A Week on the Bigger Pill
May. 18th, 2026 08:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerIt's been just over a week since I doubled up my dose of Ozempic. I'm now on the 7mg "therapeutic" pills after the first month on the 3mg "starter" pills.
As I've switched to the higher dose I've been concerned about undesirable side effects becoming worse. I'm happy to say that, a week into it, it's not really worse. Oh, I did have one episode of vomiting this past week. But I'm not sure how much that was attributable to the pills vs. being something else. Probably it's some of each.
Meanwhile the expected, desirable main effects of the pill have been... also not that different from before. My blood sugar levels have not decreased in the past week versus the week prior. My weight has dropped another 2 pounds. That's satisfying... but the real question is how much will weight loss continue.
As I've switched to the higher dose I've been concerned about undesirable side effects becoming worse. I'm happy to say that, a week into it, it's not really worse. Oh, I did have one episode of vomiting this past week. But I'm not sure how much that was attributable to the pills vs. being something else. Probably it's some of each.
Meanwhile the expected, desirable main effects of the pill have been... also not that different from before. My blood sugar levels have not decreased in the past week versus the week prior. My weight has dropped another 2 pounds. That's satisfying... but the real question is how much will weight loss continue.
