Are you Trump's missionary?

I'm so sorry to hear that. How long were you on the medication??

@@chelseanicole3641 probably never took the medication at all. but you can tell from some of the SM comments that these people are getting the pen from online sources without the monitoring by their MD.

how do you figure?

it's actually normal. did ozempic or your MD confirm this with you?

Shameless plug, but I agree the pen is too complex.

Did you ever find out if the button has to be pressed down still for the 6 seconds after?

@@user-rv3gc2qx9e Unfortunately not, even after calling them again and doing some more research on line. Personally what I do now is insert the pen, push the button and when the medication is done releasing, I hold the button down for six more seconds, then I let go of the button, and then I pull out the pen. It’s been working pretty well with very infrequent bruising.

@@verthib Ozempic agents depending on which country's call centre you reached can be as dumb as those who believe the earth is flat. Maybe even dumber. One woman or man, I couldn't tell was speaking so slow and from a script. I thought it was a bot. My MD told me to hold and press the button after pushing and holding the pen into my belly, wait until the counter resets to zero, then count to 11. There's always a bit of liquid left on the pen, and sometimes the pen doesn't deliver the full dose with the last needle. On my right abdomen, I bleed, and it's painful but not on my left. You also need to relocate the injection site but how the heck are we supposed to remember each time? One recommendation is to ensure the new injection site is a least a finger away from the previous. Are we supposed to use a marker to outline the site used? Anyway, for $300 a pen, this is unacceptable. Fortunately, a new provider and more effective pen/drug is in testing (trials).

It also helps with obesity and weight loss

Its for blood sugar also .is your blood sugar high? Whats weight? How about cholesterol?

If you didn't count to 6, the entire dose was NOT injected. You posted this 3 months ago, so hope you are doing well and learned how to use it with ease. I just took my 3rd dose. The first one was scary because I don't like needles but I didn't even feel it so now I think I'll be good to go!

No need

@@drrameshgomez3634 there is a need to prevent possible infection. How tf are you a doctor? Wait you’re probably not based on your bio so stfu

So glad that you feel your personal experience will be that of everybody else, so you felt obligated to tell everyone not to take it.

@@41ght0n1x She's sharing her difficult experience, and feels it's important to pass along. You don't have to be snarky about it, read her advise and if you don't like, or agree then just scoot along!🙄

Its funny how you say I didn't have to leave a snarky remark, yet here you are doing exactly that. You seem to have come come down with an acute case of hypocrisy. Hope you find a cure for that.

@@helen5852 She told people to not take it ! That's very different than just explaining what her personal experience was. She also didn't include any experience at all.... no side effects, etc. Her comment was unhelpful and unnecessary.

Oh dear. What happened?

No

Hoping you can help. Today was first day at.05 and I loaded, inject then when it went back to zero I let my finger off. Then I pushed back down and counted to 6. Not sure if I got the meds. Not sure what to do.

@@ruthjohnson1135 According to the video we should be holding the button down continuously while the dose counter goes to "0" AND while we count to 6.

Bad advice, @ruthjohnson1135 is self-medicating. If she was following her MD's instructions, she would've started at a low dose and worked up to 0.5mg

Yes , this is type 2 diabetis but also to lose weight.

Yes I have used it and I've lost 18 lb in 2 months.

It seems "programmed" to quit working after six injections.

@@jtfeasor when you can't turn the Dosage Knob, it's empty

it pretty much says on the packing that you dont have to refrigerate it. only while its on the pharmacy shelves waiting to be sold. Im guessing it degrades over time if not refrigerated but not in the amount of time you have to use it by once you start using it.

Hey

Yes I was very surprised by that too Laura.

This wasn't put out by the manufacturer

It’s because it is a subcutaneous injection. This means it goes into the subcut space just under the skin. Due to the frequency of subcut injections regardless of if it’s ozempic or anything else the alcohol wipe will actually do more damage to your skin over time so it isn’t a requirement. Anything that sit on your skin around your stomach won’t do much harm to your body in that space. The only time they alcohol wipe the skin is if it’s going into the muscle or if it is visibly dirty. I’m studying to be a nurse and I was equally as shocked when I found out

@@emilymitchell7988 Thank you Emily! That's so good to know

What happened to cleaning the skin with alcohol any time you give any kind of injection? These instructions are wrong !

No you do 4 weeks of 0.25 week 5 you do 0.5 and STAY AT THAT my mom was just put on this prank. Ik this reply is late just helping any other people on it make sure you do it the same day the same time

I'm sorry. I'm not a professional, just saw a need. I think you can go to the company website for a synched video. Blessings.

It is creepy. I think she must be speaking another language and it was dubbed into English.

Creepy? You need help.

@@jessiepooch Oh, will do!

I was surprised by that as well. My pharmacist made a big deal about using an alcohol wipe before injection. I can't imagine why they skipped that step.

My GP has never said this…

No need to wipe it with alcohol

I did the same thing I guess we are suppose to hold it down for 6 seconds before taking it out 😬

What happened to cleaning the skin with alcohol any time you give any kind of injection? These instructions are wrong !

I did the same thing the first injection. I forgot to count to 6.

I am scared too, my friend.

Well, one month later and the medication still sits in my fridge. Improved diet and exercise, even in this stressful world of COVID-19, has gotten my sugars down a long ways. If I'm ever to use this, I'm gonna have to get somebody else to stab me.

Its very painless! The needle is so thin that you barely feel anything.

It is so easy you won’t even feel it I promise!

I hope to hear good news from you cljohnson1966....how have you been doing with or without it?

Does Ozempic have this substance metacresol???

Yes...but it's only one injection....much better than every day.

Yes, in rats.

Only in people who have family history of thyroid cancer. It is also a very rare side effect. All medicines/vaccines have side effects.

Wrong.

The needle

You only have to prime with each new pen

Rozlin313 it is scary but I didn’t even feel it. Just hard to do it at first.

Mike I’m the same way. I’m on week 2

What happened to cleaning the skin with alcohol any time you give any kind of injection? These instructions are wrong !

@@lynntraub9973 Why are you spamming everyone? You posted this multiple times. <eye roll>