re: Wegovy price

Would Polaris be the recommended go to since QSC is still not back taking orders?

Don, I’m having trouble understanding the calculations. I plan on doing the 50 also for the same amount of time, 3 months. 2.5 and 5. Also have 20 to lose. Do I draw to the 10 line?

It's been about 7 weeks since I have stopped taking it and damn this sucks lol. I feel like eating all damn day, which I half way expected but thought that would go away after the first 2-3 weeks. The mental game is kicking my arse and I've gained around 5 pounds back. The crappiest part about all of it is even if I decide to just eat a stupid amount of food, I don't feel full. Its not worth it but my mind is weak. Even if I wanted to go back to it, our insurance changed the cost. My Dr said even if you go though all the paper work its still about $400-500 a month, which is stupid (also said its highly unlikely to get approved). I'm OT Poor so thats not really a option. Not sure what I am really going for here other than being frustrated.

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5 mg for the first 4 weeks, then 5 mg week 5 though 12 for a single 50mg vial

I'll re-evaluate toward the end of that cycle about whether to continue or not.

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Don, how’s your experience been so far?

a lot of peptides come as a freeze dried powder, so you'll need your peptide + a vial of (supply side) bacteriostatic water which you can usually get from the same source as where you get your peptide. You draw the amount of bacteriostatic water from a vial of water with a syringe and then add it to the vial of peptide and gently mix the two. Best practice is not to shake it because some peptides are fragile enough to damage with a vigorous shake, I just swirl it lightly before each use. Then draw what you need for when you're dosing.



This video shows using a bigger bore syringe for mixing but I don't bother and just use the same insulin syringe that I dose with since they come in packs of 100 for ~$14 and I use them for TRT as well so they're cheap and plentiful. Depending on what you're mixing it might take a couple passes of adding bac water to the peptide vial - see my example for terz below. Toss that mixing syringe before you inject a dose though because twice through the membrane of both vials the needle will be noticeably dull when you go to inject it into your abdomen.


the link I posted earlier in this thread is really straightforward where the "dose of peptide" is the dosage of what you're taking each individual time; the "peptide strength" is how much in mg is in the original vial before mixing, and the "bacteriostatic water" is how much water you're drawing from the vial of water to add to the peptide vial. You're always focused on how much in mg you're taking, not the liquid volume of diluted peptide. The graphic shows you how much to draw for a given concentration.

In my case for Terz I had a 50mg vial freeze dried product. I added 2 ml of bac water (two full syringes in a 1 ml syringe) Then for the acclimation dosage, I draw 10 units (= 0.10 ml) on a 1 ml insulin syringe which equals 2.5 mg of Terz. Later when I moved up to 5mg dosage, the draw was 20 units (= 0.20 ml). One ml insulin syringes are marked on the barrel by fractions of a ml sometimes called 'units" with broader markers in steps of 10 (actually these are micro liters not milliliters). Personally I like Easy Touch brand and get 29 - 30 gauge needles and don't even feel the stick. Some syringe have a "Luer Lock" where you can just replace the needle and reuse the barrel, but that's too much trouble IMO and risks contamination from prior injections.

If you're using something else than Terz the dosing may be different; that'll be determined by the recommended dosage (again in mg) of what you're taking.

Take your time, the first time I reconstituted anything I was very slow and deliberate (measure twice, cut once) but now it's routine.

QSC is no more, amigo. The main QSC person, Tracy, popped up on meso-rx in early February to provide an "update" (this isn't all of it, but it answers your question as well as it can be answered currently):

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I’d like to provide an update. Approximately 70% of our issues have been resolved, but we still have around 30% left to sort out before we can resume Op. The situation has been far more complicated to resolve than anticipated, and it’s taking much longer than expected. Unfortunately, I can’t provide an exact timeline for when we’ll be back, but I can assure you that we will return soon, despite the significant losses, mental stress, and all the dog shite we've been dealing with during this period.

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Personally, I just read that thread for the free comedy it provides, kinda like the OT lounge. For my peptide/tirzepatide needs I moved on to SSA.

Has anyone on the board used LovelyMeds?

I’ve never heard of them. However, come May I do not believe Semaglutide is available outside of Wegovy and Ozempic. So compounding will no longer be an option unless these lawsuits are won and in record time.

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Good luck, insurance companies are really clamping down on approving PA’s for GLP-1 meds.

If you’re diabetic, it’s not an issue. Obesity now has to be paired with documented cardiovascular problems. I have Federal Aetna ( mhbp) and was told by Caremark that I had to complete a six month weight loss management program through Aetna. The office manager at my primary care said they would likely still deny it.

BCBS moved GLP-1 to a tier three, which comes to well over 600 a month.

Even the VA is restrictive, now requiring non diabetics to have a BMI over 40.