[Jamestown1630]

Do people have to continue taking these drugs, and what happens if they stop?

[nickcarraway]

That is a good question. There is one Freeper who said she will be on Ozempic for the rest of her life. There are problems if one goes off.

Also, alternatives to this are not being mentions. There is a company called Virta Health that has amazing rates of remission for Type 2 Diabetes. Dr. Jason Fung has books and videos on it.

[SoftballMominVA]

I am on Mounjaro and will likely be for life. I am a Type 2 diabetic and this is the only medication which keeps my A1C at an acceptable level. The weight loss was also nice, but that stopped after 6 months for me. For now, the only side effect is an A1C below 6.

Given that my mother passed of NASH - and she never had a drink in her life - I am quite comfortable staying on this medication. Living to see my grandkids grow up is a gift I have she didn't. I'll also be on other meds for life, and that's ok too.

[one guy in new jersey]

Darned if it isn’t a near lifetime of a continuously too-high daily carbohydrate load that quietly, and is it irreversibly?, conquers or overwhelms the body—the finely tuned machine of the body.

Fast and substantial weight loss after initial detection of the A1C aberration really seems to be essential. After that, it seems as if the types and quantity of carbohydrates can’t be policed or monitored closely enough, so as to prevent regaining the excess weight, and somehow thereby falling back into the destructive syndrome in which the cells of one’s body resume the unnatural state of being resistant to the body’s own self-produced supply of insulin, naturally borne by and circulating in the bloodstream.

RFK Jr. is definitely onto something. Americans need to overhaul their eating habits, pronto.

[Bernard]

I am on a United HMO Medicare supplement and paid $47 per month after a $340 deductible. I used Mounjaro for 7 weeks and had to stop because of a side effect. I lost 14 pounds and have put 7 back on since I stopped 3 weeks ago. I think the 7 I put back on was just replacing the fluid I lost from the side effect.

I also found my appetite was reduced, and that continues. One more change - I stopped carbonated diet soda and now drink a lot of flavored water (the squeeze bottle kind - sugar free, one squeeze per pitcher of water.)

I see my doctor next week to discuss whether to try Mounjaro again or maybe one of the others. Per the Nurse Practitioner, the deductible is a one time charge for the drug family. So if I switch to Ozempic or Wegovy there would not be a deductible. That's what I was told.

[Flaming Conservative]

Yeah. Works great. Too bad it’s $1200 a month and Medicare only pays about half.