Saxenda and Vomiting: What Users Say (Page 3)

• HRM...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 14, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I started the Saxenda jabs last Tuesday to lose weight, and I’ve lost a total of 7 lb in just under two weeks. I’ve gone from 0.6 dose to 0.9 as I don’t feel I needed to increase that much. The only downside I’m having is not being hungry at all, and I have zero motivation, and I’m always tired. I’ve had minor acid reflux and a severe vomiting attack last night, but that was it."

• MTo...
• March 9, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I waited 18 months to review. I started 09/2017. The first 6 months I lost 8 lbs, from 198 lbs to 190 lbs (5'8). 3 mg. The side effects were all there: diarrhea, nausea, lethargy, nausea, vomiting, nausea. Did I mention nausea? In 0/2018, I stopped eating meat and meat products and went on a plant-based diet. After one particularly side-effect day, I lowered the dosage back to .06, and I did not inject every day. I thought if I wasn't losing weight, why stay sick? From Feb until 07/2018, I lost 12 more lbs. I had a hysterectomy in 07/2018. I have started eating meat, but my appetite has slowed down. To date, I've lost a total of 30 lbs in 13 months, down to 168 lbs. Size 10, 31' waist, and 4 lbs from not being considered 'overweight.' I had to do something to get things moving. When I made that change, I went from size 14 to a 10. I still only inject .06 a day, I don't inject every day. I still tend to get nauseated, but it only lasts for about 5 minutes, and I keep gum near my bed, which helps."

• Lau...
• March 7, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "The first 2 nights on Saxenda, I was extremely ill and woke up suddenly projectile vomiting. No warning signs, I spent the whole night with my head over the toilet. The 3rd day, I started bleeding heavy. I haven't had a period in a year, and my appetite had gone, and I lost 6 lb in 5 days without exercise. I wondered how great it would be when I stopped bleeding, oh, and stopped the diarrhea. Yep, the diarrhea. Anyway, a few days passed, but still feeling sick, but not vomiting, still bleeding, and still diarrhea, and the burps came constantly like rotten eggs. This continued into day 7 when the bleeding settled. The feeling of sickness settled. The burps continued, the crippling stomach cramps continued, and the diarrhea continued to the point I was bound to bed or a toilet. It's quite worrying to be reduced to tears by the stomach pain. Never ever have I had hemorrhoids-now I have. And guys, it hurts. I have lost weight, but I cannot keep a bite of food in my body, not even water. And all this happened on the lowest dose."

• Kca...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 1, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I started taking Saxenda on 2/21/19. The injections are really no big deal. The first three days at .6 I had mild nausea and then felt fine. I started the 1.2 dose and had horrible nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. My pain is sharp in the center of my chest right under my ribs. Has anyone had this similar pain? I have a strange taste and burps and feel exhausted. This is day 4 on the 1.2 dose. I don’t want to stop taking it if this is something that will pass but cannot continue if this is going to last. Has anyone else had this experience? I have absolutely no appetite, maybe eating 400 calories the last few days."

• 50...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 27, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I started Saxenda last Friday, with only a mild headache and fatigue being my side effects. Unfortunately, that changed on Monday. I work 50+ hours a week, so the loss of appetite is not a hindrance; however, I found that if I ate any more than a small protein bar or drink anything other than water, the results are not good. Vomiting and diarrhea, lasting most of the next day, and abdominal cramping join the list after any type of food. I hope others have a better result, but my doctor and I agree this is not right for me."

• Jop...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 20, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "This medication was like poison to me, causing extreme vomiting and diarrhea."

• BBa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 10, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Started using the pen 2 days ago. I’ve already lost 4 lbs, which I can’t believe! No craving or appetite. Having to remind myself to eat, little amounts and no junk foods! I’m quite active, I train 4-5 times a week, so looking forward to seeing my results. I have had nausea and vomited, but today I was fine. Definitely glad I started this."

• Ann...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 29, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Been on Saxenda now for 2.5 months... have lost nearly 10 lbs, slow but not unhappy. I have had many side effects which started with taking the dose in the AM, vomited, and spent the whole day in bed. Switched to taking it at bedtime and added Gravol... that helped a lot. Now have headaches, constipation, and now after all this time experiencing severe abdominal cramps with days of severe diarrhea..! Have very little drive to do anything as I always seem to be tired..! I am going to persevere through this box and see how it goes.."

• Jax...
• November 29, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I started at 0.6 as instructed. Every week I increased by 0.6. My pen ran out by the third week, so I needed a second one before reaching the full dose of 3.0. The cost with the discount card is $50, plus $30 for 90 needles. I’m tracking my meals with LOSE IT (app), weighing every Saturday and doing Bikram Yoga 2-3 times a week. I started at 177.4 three weeks ago and weighed 173 this morning. I eat 1200 to 1300 calories, and I am so full (just with the 1.2 dose) but could do 1400 calories easily on the 0.6 dose. I highly recommend limiting coffee, carbonated drinks, or rich/spicy foods. I am extremely uncomfortable or even vomit/experience extreme diarrhea if I eat as I am accustomed. At 5'6”, I feel best at 144 lbs. After several consecutive life stressors, I gained 40 lbs in the course of three years. Saxenda is the only course of action to assist me with chronic cravings and feelings of hunger or deprivation."

• Laa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 9, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I’ve been on it for 4-5 weeks. Been experiencing heartburn and acidity around the 3rd week till now. I can’t sleep from being nauseated all the time. Woke up vomiting twice. I get stomach aches almost all the time."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 29, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Awful! Took Saxenda for 4 days. The side effects were terrible. Severe diarrhea, nausea, headache, no energy, zero appetite (literally had to make myself eat some fruit and crackers just to have something), lightheaded, dry heaves, dizzy. No more. I quit."

• Gem...
• September 17, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I have been on and off using these pens the past 6 weeks. In a week, I lost 10 lbs to start with on 0.6. I had no side effects and felt great and shocked with how much fell off in the first week. By week 2, I'd lost a stone. Came off it for the weekend as drinking and at a festival. On Monday, back on it, upped the dose, first few hours headache, felt awful and that night threw up. Following weekend, came off it as was going on holiday and was off it for 2 weeks, gained 4 lbs. Again, back on it at 0.8, a few hours in and headache, and then was sick that night again. Came off it on the weekend as a birthday was happening and drinking. Started my 3rd pen 3 days in and this time had diarrhea for over 24 hours with a little sickness. The plan is now to not come off it and do these last 3 pens, had 5 in total hoping to get at least a stone off. I always feel within a few hours it’s working. I get a dry mouth and don’t feel hungry and don’t eat a lot."

• Dam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 9, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "After a few weeks on Saxenda, despite using a laxative, I became more and more nauseous; pain in the lower left abdomen became quite severe, resulting in a CT scan at ER, which found me to (now) have diverticulosis and fatty liver. The night of the ER visit, I vomited up food from days ago! This is one dangerous drug. I was given samples by my doctor to help me lose weight - I feel like I nearly died. I'm still reeling, two weeks off it. Beware."

• Kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 4, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Debilitating fatigue, nausea, vomiting. Tried slower titration and cycling up and down to mitigate symptoms. Could not go past 1.8 to 2.4 without unbearable fatigue, nausea, and dizziness that rendered me couch-ridden for two months."

• Jen...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 1, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I started taking Saxenda two years ago. I was at my wit's end. I was 37 and weighed 235 lb, which was the most I’d ever weighed. I’ve struggled with weight loss my whole life. Saxenda takes some getting used to. Make sure you titrate up to the recommended dose or you will feel very ill. Headaches, vomiting, fatigue. I am sensitive to medication side effects. I fought through that, and after about 3 months, the side effects went away as long as I took it at the same time every day. I dropped 20 lbs immediately, then it slowed. I was 207 lb for a whole year and was ready to quit, when I dropped another quick 20. I am now 160 lbs (just dropped 5 lbs last week) and, literally, none of my clothes fit me (even my 'skinny' clothes). I work out sporadically and I eat what I want, just much less of it. I don’t feel hungry anymore. I stop eating after about eating 1/2 of my food, and I feel stuffed. I never thought I’d find something that worked so effectively for me."

• 198...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 29, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Tried Saxenda on 0.6 mg for 2 days and lost nothing. Upped it to 1.2 mg the 3rd time and for the first 9 hours it was okay. I just had no appetite and kept burping. It slowly turned into chills and nausea as the evening went on - I vomited twice and my heart was beating fast. It felt similar to phentermine and I was quite jittery. I felt truly dreadful, didn’t get a wink of sleep, and ended up having to call into work sick! It felt like I had been poisoned, I certainly won’t be taking this stuff again. I think it’s really sad that we feel the need to legally poison ourselves because we can’t control our hunger, when most of the time our hunger is just an inner emptiness that we try to fill with food. Injecting this garbage isn’t getting to the root cause. I’ve read about people getting gallstones and pancreatic issues from taking this stuff, I’m not surprised after the way I felt! Healthy eating and the gym for me!"

• She...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 25, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I've been taking Saxenda for a month. I have been really sick on it. I'm considering throwing out the rest of the needles. I have constant sulfur burps and farts, vomiting, acid reflux, and nausea. I keep trying to hold on so that I can see the results, but I can't do this anymore. I'm so sick. I'm at 2.4. I've called the Saxenda company and left two messages, but no one has returned my calls. I'm not impressed, as this drug is very expensive."

• Kat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 22, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I tried this with great enthusiasm after being recommended it by my doctor. But the script was incorrectly interpreted by the chemist, and I was given 3 mg on the first day - this is the high dose that you build up to after the first month. I vomited for 24 hours straight, and my heart was racing the whole time. Will never touch it again. The doctor was dismissive, but the chemist was great. They conducted training for their staff on the product so that all staff knew that the start dose is 0.06 mg, despite what the script says. They also offered me a partial refund, which I was grateful for as I will never again attempt this product."

• Tes...
• July 13, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I’ve been on Saxenda for approximately 6 weeks. Although the results are great, and it definitely curbs your appetite, I’m now suffering adverse side effects. I have bouts of diarrhea and have vomited several times. The worst is the excessive sulfur belching! I’m not sure how much longer I can take it. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, have you found any relief?"

• Mar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 30, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Going into my third week on Saxenda but haven't yet made it to the next dose up because of side effects, so still taking 0.6. I'm having very bad nausea and heartburn regardless of what I ate or even if I don't eat. No taste to anything either. I never was much of a big eater but started at 160 lbs and down to 153 lbs. My boss and husband both think I should just stop the meds because of the sickness, but I keep hoping it will just go away once my body gets used to it. The two times in the last week I took the upped dosage of 1.2, I was in the bathroom vomiting and had horrible diarrhea. Horrible feeling. So I'm stuck on the 0.6 but go to the doc Tuesday, so we'll see what he says. He refused to prescribe any other medicine for weight loss, I'm not sure if it's just kickbacks he gets from the makers or, as he says, his own research and experience. I went in asking for phentermine and he was completely against it, but seeing as this has made me so sick, I don't see how phentermine could have been worse."

• Ray...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• May 28, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I took Saxenda for about 7 months. I lost around 40 pounds. I did not suffer any side effects for the first while. In the 5th month, I woke up with sulfur burps and a little vomiting. Thought I had the flu. After about 3 days, everything was fine again, and then about 6 weeks later, I got sulfur again along with heavy vomiting. Went to the doctor and stopped Saxenda for a couple of days and then started again at the lowest dose. After a few days, I was feeling horrible again, and I stopped. I could not believe how this drug was making me feel. I was lightheaded often and felt like I was in a fog. Never really realized it until I stopped. The drug did what it was supposed to do. Helped me lose weight. I did find that I got full very fast at first, but after a few months, this changed. However, I became more aware of how I should be eating, and hopefully, I can continue without Saxenda."

• Got...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 9, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Yes, this weight has got to go, and so far, it seems to be little by little. I am up to 2.0 daily, but for the past three days, I felt very nauseous and have had a lot of gas. Yesterday, on the way back from a gathering, my husband had to pull over, and vomiting began. Not a fun night. My appetite is all but gone. I am eating very, very little now and wonder if that is what might be making me feel nauseous. I have a call in to my MD to report the vomiting as instructed. If I need to go back to 1.8, happy to do so - anything to not throw up! Ha, ha! It does work - I think I need to remember I still have to eat to keep my body moving."

• Bol...
• March 26, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "27 y, female, 228 lbs, and live in Canada. No health issues, except overweight. Medication costs about $450 a month, plus a box of needle tips that generally come with 100. So those tips should last just over 3 months. You can also get a sharps container for free at the pharmacy, not sure about in the States. It has been less than a week, and I feel less hungry. No side effects so far, I did feel a kind of warmth after my first injection and a kind of stinging pain. I do not crave sugary, greasy things. I barely eat now, so I am taking vitamins and meal replacement drinks. Do not eat anything greasy or carbonated while on this medication. You will regret it later when you get abdominal pain or even vomiting. This medication slows everything down, so you do not want that to sit long in your body. Injection does not hurt, and if it does, you are injecting it into the wrong area."

• Sam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 13, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I have been on Saxenda for approximately one month. I have not been able to handle a dose higher than 1.8. Side effects include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, headache, and constipation. I began at 172.4 lbs, currently, I am 152.6 lbs, a total weight loss of 19.8 lbs. I am considering stopping once I am finished with my last pen on this prescription due to the side effects. I am also concerned because I have a thyroid condition and read that this can increase your risk for thyroid cancer. I’m happy with my results, just wish there were fewer side effects to deal with."

• Pop...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 5, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I have been on Saxenda for 5 days, and the side effects have been awful! I have been in bed with what I thought was a bad stomach bug for the last 4 days, but now realize it is just the side effects of Saxenda. I have terrible cramping in my upper stomach, nausea, vomiting, and extreme tiredness. Even getting a shower has been difficult because I feel like I am going to pass out. I'm not hungry, and I have lost weight, but this is just not for me. I wanted to lose the weight so I could run and play with my kids, but if I can't tolerate them touching my stomach in the process, it isn't worth it."