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Hi all,

I’m in my mid 40s from the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee. Was on prescription Zepbound till my insurance dropped it off the formulary in January of this year(for diabetes and weight loss). I just dipped my toe into the compound market this last month where I have already gained back 30lbs this year and got to reading about where it all comes from and found my way here. Still a little nervous about the idea of it all but I have a science background and figured if I could learn from a likeminded group then I may give it a try. Because these prices are stupid high….

Anyways I look forward to chatting with everyone and hopefully learning what I need to continue my journey safely and well informed.

Best regards 🙂
 
Welcome!

No need to be nervous. Every option you can reach here is much cheaper than Zepbound. If you share more information about yourself like your height, weight, health conditions, how long have you been on Zepbound and at which dose you've stopt, you will get valuable advice from many experienced lids here. Read first rules carefully and read as much possible threads as possible. You may not ask everything yet, but answers of your most questions are already given under threads. Use search option first before asking a question.
 
skaylife said:


Welcome!

No need to be nervous. Every option you can reach here is much cheaper than Zepbound. If you share more information about yourself like your height, weight, health conditions, how long have you been on Zepbound and at which dose you've stopt, you will get valuable advice from many experienced lids here. Read first rules carefully and read as much possible threads as possible. You may not ask everything yet, but answers of your most questions are already given under threads. Use search option first before asking a question.

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I lost 90lbs in about 8 months before they took it away. I’m currently 6’ 295 and was on 12.5mg of Terz. Looks like there is a lot of good info here. Like you said hopefully I can do research and not ask repetitive or stupid questions
 
If you think Tirz works good for you, stay using it. But it has been a while since you have stopped. Start back at begin dose of 2.5mg. You have experience with it and you will know if you need to titrate to a higher dose. Titrate if it is really needed. Not to loose weight as soon as possible. I also have used only Tirz at 5mg/week during 39 weeks and lost 29kg. But my SW was 102kg. Only thing you have to care about with Tirz is getting enough proteins daily and training. Otherwise nodoubt that you will suffer from muscle weight loose. Learn first every option like Reta, Eloralintide, Cagri... and see if you can combine it with them or replace it with one of them, if needed.
 
Yeah when I figured out they were taking it away I rationed my auto injections every two weeks at the 12.5 until April of this year and maintained my weight but didn’t loose. Currently on 2.2 of compound for 230 bucks lol on week two as of today. Hopefully I can get info I need before I run out wnd try a different route for my journey
 
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