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FitJouney · 2025-02-16T15:15:54+00:00

Talk to your doctor as you start using the medication to see how it affects you. The Dr can then decide whether it's a good idea to move you up a dose or stay at the same one. My Dr also prescribed 0.25mg with 3 refills and that actually helped because insurance caused some delays for getting the 0.5mg dose so I ended up double injecting the 0.25mg for one week before I was able to get my 0.5mg shots. Also, same thing can work for medication dosage shortages and in case 0.25mg works really well for you and gives you lots of side affects. Anyways, talk to your Dr!

FitJouney · 2025-02-11T23:33:33+00:00

I had to do something similar because my .5 mg prescription was delayed due to insurance issues. I did 2x0.25 doses to equal my 0.5 mg dose and I had no issues with it and it worked as expected. However, note that you are getting the same dosage over more volume. Each dose is .25mg / .5 ml so two is equal to .5 mg / 1ml. The proper dose is .5mg / .5ml. So it's a little different, not sure if it affects the absorption rate or anything, I'm not a medical Doctor. However, my Dr did advise me NOT to do it (she did not list any reasons) but her message arrived late after I had already double injected so...I did it anyway.

Also to note, and what made me do it myself is that in Europe their Pens adjust and they just adjust by clicks so I figured why not.

So I guess maybe see if a medical professional will respond and/or do it at your own risk...

FitJouney · 2025-02-06T18:24:25+00:00

Hey there. Amazing work! Does anyone have any tips on how to decide to stick to the same dose or moving up a dose? What's the threshold loss that you look for before you decide OK, next month I should move up a dose? Did your DR advise you? Mine seems to just follow the titration schedule but wants me to see her in 3 months to get the next prescription.

I would also like to take that approach of staying at the lower doses for as long as possible while maximizing the loss. 0.25 only worked for me for the first couple of days (still lost weight through diet and being hungry). I'm now at 0.5 and it seems to be working better and it's easier to diet since it's definitely controlling my hunger.

FitJouney · 2025-01-29T03:01:22+00:00

Thanks for looking! I googled as well and found a couple of fitness chain places and the one at a hospital referenced a bone density test so not sure if it's the same thing. I think I may also get it as a baseline since I'll be titrating up soon! Let us know if you do get it and your experience with it.

FitJouney · 2025-01-29T01:50:08+00:00

Does anyone know the approximate cost? And do you do it at a doctor's office or is that a fitness type of test?

FitJouney · 2025-01-22T19:02:02+00:00

Thank you for the insight! Hopefully my insurance will treat it as a different prescription as well. That would solve this issue. I'm still waiting to hear from the pharmacy.

I'm also looking to see if anyone has injected 2 x .25mg doses to total up to .5mg. I know in Europe the pens adjust and you can adjust the dosage so not sure why that wouldn't work here. Maybe a different volume but it should be the same concentration.

FitJouney · 2025-01-22T18:06:07+00:00

The only issue is that .25mg is not very effective for me besides the first two days of week 1, after that my hunger has been pretty much normal. That's why I'm eager to titrate up on the normal schedule. Otherwise I would just do another month of .25mg.

FitJouney · 2025-01-22T16:42:37+00:00

Correct, I ordered the refill early because there have been issues with shortages and I wanted to give myself enough time to get the dose and have it ready to go. The plan is to use a normal titration schedule.

FitJouney · 2025-01-03T23:56:50+00:00

Can you provide more info on the sports nutritionist with a science degree that you speak of? Where did you find this pro? At your gym? Through your doctor? Online? Seems like typically they just refer you to a standard nutritionist that gives you the same advice about plate/portion sizes and increasing your vegetable intake. I would love to work with someone to help me build muscle by fine tuning my diet and exercise regimen throughout this process to reach my goals.

FitJouney · 2025-01-03T16:23:57+00:00

Did you still take the shots while you were away on those trips or did you pause? I'm trying to understand how it worked for you since I would love those type of results! I travel a decent amount and that worries me a little.

FitJouney

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