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Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 25, 2025

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Thank you. Glad to hear from someone in the same boat.

Oral over injection? No particular reason. I wouldn't say that I'm so averse to needles that I couldn't dose myself up. But all else being equal, I'd prefer the pill.

This question prompted me to actually check the difference in price. And it's a large one. 7mg oral sets me back $100/m, even the lowest (0.5mg) dose of the injectable pen, Ozempic, would be closer to $500/m.

I see no real advantage in the injections when they're priced that steeply. You need a higher dose orally, but that's not reflected in the pricing.

I was curious if there was something I'm missing, hence my question.

Granted, we're in completely different locales, so pricing is likely rather different; for me, injections of Semaglutide come at around 200$ a month(tax included).

And I won't even go into the recent scam prices they're now charging for Ozempic.

Supposedly, you can get Semaglutide even cheaper than my pricing from the same outlets pharmacies get it, as long as you're not afraid of doing a little mixing on your lonesome. I may go that route, once my prescription runs out.

If you haven't read it already, Scott's "Semaglutide: More than you wanted to know" series does a deep dive on alternative sources. If I had been priced out of branded tablets, that's what I'd have gone for. Even then, I'm a little unsure of the legal particulars in both India and the UK, his post was for American audiences.

I am convinced, however, that that route is safe enough. It's really not that hard to reconstitute the powder in bacteriostatic water and manage a s/c injection.

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