Ozempic and Vomiting: What Users Say

• lad...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 17, 2023

For Type 2 Diabetes "Was taking Trulicity until 2 weeks ago. My VA hospital said they need to switch me to Ozempic. I agreed. Took my first dose 2 days ago after I was out of Trulicity, and I don't remember a time in my life I felt so sick. Acid reflux, abdominal cramps, sweating with chills, vomiting even if I sip water. I'm thin enough for the weight loss to be irrelevant, but being dehydrated is terrible. I won't be taking more of this."

• Wen...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 30, 2018

For Type 2 Diabetes "Hospitalized twice with severe abdominal pain and nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. Second visit had a gastric emptying study done. Normal gastric emptying is 30 min, mine was 800 min. Basically, this med damaged the vagus nerve and paralyzed my stomach, not allowing food to empty. Severe symptoms. Missed work, hospitalized a total of over 2 weeks. Praying my stomach returns to normal. Diagnosed with gastroparesis caused by Ozempic."

• Clo...
• September 2, 2019

For Type 2 Diabetes "Tried Ozempic for the first time on Thursday. Friday night, a bit of diarrhea, Saturday, just felt off, Sunday went out for breakfast, discovered I had little appetite. And then it was non-stop vomiting and diarrhea, to the point I was in the ER. Spent several hours there as they tried to bring the lactic acid back down into a normal range. They told me the higher the lactic acid, the more severe the dehydration. Multiple IVs, anti-nausea shots, and something to stop the diarrhea, plus one CT scan, they said stomach bug. I could go home and recover in bed. Stupid me believed them. Took the injection for the second time on Thursday...same thing, only this time the abdominal cramping was so bad it doubled me over, to the point I was sent by ambulance to the ER. Same round of tests, same results. Only this time, add in pain meds. After comparing the previous Sunday to the current Sunday, they pretty much concluded no stomach bug the first time, but it was due to the injection."

• DAn...
• May 12, 2021

For Cardiovascular Risk Reduction "Within 12 hours of the first dose, vomiting occurred and continued for 3 days. Unable to keep any food down; small sips of ginger ale the only thing I did not vomit. Lower abdominal tight cramping. Pain in the upper abdomen. Vomiting at all times of day and night, which added to the fatigued feeling. Days 4-7 felt queasy. Second injection: same side effects as first. Emetrol helped me eat dry toast (1/2 slice) and weak tea. Third dose: same effects, but only for 2-1/2 days."

• Ter...
• May 3, 2019

For Type 2 Diabetes "Wow, I did lose a few pounds and have no appetite on Ozempic, but I just can’t tolerate this drug. I am the most violently ill I have ever been. I have had 2 doses of .25, and the abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea for the last 7 days have almost killed me. Too bad, it works, but not worth the side effects for me!"