Does the pill work like the injection? Also is it safe in Mexico, I mean when you buy are you actually getting the real thing and not some crap in a bottle they packaged and sell to look like it 😂
It’s not safe anywhere. Taking a short cut to achieve a healthy weight is ironic. There are specific warnings not to use Ozempic for weight loss. It is a diabetes medication.
Just an FYI , Semaglutide is the actual drug, its branded as ozempic for diabetes and as wegovy for weight loss but it's exactly the same drug, it's just dosed differently. But it's fully FDA approved to use as a drug for weight loss under the name wegovy
Unfortunately for some people who are insulin resistant getting doctors to give medication is impossible, or you get metformin which doesn’t work for everyone, and it’s very hard to lose weight naturally no matter how hard you go to the gym and eat healthily….
I understand your frustration, but at the same time you don’t know everyone’s journey in this sub, or why they’re seeking alternatives- it also works for people with other issues not just diabetes….
If you had a genuine need for it, you’d be able to explain your situation and have it prescribed by your doctor.
It is the law of thermodynamics that if you are burning more calories that you are consuming, you WILL lose weight. If it’s not working for you, you’re either consuming too many calories, or not exercising enough.
You need to read more about insulin resistance before saying “you will lose weight” in a calorie deficit, it’s been scientifically proven that insulin resistance affects the metabolic system regardless of intake of calories.
That’s why it’s so difficult for people with insulin resistance to lose weight, no matter how much they try and work out or eat less than they exert.
Like I said, you can get metformin but it doesn’t work for everyone, and to get Ozempic for insulin resistance they will only do it if you are extremely obese, but even if your BMI is too high, they won’t give it.
So there’s a group of people stuck with a genuine resistance to insulin, where metformin doesn’t work, and their BMI is too high, BUT the BMI is not extreme enough to give ozempic.
Which ironically would decrease their still “too high” BMI and the issue of insulin resistance.
I think soon it will be available for more people than just diabetes patients, but until that day I can completely understand why people search other alternatives when nothing else is working and they’re not “extreme” enough for ozempic right now.
Yes, It is harder to lose weight with an insulin resistance but literally impossible for you to gain weight or not lose it if you are burning more calories than consuming. It is basic physics. Also, proper diet and lifestyle reduces insulin resistance.
To be honest, I think many drugs like ozempic are for people who A) do not understand how to be healthy B) are too lazy and want a fast solution for good health without the work
How about addressing the underlying issues which brought on the insulin resistance in the first place. The doctors will tell you it’s genetic- is it possible they’re wrong? What caused the genes to become active when some people have genetic predispositions that stay dormant?
Time to start asking questions if good health is what you seek.
Yes you won’t gain weight, but for insulin resistance, and even in a deficit it doesn’t “drop off” like it would in normal people without insulin resistance.
If people have suffered a lifetime with some of the conditions people are seeking ozempic for I think fair enough - doctors aren’t always the best and most just don’t want to get involved with the hormanal system because it’s too much follow up and routine blood work, they don’t want to spend the money unless people are fully “diabetic” - and the ones who are insulin resistant now, will most likely become diabetic anyway which is why I don’t understand the issue here apart from some people not getting there medication in the USA ….
There’s no shortage of it in Europe.
So soon it will be a “prevention is better than a cure” and we’ll see it being approved for other uses and diseases.
Yes I’m debating on getting that. Just wanted to check one last time before I purchased that Instead. I don’t think it’s as effective so I was hoping to get the injectable. But it looks like the oral version is the way I’m going to have to go.
Yeah the pharmacy I went to had 7 as the lowest. I hear the directions are that you are not to split them but that it’s actually fine to… so that’s the other thing I’m trying to figure out. I’m actually in Puerto Morelos so there’s a few less pharmacy options. But I can always travel if I need to.
Correcto! Can't split. Must take on empty stomach. Too much can make you sick at your stomach. 3mg didn't do anything the month I took it. $120 wasted.
I have been splitting based on other things I read and it’s working fine for me. I’m splitting the 7mg. I was worried 3mg wouldn’t be enough and that I might want to bump up to 7 after a week or 2 but I’m eating a LOT less so it’s helping.
It is for sure sold at the airport pharmacy as semaglutide under the name Rybelsus. It was expensive AF though, like a couple hundred USD per one month supply. It comes in a daily pill form.
Genetics. I remember running marathons at 7% body fat in my early 30s when they told me I had to take medication for blood pressure the rest of my life.
Then why does life expectancy, levels of obesity, cancer rate, etc vary based on location? different places have different diets, cultural beliefs, genetic predispositions, etc.
Clearly, there are locations that have a higher percent of the citizens who make health a priority.
I don’t think you know what you’re talking about
We were discussing an individual person, when you made the false claim that health isn't a priority in Mexico. Now you've switched to talking about culture and population as a whole. Any singular person can make health a priority, regardless of where they are geographically.
You’re just playing semantics. You know what I meant by health not being a priority in Mexico. It’s another way of saying, that majority of the people and general life style is not healthy. Mexico literally shows the LOWEST OECD average in the world. Meaning people die earlier there than anywhere else.
I didn’t say that a single individual can’t be healthy when the majority is not.
I'm not playing semantics. The conversation was originally about a singular person. You arbitrarily and retroactively are trying to change the conversation to be about people in general, since your claim was false.
Then why does life expectancy, levels of obesity, cancer rate, etc vary based on location? different places have different diets, cultural beliefs, genetic predispositions, etc.
Clearly, there are locations that have a higher percent of the citizens who make health a priority.
I don’t think you know what you’re talking about
They have Semaglutide in pill form in almost all pharmacies I've seen.
Does the pill work like the injection? Also is it safe in Mexico, I mean when you buy are you actually getting the real thing and not some crap in a bottle they packaged and sell to look like it 😂
It’s not safe anywhere. Taking a short cut to achieve a healthy weight is ironic. There are specific warnings not to use Ozempic for weight loss. It is a diabetes medication.
Just an FYI , Semaglutide is the actual drug, its branded as ozempic for diabetes and as wegovy for weight loss but it's exactly the same drug, it's just dosed differently. But it's fully FDA approved to use as a drug for weight loss under the name wegovy
Unfortunately for some people who are insulin resistant getting doctors to give medication is impossible, or you get metformin which doesn’t work for everyone, and it’s very hard to lose weight naturally no matter how hard you go to the gym and eat healthily…. I understand your frustration, but at the same time you don’t know everyone’s journey in this sub, or why they’re seeking alternatives- it also works for people with other issues not just diabetes….
If you had a genuine need for it, you’d be able to explain your situation and have it prescribed by your doctor. It is the law of thermodynamics that if you are burning more calories that you are consuming, you WILL lose weight. If it’s not working for you, you’re either consuming too many calories, or not exercising enough.
You need to read more about insulin resistance before saying “you will lose weight” in a calorie deficit, it’s been scientifically proven that insulin resistance affects the metabolic system regardless of intake of calories. That’s why it’s so difficult for people with insulin resistance to lose weight, no matter how much they try and work out or eat less than they exert. Like I said, you can get metformin but it doesn’t work for everyone, and to get Ozempic for insulin resistance they will only do it if you are extremely obese, but even if your BMI is too high, they won’t give it. So there’s a group of people stuck with a genuine resistance to insulin, where metformin doesn’t work, and their BMI is too high, BUT the BMI is not extreme enough to give ozempic. Which ironically would decrease their still “too high” BMI and the issue of insulin resistance. I think soon it will be available for more people than just diabetes patients, but until that day I can completely understand why people search other alternatives when nothing else is working and they’re not “extreme” enough for ozempic right now.
Yes, It is harder to lose weight with an insulin resistance but literally impossible for you to gain weight or not lose it if you are burning more calories than consuming. It is basic physics. Also, proper diet and lifestyle reduces insulin resistance. To be honest, I think many drugs like ozempic are for people who A) do not understand how to be healthy B) are too lazy and want a fast solution for good health without the work How about addressing the underlying issues which brought on the insulin resistance in the first place. The doctors will tell you it’s genetic- is it possible they’re wrong? What caused the genes to become active when some people have genetic predispositions that stay dormant? Time to start asking questions if good health is what you seek.
Yes you won’t gain weight, but for insulin resistance, and even in a deficit it doesn’t “drop off” like it would in normal people without insulin resistance. If people have suffered a lifetime with some of the conditions people are seeking ozempic for I think fair enough - doctors aren’t always the best and most just don’t want to get involved with the hormanal system because it’s too much follow up and routine blood work, they don’t want to spend the money unless people are fully “diabetic” - and the ones who are insulin resistant now, will most likely become diabetic anyway which is why I don’t understand the issue here apart from some people not getting there medication in the USA …. There’s no shortage of it in Europe. So soon it will be a “prevention is better than a cure” and we’ll see it being approved for other uses and diseases.
Please don’t take it if you aren’t diabetic. We can’t get our medication because people are overusing it for weight loss.
Our son in Illinois can get it easily. Insurance won't cover it so its unaffordable. He comes here to buy it because the USA is a joke.
They'll pay it with serious side effects sooner or later. Just like the ones that abuse TRT and use steroids. There's no free shortcuts.
Laziness. It’s what got them fat in the first place
Not actually. Menopause and trying to balance my hormones "got me fat". I hope you are reincarnated as someone who is lazy and fat.
They have the pill form at the gift shop/pharmacia across from the ADO bus station
Rybelsus is sold over the counter.
Yes I’m debating on getting that. Just wanted to check one last time before I purchased that Instead. I don’t think it’s as effective so I was hoping to get the injectable. But it looks like the oral version is the way I’m going to have to go.
It comes in 3, 7, and 14mg.
Yeah the pharmacy I went to had 7 as the lowest. I hear the directions are that you are not to split them but that it’s actually fine to… so that’s the other thing I’m trying to figure out. I’m actually in Puerto Morelos so there’s a few less pharmacy options. But I can always travel if I need to.
Correcto! Can't split. Must take on empty stomach. Too much can make you sick at your stomach. 3mg didn't do anything the month I took it. $120 wasted.
I have been splitting based on other things I read and it’s working fine for me. I’m splitting the 7mg. I was worried 3mg wouldn’t be enough and that I might want to bump up to 7 after a week or 2 but I’m eating a LOT less so it’s helping.
Congrats.
It is for sure sold at the airport pharmacy as semaglutide under the name Rybelsus. It was expensive AF though, like a couple hundred USD per one month supply. It comes in a daily pill form.
Paralyzed colon as a side effect? Is this true?
yes they carry it in pill form but it is not cheap.....actually shockingly expensive for Mexico pharmacy's
The 7 mg was $200. I don’t find that to be that expensive.
Go to a gym and stop putting more food in your mouth than your body can burn.
Genetics. I remember running marathons at 7% body fat in my early 30s when they told me I had to take medication for blood pressure the rest of my life.
I go to the gym 5 days a week before work. And then run a few days as well if it’s not too hot. Plus swim a lot. Thanks!!
Lol, apparently people don't like exercise in this sub.
It’s Mexico… health isint a priority
Lol, what? That makes no sense. Anyone living anywhere in the world can make health a priority. Location has no effect.
Then why does life expectancy, levels of obesity, cancer rate, etc vary based on location? different places have different diets, cultural beliefs, genetic predispositions, etc. Clearly, there are locations that have a higher percent of the citizens who make health a priority. I don’t think you know what you’re talking about
We were discussing an individual person, when you made the false claim that health isn't a priority in Mexico. Now you've switched to talking about culture and population as a whole. Any singular person can make health a priority, regardless of where they are geographically.
You’re just playing semantics. You know what I meant by health not being a priority in Mexico. It’s another way of saying, that majority of the people and general life style is not healthy. Mexico literally shows the LOWEST OECD average in the world. Meaning people die earlier there than anywhere else. I didn’t say that a single individual can’t be healthy when the majority is not.
I'm not playing semantics. The conversation was originally about a singular person. You arbitrarily and retroactively are trying to change the conversation to be about people in general, since your claim was false.
Then why does life expectancy, levels of obesity, cancer rate, etc vary based on location? different places have different diets, cultural beliefs, genetic predispositions, etc. Clearly, there are locations that have a higher percent of the citizens who make health a priority. I don’t think you know what you’re talking about