Just started Oz... is this normal?

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First two weeks are the roughest. Nausea, fatigue, and low appetite are expected and ease off. Stay hydrated, eat slowly, don't skip meals entirely even when you're not hungry. Week 3-4 is usually noticeably better. If it's still rough past two weeks, worth checking with your prescriber about holding at 0.25 longer.
 
The chemical structure point is correct for some compound classes but GLP-1 peptides do not have the first-pass liver metabolism issue. The relevant question for sublingual GLP-1 is absorption and bioavailability, not liver toxicity. Worth knowing what category the medication falls into before applying a general warning to it.
 
Larger fill volumes extend the time the vial sits reconstituted in the fridge. One-month fills reduce that window and minimize the stability question. For a new start where the dose may change, a smaller fill also avoids waste if the protocol shifts.
 
The nausea spike on the 1mg jump is one of the more commonly reported escalation responses - the 0.5mg-to-1mg step is the one that hits hardest for most people. It typically resolves in 2-4 days as the body adjusts. At 315 lbs starting at 0.25mg, the load on the system is low - the dose-escalation schedule is designed for exactly this reason.
 
The app that comes up most here is Shotsy - it tracks injection schedules and dose history. Available in the UK and works for any injectable medication including MJ.
 
Zero appetite in the first 48 hours at 0.25mg is a typical strong initial response - it tends to settle after the first week. Forcing down small amounts is the right call; empty stomach raises nausea risk more than anything else early on.
 
Zero appetite at 48 hours on .25mg is a common first-week response at your starting weight - T2D cases tend to show stronger early suppression. The Metformin combination is standard and doesn't alter the experience. Most find the appetite normalizes by week 2-3.
 
Just bumped up to 2mg this past week. Noticing mild nausea and my appetite's dropped again. Feels exactly like when I first started the previous medication about a year back.
 
Two weeks into Oz, 0.25mg. Before that I had similar feelings whenever I went long without food: shaky, very moody (I could feel myself becoming unreasonable) and very hot, temperature fluctuating. It didnt always happen but often. It has stopped. I do notice different effects now, nausea if I dont eat, or feeling very tired for days. These could just be normal Oz side effects and Im still figuring it out. Shakiness, moodiness and overheating are definitely gone. I got bloodwork before starting, including a prediabetes check (which I suspected the symptoms of), and everything was clear, so I dont know what it was. I read it as steadier blood sugar thanks to slower digestion.
 
Ozempic came prescribed for Type II diabetes, and right away my numbers were the best I've ever had. Metformin stayed, but the stronger diabetes meds went. I will not drop metformin because of studies on cutting cancer odds and slowing aging. I'm plateaued at 212 pounds right now. I'm on 1mg, having started .25, then .5, then 1. Over three years I have dropped 58 pounds. As the pandemic wound down, worry and binge eating pushed me to 280, after about 20 years at 265-270. I was back to 270 when I started, hence 212. No, my eating hasn't been as healthy as it should: dinner is meat and vegetables, and I try (frequently unsuccessfully) to avoid dessert. Waking around 11:00 AM and dealing with physical limits at 73, I get little exercise.
 
Did they prescribe Oz for weight loss or for diabetes? I'm type 2 and it's AMAZING for me. Side effects are pretty mild once you get through the adjustment period.
 
Three days after my first Ozempic dose (0.25mg), I've got terrible headaches and more hunger than before. What can I do? Weakness too, despite healthy, protein-heavy, fiber-rich food.
 
Type 2 diabetic with other complications for 27 years now. Been through metformin, glipizide, glucophage, humalog twice, lantus, trulicity, and now mounjaro. Lantus and humalog werent cutting it so I got bumped to trulicity for years, raising the dose a few times. Hit 3mg and ran into rough side effects, which led my doctor to move me onto mounjaro, something I'd never heard of before. Wanted ozempic instead but he felt mounjaro suited my case better. Topped out at 10mg, now back to 5mg to stop losing more than I want. A1C still isn't fully normal but it's the best in nearly three decades. Did lose weight I needed, held a healthy weight close to two years since starting in March. Cut several other meds in half or dropped some entirely. Staying on this for good if it keeps working.
 
Same situation here, I nearly made a thread like yours. I'm taking ozempic a second time, this time with metformin added because of pcos plus insulin resistance. Last Wednesday was my first 0.25 dose, and for around four days the nausea was far worse than the first time. Yesterday my pharmacy gave me Zofran since I've missed two days of work from the side effects. They said needing more anti-nausea pills signals the ozempic isn't doing its job as designed. On round one I had no metformin, and the nausea was milder but I'd actually throw up. No vomiting so far this round, though most mornings I'm right on the edge. No idea how to read this, but I wonder if metformin plus ozempic, without having DM, is dropping my sugars too low? I've no medical background, just speculating.
 
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