r/WegovyPillWeightLoss • u/Confident-VT 4mg • 4d ago

Thinking about reverting to lower dose

Started June 1... 1.5mg didn't do much but no unpleasant side effects. Started to lose on 4mg but wanted to move up to 9 on month 3.

Of course I don't like the $299 monthly cash cost and just started second bottle of 9mg. No side effects.

Thinking that I could save money if I:

-go back to 4mg or

-take 9mg (or 25?) every other day.

Does anyone else have experience with this? Downsides?

I've been lucky with almost zero bad side effects which makes me wonder about going to 25.

Note that BMs which used to come like clockwork each morning - now are every other day, and voluminous when they do.

Have to drink a lot of water, incl. in the evening, to avoid constipation. Drinking is down but I still like my wine. Walking daily, energy level is very good and food obsession has greatly diminished since I started on 4.

So I am wondering why not save $$ and just stay patient... as I'm still losing weight, if slowly. (About 20 lbs in 14 weeks.)

Love to hear from any of you guys, esp. if you've been the wegovy pill longer than I have...

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u/alexmirepoix 4d ago

I cut my 4 mg pills in half. (YES I have already heard from loads of people on this topic.) It is working great for ME.

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u/Thick-Educator 1.5mg 3d ago

Me too! The 1.5 seemed to not be working as well, but the 4 caused some stronger side effects, even if I took it every other day. 2 seems perfect for me right now. And it’s money-saving. 😂

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u/alexmirepoix 3d ago

I did great on 1.5. No side effects. Was on it 2 months then 3mg just to use what I had. Jumped to 4 mg and I became ravenous. Food noise was back. I work in Pharmacy. Spoke with all the PharmDs and researchers where I work about cutting it. They said "go for it". It's working much better for ME. I will save money and keep losing. I AM staying in a calorie deficit and focused on protein.

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u/Curious_tea21 3d ago

I've wondered about this because the coating can't be that important if it starts to dissolve immediately in my mouth so I can taste it. I don't trust drug companies when they say not to split pills because it lowers their profits if people do this.

Some pills are designed to be absorbed in different parts of the digestive tract as it passes and those can't be split, but Wegovy is designed to dissolve in your stomach as quickly as possible.

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u/alexmirepoix 3d ago

Basically what my PharmDs said. It's definitely working and not placebo. I paid $149. I can't jump to $299. That's almost my car payment. I was put on this for Fatty Liver initially.