OZEMPIC Reviews (SEMAGLUTIDE)Average Rating: 2.6 (444 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare OZEMPIC with similar:
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| 3 | A1C Type2 Diabetes | Nausea, vomiting, constipation. After a few months some of the symptoms are better | I have some unusual symptoms which - I don't know if they are from Ozempic but the onset was after. I like to hike and walk/run - after starting Ozempic there has been several times where I will be half way out on the hike and my stomach begins gurgling. You can audibly hear it sloshing around. Then extreme nausea where I have violent vomiting on the trail. Then I have to hike back out without being able to hydrate. This is super disturbing as it is good exercise that I feel I am no longer able to do. Doc checked heart, has an upper endoscopy nothing abnormal found. The other thing that has occurred is I developed scalp lesions like psoriasis or something and have now been going to a dermatologist. Just wondering if anyone out here has experienced any of the odd ones, especially the exercise induced vomiting. I think I am going to ask my doc to go off of it in a couple of weeks because of the symptoms are so difficult to deal with. | F | 59 | 10 months .5 1X W | 11/2/2020 | 4 | Lower A1c, Lose weight | After 11 weeks most gassiness, nausea, and burping went away. Now, dose is up to .75 (Started at .25, then .50), but now constipation has started. Would love to hear from others who have experienced constipation and what, if anything, has helped. Already trying Metamucil. | F | 63 | 11 weeks 75 mg 1X W | 10/29/2020 | 5 | Diabetes Type 2, weight loss | Nausea | My diabetes is now in remission and I've lost over 100lbs | 22 | 11 months .5 1X W | 10/23/2020 | 1 | Type 2 Diabetic, PCOS, Ins Resistan | Weight loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bloating, constipation | I started at 0.5 for type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and PCOS along with Invokana. I did fine for 2 months. Dose was increased to 1mg and 3 weeks later I started having chemical like burps, not sulphuric. Within 45 mins of these burps I had severe nausea followed by vomiting and diarrhea. I missed 3 days of work. 2 weeks later, same experience, only much more intense with the vomiting non stop for 2 hours straight. I was so dehydrated I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital. Overall, I think the science behind the drug, especially for insulin resistance and seeing my a1c and blood sugar down, is great. But to make me lose time at work, be so sick, now scared to eat anything and still dealing with residual GI issues after quitting Ozempic, I'd never take it again. The tradeoff was not worth it. | F | 34 | 3 months 1 mg 1X W | 10/23/2020 | 4 | Weight loss | I've recently went up to 1mg x twice a week. I am now getting sulfur burps. Pepto helps with the burps and gas | M | 41 | 7 months 1mg x2 wee 1X day | 10/21/2020 | 3 | Insulin resistance | Diarrhea, nausea, gas pains, sulfur burps | I started taking this medication with high hopes. I have insulin resistance due to PCOS. I started out taking .25mg for four weeks with no side effects and I was loosing weight, about 15 pounds. I went up to the 0.5mg dose and I have been so miserable. The constant gas pains, nausea, diarrhea and sulfur burps. I'm hoping since I'm only on week 2 of 0.5 that it gets better | F | 28 | 45 days .5 1X W | 10/21/2020 | 4 | Type 2 | Was great for the first 2 months, but now I started getting eggy bulps, diarrhoea fell very uncomfortable after 2 days taken the injection, good point my sugars are staying low and lost 10 pounds since I started it , But bad point is eggy bulps and diarrhoea. The smell is so bad | F | 51 | 3 months O2mg 1X W | 10/19/2020 | 3 | Type 2 | Nausea Constipation from hell Tired Slight nervousness and shaky The feeling of Horrible uncomfortable fullness | F | 67 | 6 weeks .50 1X W | 10/16/2020 | 3 | Type2 diabetes | Eructations, constipation , reflux, bloating, gI distress | M | 72 | 9 months .5 1X W | 10/15/2020 | 5 | Type 2 diabetes | Very bad headache, constipation | My headaches are bad. It's the kind where if I just turn my head to the side it hurts more. Also headache is only on left side of my head. Sometimes I'll have headache all week 24/7. Then all of a sudden it's gone maybe almost a week. Then it starts hurting again all of a sudden. I take medicine for headache but it never goes away completely with medication. I don't know if the headaches are worth it. But my A1C is perfect. | F | 56 | 4 months 05 mg 1X W | 10/12/2020 | 3 | Diabetes T2 | I have been taking ozempic for 10 months is it normal to loose 67 pounds within less than a year | F | 55 | 10 months .05 1X W | 10/12/2020 | 1 | Diabetes | Nausea heart burn gas stomach pain sleeping all the time anxiety | M | 60 | 2 weeks 1MG 1X day | 10/10/2020 | 2 | PCOS, weight loss | Nausea and vomiting ++, diarrhea +++, acid reflux and sulphur burps | My first 3 weeks were fine. Then the vomiting, diarrhea and sulphur burps came. Where there were sulphur burps - there was vomiting and diarrhea. I have had to miss work for multiple days due to the vomiting and diarrhea. I'm down 12 pounds, and I'm hoping to stick with it longer. I was supposed to increase to 0.5 last week, but am staying at .25 until these side effects get better. I don't know how much longer I can take. But I'm going to do my best. How long did it take the vomiting to go away for others? Diarrhea? | F | 29 | 5 weeks .25 1X W | 10/6/2020 | 4 | Weight loss | Loss of appetite and cravings. BM used to be daily, now every 3 days, but not uncomfortable. My a1c is 36/5.4. Gained 5lbs at first, lost that + another 6lbs to date. Very lucky I know. Now starting 4 x .75mg | Endocrinologist prescribed after rheumatologist referred me - I am v overweight and need to lose weight to relieve my joints. I'm on a fantastic forum on FB - people seem to be losing tens of lbs, but not me, I'm slower. I'm delighted I'm no longer eating mindlessly- I love healthy, low carb food now. So that in itself is making me v happy. I'm putting my review here because people need to hear the good news too. | F | 46 | 2 months .25 .5 .75 1X W | 10/5/2020 | 2 | Type 2 diabetes | constipation nausea | M | 72 | 3 months .75 1X W | 10/3/2020 | 4 | Type 2 | I am preparing this note to assist anyone considering taking (or ceasing to take) Ozempic. It is an expensive and difficult drug, and many type 2’s should think twice before taking it. Like every other drug, it is important to weight the advantages and disadvantages. I have been taking Ozempic for the past four months. As directed, the first month at .25 mg and the subsequent 3 months at .50 mg. Month two was very difficult. Nausea, bloating, constipation… many of the documented side effects… but, and this is obviously significant, my blood glucose dropped to 6 mmol/L - 110 mg/dl and I lost another 25 lbs. 3 years ago, I was 240 lb and started Metformin and Jardiance (both of which I continue to take) and my weight went to 210 and blood glucose went to (and stayed) at 7.5 – 135. The Ozempic helped me loose another 25 lb to 185 and got the blood glucose down further. The side effects of Ozempic can be rough. I went to Novacare’s website and | My goal is to stay on it for at most 12 months and then reduce the dosage to .25 mg once a week as a maintenance process. My pharmacist is skeptical, and I haven’t yet discussed the thought with my GP. I found nothing on Novacare’s website commenting on this thought. If anyone here has an opinion on this approach, please let me know The proof will be if the nausea dissipates and my blood glucose stays at an acceptable level. Hopefully, the weight loss will assist. It is really not a drug I want to continue to take any more than necessary. If I continue taking Ozempic, I would like to stop taking either the Metformin or Jardiance… or both. I have not discussed this option with my GP and would like any opinions on this approach as well. Thank you. | M | 69 | 4 months .50 mg 1X W | 10/1/2020 | 3 | Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity | In the beginning, it was some nausea the first couple of days and I lost a few pounds about 6-7. After my dose increased to 1mg, I no longer had the nausea, I was able to eat normal amounts. After taking the 1 mg dose for 6 months, I began to have excessive burping and horrible gas that smelled like sulfur, absolutely awful. It doesn't matter if I eat small or larger servings, low carb or high fat, nothing helps. I take an over the counter gas medication but that doesn't help either. I am at a loss at this point. My A1C has gone up even with eating a low carb diet of less than 50 grams a day. When I was doing a low carb diet in the past before using Ozempic, I was able to lose quite a bit of weight but those restricted diets only work if you stay on them which I have not been able to do consistently. | F | 51 | 1 years 1 mg 1X W | 9/30/2020 | 3 | Type 2 diabetes | I take it each Sunday, Mon-Wed I am sick every day, vomiting, nausea, malaise, if not Diarrhea then constipation. I am never hungry. I would walk around with a bucket. The vomiting is so bad I can't schedule meetings in the beginning of the week because I have no voice from vomiting. Some days I am vomiting. Diarrhea and peeing all at the same time. I know embarrassing. Thank goodness for social distancing. I have to sleep sitting up because I wake up choking on throw up each middle of night and the wee morning hours.I eat very little, and even some days just water. But honestly you would think my readings would be low, they are not. 4 months in i just got my first 101 glucose #. My average, with no eating and throwing everything up is 161. By Thursday I am feeling a bit better. I can sorta enjoy food and even more by Friday but only healthy foods. On Saturday, my body is ready for its new dose on Sunday so I start to feel uneasy. Nauseous all day. Those are of course the bad side effects. While taking this drug, you get immediate punishment if you don't eat well. You learn the hard way to make those necessary changes. Plus side I did lose 25lbs, nice but i was not at an unhealthy weight. I can't take the sickness anymore and plan to ween off. It is interfering with my quality of life. But I will continue a low carb life style. | F | 47 | 4 months .50 1X W | 9/23/2020 | 1 | Type 2 diabetes | AWFUL constipation, some nausea. Bowel has been inactive for over a week now and I feel quite ill. The remainder of the pen went in the trash. | I never got to the full (1 mg) therapeutic dose, but did see some weight loss, and some reduction in glucose levels. Unfortunately, I have NEVER felt this ill, for ANY reason. | M | 70 | 7 weeks 0.5mg 1X W | 9/20/2020 | 5 | Prediabetic and weight loss | I have insulin resistance, and have had trouble losing weight and then keeping it off. It would take me 6 months to lose 5 lbs. and then gain it back in a weekend. Ozempic has helped me keep off what I lose, now at 20lbs. lost total. I eat smaller meals and digest slower. | If I get severe cramps I take a GasX and it helps a lot. Drink lots of water and you won't get constipated. I eat a small pear or apple to keep regular. Ozempic will tell your stomach who's boss if you eat junk, it's not fun, but you shouldn't be eating it anyway. A year later, the side effects are manageable and the results in my health are worth it. | F | 47 | 1 years .5 1X W | 9/14/2020 |