It appears to me, that all these designer medications, start to cure many other illnesses when their sales begin to drop for their original cure. I do not trust all these new medications and really I think everyone should very careful research them before applying them! And do not just trust your Doctor! They are pushing these drugs, because of their stock values! Not your health! If you feel uneasy about a medication prescribed, DON"T Take it. You know your body better than anyone!

Heather. I mentioned to my PAH doc's physician assistant that I lost 50 lbs. She immediately replied with are you taking ozempic? Don't. It has proven cases where there is muscle mass loss...including in the heart. I would not take it myself.

Ozempic has been approved for heart failure with a BMI of 30. Mydoctor is in an academic center. I have monthly appointments with their cardiac specialty pharmacy and they go over all my symptoms. You start out very slow at .25 mg then slowly monthly they will increase it depending upon your symptoms. If you were thin, I do not think they would prescribe it for you. The whole point is to lose weight. for me. On MRI they discovered I had significant epicardial fat and they have found it works really well on visceral fat I use the injectable pen and there is no issue with that pretty straightforward. And no, you cannot adjust your dose. The max dose that they are shooting for for me is 2 mg. I am now on 1 mg but that has taken four months going very slow with it is important for the person who is on Zepbound. Try to get your doctor to order Ozempic. I guess it depends on what type of insurance you pay how much they will pay. But after I met my deductible, I do not pay anything as everybody knows. We can meet our deductible very quick with our meds. I am also on jardiance. This has been proven and studies to definitely help left sided heart failure.Ozempic has been shown to decrease your symptoms. Also below my cardiologist says they don’t understand the mechanism exactly. Only that it works. It’s not a magic pill or injection as we say. But I feel it is really helping me at this point there are a lot of G.I. symptoms and you have to monitor them carefully and go slow with the medication. The clinic I am is wonderful and help a lot. Good luck to people trying this.

I take Ozempic for diabetes. My cardiologist/pulmonologist specialist just asked to increase to 1 mg. Injection site is usually in the stomach, 2" away from the belly button. It is painless in that area. Nothing to it.. I have had no side effects.

As I am reading more, it appears that the recommendation is for people with "significant" Heart Failure who are overweight (I'm probably 30-35 pounds overweight) and are not diabetic (I am PRE-Diabetic). I'm learning that many insurance companies will deny covering this unless the cardiologist presents just the "right" diagnosis codes.

And I see that it is, in fact, an injectable. I've never done that but it looks easy in a video.