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SEMAGLUTIDE || 3 MONTH WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE || Ozempic for WEIGHT LOSS || Wegovy WEIGHT LOSS
Our summary
In this 3 month update, the creator of the TRT Veteran channel describes his experience with compounded semaglutide. He says he has been on it for 13 weeks, which his provider, Matrix Hormones, counts as one full round of treatment. According to the video, his weight loss stalled after the first couple of weeks and only picked up again once he reached 40 units, which he equates to 1 milligram.
One person's experience, in their words. Not medical advice.
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What else the video covers
He reports a loss of 17.6 pounds over the three months. He says he had been stuck for a long time after losing 80 pounds a couple of years earlier through diet changes, calorie tracking, walking and some exercise. He credits semaglutide with helping him get past that plateau. He also notes that he responds differently to medications than many people and takes a significantly higher dose of TRT.
He says appetite suppression did not begin until the 40 unit dose. He then describes a typical day of eating: coffee with protein in the morning, protein-focused foods at lunch, and a dinner built around four to five ounces of protein with vegetables and few carbs. He says he feels full all the time. His reported side effects were hunger at lower doses, constipation that he managed with magnesium, and nausea for an hour or two after injections at the higher dose that faded over time. He states that a regular doctor visit would cost a thousand dollars or more per month for brand name drugs, and he promotes Matrix Hormones with a discount code that he says runs through the end of July.
Our summary of what is said, in our words. Doses, results and prices are the speaker’s, not advice.
Takeaways
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- 0:31 The creator says he has been on semaglutide for 13 weeks, which his provider Matrix Hormones counts as a full round of treatment.
- 0:31 He reports that weight loss stalled early on and only resumed once he reached the 40 unit, 1 milligram dose.
- 1:02 He says he lost 17.6 pounds in three months after being stuck in a plateau for a long time.
- 2:02 He reports that appetite suppression only began at 40 units, and he now eats small, protein-focused meals and feels full all the time.
- 3:34 He lists his side effects as lingering hunger at lower doses, constipation managed with magnesium, and nausea lasting an hour or two after injections.
- 4:04 He says brand name semaglutide through a regular doctor costs a thousand dollars or more per month, and he recommends a compounded version from Matrix Hormones.
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What the video says
As stated in the video, not checked by us. Doses and results are the speaker’s, not advice.
- Medication
- Ozempic, Wegovy and semaglutide
- Point in the journey
- Month 3
- Side effects mentioned
- nausea
- Who is speaking
- Patient
Questions this video answers
How much weight can you lose on semaglutide in 3 months?
The creator says he lost 17.6 pounds over 13 weeks of compounded semaglutide. He notes that he usually responds differently to medications than most people, and that his loss stalled early until he reached 40 units.
What dose of semaglutide stopped hunger for this patient?
He says his appetite was not suppressed on lower doses and he still felt starving. According to the video, the suppression started once he reached 40 units, which he describes as 1 milligram a week.
What side effects did he have on semaglutide?
He reports lingering hunger at lower doses, constipation that magnesium helped with, and some nausea shortly after injections at the higher dose. He says the nausea lasted about an hour or two and then faded or stopped.
How much does semaglutide cost per month according to this video?
The creator says seeing a normal doctor and getting a name brand drug would cost a thousand dollars or more per month. He presents compounded semaglutide through Matrix Hormones as the alternative, but does not state its price.
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- Semaglutide side effects, and what compounding does and does not change
Semaglutide's side effects are gastrointestinal: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and constipation, worst early and after each dose increase. Those belong to the molecule, so they are the same whether it came in a Novo Nordisk pen or a compounding pharmacy's vial. What compounding changes is everything around the molecule. A compounded drug is not FDA-approved, so the finished product has not been reviewed for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality, and the FDA has said the enforcement discretion that allowed 503A pharmacies to compound semaglutide has ended. It also usually arrives as a vial and a syringe rather than a pre-set pen, which moves dose measurement to you.
- Stopping a GLP-1: what the withdrawal trials found, and what a maintenance dose actually is
Two trials have measured what happens when you stop. On semaglutide, people who lost 17.3% over 68 weeks regained two-thirds of it in the year after stopping, ending 5.6% below where they started. On tirzepatide, people who lost 20.9% in 36 weeks regained 14% over the next year on placebo while those who continued lost a further 5.5%. Both labels are explicit that these drugs are for maintaining weight reduction long term, which is a different claim from finishing a course. A maintenance dose is simply the dose you stay on; the labels do not define a lower one to step down to at goal.
- Semaglutide for weight loss: which version, and what each costs
Semaglutide is the molecule. For weight loss the FDA-approved version is Wegovy, sold as a weekly pen and a daily tablet. Ozempic is the same molecule approved for type 2 diabetes, so using it for weight is off-label. Compounded semaglutide is the same molecule from a compounding pharmacy, is not FDA-approved, and is what most cash buyers actually take because it costs a fraction of the brand. All three produce the same side effects. What differs is the approval, the oversight and the price.
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