Prescription drugs

[lexin]

My diabetic nurse, Scary Mary, has put me on Rybelsus, the tablet version of Ozempic, and I’m up to the 14mg dose, which is the therapeutic level.

The thing about Rybelsus is that you have to take it on waking, with no more than 120ml of water, then wait for 30 minutes before eating or drinking anything. So it’s a pest to take.

What happens then is that it controls your appetite to the point that you don’t want to eat anything. Even my breakfast has gone down to half my usual intake. Today, I’ve had my breakfast, two clementines and two chocolates. And I didn’t like the chocolates.

It does work. I’ve lost 30lbs and my blood sugar is down to around 8, when without it, it was 15-20.

I do so wish, though, that it didn’t make me feel vaguely sick all the time. I’d much rather have the injection of Ozempic. I hope they bring it back.

Comments

[watervole]

Have you tried ginger tea for the nausea?

[lexin]

Yes, and lemon. Ginger works quite well, but lemon is better.

[pickledginger]

I hope it's treating you a little better. They say many people adjust to it after a while.
C is starting on it ... started a while back, but they rather forgot him, so he's only up to 6 mg.

[lexin]

It’s a bit better, thank you. Though some days are better than others. The other day I ended up wasting nearly a litre of ice cream - I wanted it, but after four tablespoons, I didn’t want it anymore. Such a waste of food.

[pickledginger]

So frustrating. My sister could only eat a few things during chemo, like eggs scrambled with lots of sour cream so as to not taste eggy, and now can't bear to look at some of them.