Still hungry on the starter dose :(

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Kaiser in SoCal is one of the few plans where the same medication can land at $637 for the starter dose and then fully covered at 1mg - depends heavily on how the indication is coded in the formulary.
 
The lowest Wegovy dose taking longer to show results is normal - most people don't notice clear appetite suppression until week 4-6 at 0.25mg, and some don't until the 0.5mg step. A month in at the starter dose is still early. The absence of dramatic first-injection effects doesn't predict how you'll respond at higher doses.
 
Adjusting frequency rather than just dose is a useful tool - some people find the same weekly total delivered in smaller more frequent injections hits hunger and food noise more consistently than a single larger shot. The tradeoff is needing a vial-based approach rather than autoinjector pens.
 
The timing window on the oral form and how much it changes effectiveness is a variable most people don't account for early on. The injectable versus pill delivery difference is also significant for how consistent the effect is day to day. The hunger at the lowest injectable dose is normal and does typically improve as the dose goes up.
 
1mg Reta with decent food noise suppression from the start and then titrating up not because the lower dose stopped working but because more might do more - that's an important distinction. A month on Wegovy at the lowest dose isn't the same situation but the expectation that suppression hits immediately is worth calibrating. Some people feel nothing for 4-6 weeks.
 
Right there with you. Went on Oz mainly because everyone said the food noise just disappears. Week six now on the 0.5 and honestly nothing's changed yet.
 
Starting dose really just exists to confirm the body can tolerate it. Real effects tend to kick in once climbing to higher doses, at least that's how it played out personally.
 
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