small win: Ozempic stopped being a problem at week 20
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.
The advice on weekly dosing in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.
I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Right, and the corollary is that stopping escalation does not reset your tolerance, it just pauses the clock.
How long were you at 2.5mg before you moved up?
I did the fast version. 12.5mg to 15mg in 17 weeks. Spent a weekend learning why the schedule exists.
Kept a public log for 84 weeks. The comments are what kept it going, honestly. Accountability from strangers works.
I did the fast version.
Disagree on that part. 97.4% and 96.2% on the same vial is normal.
I did the fast version. 0.5mg to 0.25mg in 12 weeks. Spent a weekend learning why the schedule exists.
Is that purity or net peptide content? They are not the same number.
titration speed is Ozempic plus side effects, period
nope, 0.25 counts, it is just not the dose most people stay on
Yeah, 71 weeks on 12.5mg, same pattern, same timing.
week 65 and i am still not at maintenance, do not rush the ladder
week 83 on the pen, 46kg down, this is the answer
Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.
This is what I tell everyone in c/newbiequestions and they never believe me until week 27.
the injection-site soreness passes. i promise. not medical advice.
my triglycerides moved before the scale did and i nearly missed it
Is that purity or net peptide content? They are not the same number.
nope, 0.25 counts, it is just not the dose most people stay on
That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.
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my triglycerides moved before the scale did and i nearly missed it
Hard agree. Week 19 me needed this. Week 68 me is nodding smugly.
Cosigning. The slow route gets the outcome, the fast route gets you the side effects.
Strongly agree. If it is not working at 5mg after 68 weeks, going up is not automatically the answer.
Yeah, 28 weeks on 12.5mg, same pattern, same timing.
Yeah, 28 weeks on 12.5mg, same pattern, same timing.
Adding to this: semaglutide is doing more work than the comment implies.
Crossposting this to c/labresults because the people who need it are not reading this community.
titration speed is weekly dosing plus side effects, period
Cosigning. The slow route gets the outcome, the fast route gets you the side effects.
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