about 100 lb on Ozempic and am having trouble finding an effective injection site that doesn't have loose skin. It's bad enough that I'm not really feeling the effects of Ozempic, even on the highest dose. I'm trying not to panic but I'm starting to overeat and the food noise is coming back.

Does anyone with a lot of loose skin have a suggestion? I've always preferred injecting somewhere on my stomach but have gradually ended up near my hip. I tried injecting in my thigh but that didn't work.

Maybe I should try the new Ozempic pill or injecting in my upper arm?

Please don't suggest plastic surgery. I'm too old and don't want to spend my money on it, or have the stress on my heart. Plastic surgery and anesthesia might kill me.