Others who went down from 2.5 to 1.25 because weight came off too fast?
Hi, I'm wondering how other people have done when decreasing from the starting dose, not because of bad side effects but because they and their doctor worried that the initial weight loss was too rapid. If that's you, at what dosage did your loss settle down to 1-2 pounds a week? And how long were you able to keep losing at that dosage?
All my side effects have been transient, and mostly mild to moderate, but losing 4 pounds a week felt inappropriate to me and to my doc. (One percent of my body weight would be 1.7 pounds, and fyi I'm a 5-foot-tall woman, moderately active.) I'm about to try to use a kwikpen to get just 1.25 per shot. The other option is waiting 10-14 days between shots, but I got pretty hungry by day 12, and my doctor says the seesawing between different levels of medication in my system isn't optimal.
I realize this is not a bad problem to have -- I'd just fine it helpful to hear how others are managing something similar.
Thanks!
Posted Apr 8, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC