Anyone else stop drinking on Ozempic?

Got pregnant Ozempic, OB said sees it time, shouldn't be issue. Obviously stop taking.

The alcohol craving switch is one of the most consistent unintended benefits people report - the impulse control effect shows up well before significant weight loss for most.

Starting yours while your husband hasn't filled his prescription yet and him drinking 6-7 cans of Coke a day is a useful pair of data points for the OP's thread. The reward quieting effect that people report for alcohol and caffeine applies to sugar and soda as well - the same mechanism. If he starts, the Coke consumption is worth watching as an early signal of whether the medication is doing anything.

Anecdotally speaking, definitely curbs the urge to drink. Wasn't a heavy drinker before, but even that's dropped further since starting.

Immediately! Genuinely on the edge of a serious drinking problem beforehand. This medication flipped that switch entirely for me. Practically overnight.

My provider actually stepped me down from .5 to .25 since the smaller amount was handling my blood sugar just fine. Funny you bring up losing the taste for alcohol, I gave up drinking entirely not long after starting Ozempic and haven't felt any pull to go back. Now and then on a hot day I'll grab a non-alcoholic beer and that scratches the itch completely.

Personally I've noticed this medication (technically the higher-dose weight-loss version, same drug though) has cut way back on my drinking. Pretty much strictly a vacation drinker these days, could easily stretch six months or more before touching a drop again. When I do have one though, no noticeable difference. Admittedly a lightweight given how rarely I drink, but beyond that never dealt with nausea or stomach trouble from it. Same as a good chunk of what gets reported here as side effects, honestly seems to trace back mostly to hydration levels. Stay hydrated and you're generally fine. Just don't skip water and then go overboard drinking.