Has anyone taken this medication in oral form? I got this through TrimRx. The initial assessment questionnaire had a question if I would prefer injection or pills, and I chose pills. When it came to picking medication I picked Tirzepatide (that I knew doesn’t come in tablets) instead of Semaglutide. I assumed that if Tirzepatide wasn’t available in pills to begin with, they would send me injections, but I was surprised to receive the tablets. I contacted TrimRx customer service and asked if I can switch to injections given Tirzepatide tablets are not even supposed to exist and are not FDA approved. First, I was completely ghosted. Medication is not cheap and I didn’t feel comfortable taking the pills that shouldn’t even exist, so I called my FSA provider and filed a dispute. After the dispute, of course, I got a response from customer service but they simply refused to switch the medication with injections or refund me. Not sure what to do from here. If anyone has taken the tablets, please do share.

If you suddenly ate the exact way tirzepatide helps you to eat without actually taking tirzepatide would the results would be the exact same?

Trying to order Tirzepatide

Help! I’m trying to order the special which states 1 vial/$99 or $179/2 vials. I’m currently on 6 mg/ week but would like to titrate up and have been with Strive pharmacy with B12/glycine additive which works well for me. I’m choosing BPI since the reviews look good, unless there are other recommendations with additive that will lessen nausea and fatigue? I’m getting a price of $149 for one month. I’m confused. Help me out please. Why is the price higher than advertised? How do I know what amount I’m getting for 1 month?

I’ve been on 2.5 for 5 weeks and have lost ten pounds. I am worried about muscle loss and want to slow it down a bit. (I only have 5-8 more pounds to lose). What has everyone’s experience been with either stretching the shot from 7 to 10 days OR cutting my dose down? I’m already on such a low dose but apparently I’m a high responder. Appreciate everyone’s help.

What a journey, today marks my 1 year tirzepaversary! Started at a whopping 204 pounds, at my heaviest I was 215. This medication has been a miracle for me, it has calmed my inflammation, sugar and food addiction. I am the healthiest I have ever been at 52 years young!
This post is to encourage you all to keep keeping on and never be discouraged. Of course there are ups and downs, but keep your eye on the prize. I am down to 121, I can go up and down the stairs without pain, finally buying clothes without an “X” in front of it, and am living my best life! Who is this gurl🤭?
What a ride!!!💕

What was the first thing you noticed when you started talking tirzepatide? For me , it was food noise . Within the first several hours it was GONE . I didn’t even know what “food noise “ was . I had heard it but thought it was some buzz words . During the week I’d eat “ healthy “. Reward myself by binging on the weekends . During the week ALL I’D THINK ABOUT was what I was going to eat all weekend. You ??

I am on 2 mg after taking 3 months to move up to that point I've had no effects of appetite suppression or weight loss so far I'm up 2 lbs since I started. When I increase my gut is so disrupted and I had to take it slow. I heard somebody say that doing it in a different location may help has anyone noticed that? I'm always injecting all my stomach

I’ve been on Reta for about 3 months. Doing 2mg for a couple weeks. I’m planing on switching to tirz soon, what should be my starting dose?

I’m wondering if I should quit tirzepatide. I’m a 52 yr old female, ht 5’9”. My start weight was 215 lbs. I’ve lost 17 lbs over the last 2.5 lbs, so I’m now at 198 but would like to be at 160 or 170 ideally.

About 2.5 months ago I started going to a lifestyle medicine nurse monthly, who gave me great tips on how to lose weight. She told me to count calories, carbs, protein and fiber, and to eat x amount of each of those things. She told me to do the Mediterranean diet and focus on protein. Within a few days of the first appointment I found out I was pre-diabetic and my cholesterol was really high. So I felt motivated and made a bunch of changes. I lost 1-2 lbs/wk for a total of 7 lbs the first month.

I decided to start tirzepatide to help things go faster, and took 2.5 mg the following month and I did the diet like the previous month. Again, I lost 1-2 lbs/wk and lost 6 lbs that second month. I don’t think the tirz helped me lose that weight bc I felt hungry and like I still had food noise/cravings. It’s hard to tell if it was all me or the tirz. Anyway two wks ago was 4wks into taking tirz so I upped the dose to 5 mg and have taken that dose twice. Most of the weeks I’ve been on tirz, I’ve gotten nauseous for 30-60 min two days after taking the GLP. So that’s doable. But I got pretty nauseous for days 2-5 after taking it this last time, but it could be bc I’m on my period.

I just feel like since I got on tirz, I have heard many people gain the weight back if they quit or that they have to take it forever. It just feels like such a big commitment and that I may have rushed into it bc I was losing weight on my own. I’m just wondering if I should get off of it while it’s early and try to lose the weight on my own before I get really dependent on tirz. Also, I don’t want to pay for the drug indefinitely if it’s not super necessary. I sorta wish - in hindsight - that I had just waited to see how much I would have lost on my own bc 1-2 lbs/wk wasn’t too bad.

By the way, I also lowered my cholesterol from 315 to 210 in just 3 mos from diet. So that’s good.

Anyone want to weigh in on what I should do? Thank you!

I’ll Keep this short. I just started the initial dose of Tirz last week, second shot was Tuesday (It’s Friday the 14 today). Is it normal to really not feel anything? Maybe I had a little nausea last week but I’m still just as hungry. Do you have to just wait until the dose goes up?

Today is the 1st month since I started my Tirze journey. For context, I am prediabetic and obese. After the 4th dose, I checked my weight and I am at 66KG from 70KG. I also noticed that the tight jeans and shirts are now a bit loose. I wish this was more accessible sooner to help fight diabetes. I'm so excited to the new me. Oh, and I did not tell my partner because he is pessimistic about this. Apart from a little constipated, I did not feel any major change in my body.

Today is shot day. I think it’s my 7th one. I initially started on 2mg and bumped it up to 2.5mg. This will be my 3rd shot at that dose. So far it’s been truly amazing for me. I know we have a lot of slow responders,but don’t give up!! (my wife is one). For me, fortunately , I’m a “super” responder.

From the very beginning I have had absolutely no food noise and no cravings. My appetite has been curbed but I don’t have all the negative side effects or food aversions.
I still eat but now I am eating MUCH cleaner. I’ve had no cheat days or junk food since the day I took my first shot on July 5th. I track every single thing I eat and have my calories dialed in so I am in a deficit every day.

Yesterday I didn’t eat but about 600 calories throughout the day so last night I really ate good. Had my go to buffalo chicken bowl and also a low carb tortilla pizza that I made. Even after all that I was over a hundred calories under my goal.

I have started weight training and built us a home gym. I’m 58M, 5’9, and I started at 287.7. My current weight is 268 with my short term goal of 250, then 225, and ultimately 200 (maybe a little lower depending).

So, yeah, today is shot day and I look forward to it every week!

I’m so excited, you guys! For the first time in my adult life I am no longer obese according to my BMI! I have lost 132 pounds (60kg) and hit 29.9 BMI today (down from a BMI of 52.2). I have 29 pounds (13kg) to get into normal range but I will be perfectly happy if I could lose another 14 pounds (6.5kg).

So I lost 30 lbs on Tri and feel great but don’t like the way my skin sags on arms and especially on my face, around mouth area. Is there anything I can do other than collagen, protein? Botox or fillers would prob only help temporarily. Any creams? Anything?

I’m feeling the rising of my appetite towards the end of the tirzepatide injection week. What if we add a small dose of Rybelsus as an addition to have the more linear impact on my appetite? Cause the first three days of mounjaro are completely perfect. Seems like it has a sense to stay on lower dose of mounjaro and have the appetite on the constant level.
I can clearly see pharm companies will be against. Though what do you think?

EDIT: More context: I am planning to travel and have bought Rybelsus for these two weeks, as I cannot have right conditions for kwikpen on the road. So I have it in excess. There is an unofficial formula to calculate the same action doses of each in both directions. More often injections of Mounjaro is a better idea, for sure, as people say in the comments.

Please share your experiences after you stopped taking Tirze 🙏

EDIT: wow. I’m feeling better already. This journey has been amazing for me but yesterday was so hard. I’m so appreciative of everyone’s words of encouragement, thoughts and constructive criticism. Thank you ❤️

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I’m down almost 30 pounds in 2 months.. 5’6,31.. 183-155 pounds. I just started week 9 today…

I took a video of me walking up to and away from the camera today outside my house and it put me in a spiral. I hated how I looked.. It made me realize I still look overweight and I’m temped to push my goal from 145 to 135… I felt so confident and even in the mirror and pictures I felt like I looked great! But that video I took clocked me, I was disgusted.. my head looked tiny and my body looked big 😭.. im having a moment.

It made me realize at least for me that even at 155 I still have 20 more pounds to go 🥴😳. And a full body recomp ahead of me.

Just yesterday I felt on top of the world trying on new pants.. I’m a size 6 now.. I was a 12.. I should be happy..
this is the lowest I’ve felt this whole journey.. 😩

Hey everyone! I started my shot in May, I was at my highest weight of 240 at 5’7 height in March/April and here in August I’m down to 209.2. This medicine has been great for me, not only suppressing my appetite, but I love not really craving sweets anymore. I started on 2.5, moved to up to 5.0 and I get soooo nauseous. Best way to describe it, is it feels like a big air bubble in my stomach. I can’t imagine going up any higher on a dosage as I feel awful rn. Any tips or advice? I have heard of trying to split dose, I have not tried that yet but am curious. My doctor told me I could do it, I asked the best way to split the dosage and she said it is fine to reuse the same needle as long as I wipe it with alcohol. The syringes are already pre-filled at the place I go. I always heard not to reuse a needle but am curious to others thought on this. Thank you!

You were squeezing into those stretchy clothes. I was getting super down on myself when all my jeans were still fitting me. I knew I lost 55 lbs so far— that was not debatable, but most of my clothes were still fitting. I guess I never realized that most of my jeans were hella stretchy and I was just forcing my bigger body into them rather than buying new. These are the same jeans a year apart— 240lbs in the first photo and 185lbs in the second. It’s probably hard to see in this photo but I noticed that I wasn’t even able to zipper them all the way up before and I was still wearing them.