Catalog of updates relating to the Turkey’s personal experience treating Type 2 diabetes with the GLP-1 RA drug Mounjaro from initial treatment June 3, 2024 forward to present. In addition to personal experience and observations, we present current news and opinion relating to Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, and other drugs in the GLP-1 receptor agonist class.
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- DexaFit: Suddenly, I Feel 68 Again! 2 days agoI scheduled a DEXA body composition scan as part of my post–hernia-repair rebuild to establish a baseline for strength recovery. Results are in and they’re “not too bad”.
- Peptide Purgatory: GLP-1 Price Wars, Gout, and Weed 4 days agoWe explore pricing pressure in the GLP-1 market, lampoon costly gout cures, and call “bullshit” on a contrived study conflating blood pressure, violent crime, and marijuana.
- Peptide Purgatory: Entropy in Concierge Medicine 1 week agoWe analyze concierge medicine from a systems perspective, focusing on a familiar local instance now exhibiting characteristics of increasing entropy.
- Peptide Purgatory: So Sue Me, Already! 2 weeks agoFeature: GLP-1 lawsuits are ramping up. Next, a very British warning on GLP-1s. Bullshit Corner disdains a study linking HBP to tap water.
- Peptide Purgatory: Scan Me Up, Scan Me Down 2 weeks agoThis edition of Peptide Purgatory features a personal health update after an action-packed senior week. Bullshit Corner adds some humor regarding aggressive marketing of fitness-related body scans.
- PEPTIDE PURGATORY: The GLP-1 DIETARY REVOLUTION! 3 weeks agoWe pay dearly for miracle drugs, but then we find we are buying into a system designed to extract even more cash from wallets that are deflating as rapidly as our waistlines.
- Peptide Purgatory: GLP-1 Muscle Loss In Depth 3 weeks agoThe subject is one that I have harped on since I began chronicling my progress on Mounjaro: the loss of muscle mass associated with rapid weight loss facilitated by GLP-1 RA drugs.
- Peptide Purgatory: Do You Qualify for a GLP-1? 4 weeks agoA look at “new research” says 800 million citizens of the world can benefit from GLP-1 therapy, plus a major personal health update.
- Peptide Purgatory: Why We’re Fat 1 month agoThe Turkey takes a cynical look at government research designed to prove that fat people are fat because they weigh more; GLP-1s and colon cancer; and the damn new food pyramid!
- Peptide Purgatory: Let’s All Take GLP-1s 1 month agoThe Turkey explores the manifold uses of GLP-1s, which soon will fix leaky pipes in your basement, while Bullshit Corner turns to sociology.
- Peptide Purgatory: WTF is a GLP-3? 2 months agoHeard of “Ozempic face”? Now, we’ve got “Ozempic teeth”! The Turkey looks at these, along with “GLP-3s” — plus, a big update on the hernia!
- Peptide Purgatory: Scale Wars 2 months agoThe Turkey calls bullshit on the wacky world of smart scales. What do you get for $200? Hint: not much more than you get for $30.
- Peptide Purgatory: Eyes Right! 2 months agoThe Turkey, off Mounjaro for a couple of weeks due to hernia repair surgery, examines Big Pharma’s incursion into ophthalmology with GLP-1s.
- Peptide Purgatory: What’s next for GLP-1s? 2 months agoThe Turkey touches on his recent hospital experience while exploring the latest GLP-1 incursion into dermatology. Could drywall repair be next?
- Peptide Purgatory: Fat Kids and Fat Cats 2 months agoThe Turkey unearths a couple of new market expansions for Big Pharma’s fat-fighting GLP-1 drugs, which now are available for brats and cats!
- Peptide Purgatory: WHO are They Trying to Kid? 2 months agoThe Turkey beats on WHO again for asserting that obesity is a disease treatable by its Big Pharma buddies paid for out of First World Pockets.
- Peptide Purgatory: Lose Weight, Not Muscle, plus My Brain and RFK, Jr. 3 months agoThe Turkey bloviates about how GLP-1s like Mounjaro can reduce muscle mass along with fat, plus my cognitive test, and a blast at RFK, Jr in Bullshit Corner!
- Peptide Purgatory: The Great GLP-1 Land Grab and Adipophobic AI 3 months agoThe Turkey looks further into the big new GLP-1 deal brokered by the Trump White House, while Bullshit Corner comments on AI stigmatization.
- Peptide Purgatory: Physician, Heal Thy Gun! 3 months agoThe Turkey looks at the AMA stance on gun violence and new research in chronic kidney disease mortality, while Bullshit Corner explores aging as a “disease”
- Peptide Purgatory: Poop Photos, PBM Paradoxes, and Peeing Out Pastries 3 months agoThe Turkey explores smart toilet accessories that monitor your “output”, while disdaining PBMs, and peeing out his donuts on Farxiga and Mounjaro.
- Peptide Purgatory: SOMMA Pays Dividends — and So Does Gout 4 months agoThe Turkey, still coasting on Mounjaro, reviews his SOMMA study performance while suffering a painful gout flare. Bullshit Corner debates “seed oils”.
- Peptide Purgatory: Left Coast Political Pharmfoolery 4 months agoThe fair-minded yet opportunistic Turkey adds Newsom to his list of high-value drug populism targets after bashing Trump yesterday in Bullshit Corner. Left or right, when government meddles in markets, you lose.
- Peptide Purgatory: Altered Smell and Drug Populism 4 months agoThis week’s Mounjaro update reveals how GLP-1 drugs alter sense of smell, while Bullshit Corner takes a jab at Trump’s grandstand drug play, which “altruistically” benefits Big Pharma and the Trump family. Better alternatives exist.
- Peptide Purgatory: Knees, Addiction, and Made-up Diseases 4 months agoThe Turkey looks at new uses for GLP-1 drugs, including knee pain and addiction, then Bullshit Corner flings a load at obesity as a disease.
- Peptide Purgatory: Kidneys, Dancing Fat People, and Tylenol BS 4 months agoThe Turkey goes on an SGLT-2 inhibitor to slow CKD progression, while he takes jabs at Big Pharma’s commercials and medical malpractice from the bully pulpit.
- Peptide Purgatory: SOMMA, Iron, and Macallan 5 months agoWrapping up the initial round of the SOMMA study, getting an IV iron infusion, and debunking apple cider vinegar weight loss myths in today’s Peptide Purgatory.
- Peptide Purgatory: The Biopsy Blues 5 months agoThe Turkey’s lab rat journey culminates with a muscle biopsy. Progress on the iron deficiency; bullshit corner looks at “food noise”.
- Peptide Purgatory: An Untarnished Hour with DOCTOR Macallan 5 months agoMy first working visit with my new primary care doc accomplished a lot. We also introduce a new feature called “Bullshit Corner.”
- Peptide Purgatory: A Day Late, SOMMA Session Two, and Doc Macallan 5 months agoI describe the second big session of my lab rat participation in the SOMMA2 study, along with a preview of my first real visit with Dr. Macallan.
- Peptide Purgatory: Back to Work 6 months agoReturning from vacation, the Turkey described his participation in the SOMMA study and his change of primary care physician with snarky panache.
- Peptide Purgatory: The Pre-Vacation Medical Mayhem Edition 6 months agoA mid-week pre-vacation update describing medical travails before I take a break. Poona, DeLorean, Ferrari, and McNeedle, plus Advent Health are featured.
- Peptide Purgatory: Week 60 – The Poona Chronicles, Part Deux 6 months agoMore shenanigans by EnGuide, the GLP-1 RA specialty PBM created by CIGNA/Evernorth to manage drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound.
- Peptide Purgatory: The All-AI Issue 7 months agoWe look at the good, the not-so-good, and the ridiculous aspects of how artificial intelligence (AI) can help or hurt healthcare, now and in the future.
- Peptide Purgatory: For Your EDification and Enlightenment 7 months agoA study links GLP-1 RAs like Mounjaro to increased testosterone in male subjects. Will Big Pharma hop on the angle of the dangle and rise to the occasion?
- Peptide Purgatory: Abandon All Protocol, Ye Who Enter Here 7 months agoSome interesting, recent studies emphasize the need for a comprehensive, lifestyle modifying approach for those wishing to succeed with Mounjaro and its related GLP-1 RA drugs. Plus: we reimagine the name for this series of articles.
- Week 57 Mounjaro Update: A Ride on the Escalator with Poona 7 months agoThe Turkey expresses frustration with his Mounjaro supplier’s outsourced Indian customer service and comments on Alexa’s future diabetes care career.
- Mounjaro Update Week 56: Big Pharma Wins, You Lose (Weight) 8 months agoSome new advances by Big Pharma in the GLP-1 RA arena, both beneficial — to Big Pharma’s bottom line — are this week’s Mounjaro news.
- Week 55 Mounjaro Update: We’re the Drug Cops and We’re Here to Help! 8 months agoWhat’s behind my mail-order pharmacy “transitioning” my Mounjaro prescription? Discover what’s up their sleazy sleeve in this week’s update.
- Week 54 Mounjaro Update: A Turkey’s Medical Marathon 8 months agoA full week of medical probing, prodding, and zapping, plus physical therapy, with Mounjaro taking a back seat for a change.
- Week 53 Mounjaro Update: Jacked Lab Monkeys & Med Purgatory 8 months agoA look at new drug research to combat muscle loss associated with rapid weight loss, my week on Mounjaro, and some emerging medical issues.
- Week 52 Mounjaro Update: Steroid Shot Sparks Spooky Sugar Spike 9 months agoOn the one-year anniversary of these updates, we look at glucose spikes due to injected corticosteroid pain-relievers and my progress on Mounjaro.
- Week 51 Mounjaro Update: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee! 9 months agoA look at how and why coffee spikes blood sugar while providing benefits to Type 2 diabetics and pre-diabetics accompany my weekly Mounjaro progress.
- Week 50 Mounjaro Update: Patient Portal Purgatory 9 months agoWe take a break from GLP-1 RAs to disparage the healthcare IT travesty known as the patient portal, then briefly present my Mounjaro update.
- Week 49: Of Mounjaro, Macallan, and Maybe Babies 9 months agoThis week’s update reveals a connection between Mounjaro and its sister drugs and pregnancy, while on the personal front, I get a new doctor.
- Mounjaro Update Week 48: Of Lawsuits, CPAPs, and GLP-1 Gold Rushes 9 months agoIn this week’s update, we view the battle for GLP-1 dominance among Big Pharma, a new sleep apnea connection, and my progress on Mounjaro.
- Mounjaro Update Week 47: Docs vs. AI 10 months agoA visit with the physiatrist plus my opinion regarding the impact of AI on the future of medicine accompany my updated Mounjaro numbers.
- Mounjaro Update Week 46: There’s a New Pill In Town 10 months agoThoughts on a new blockbuster incretin drug, an oral GLP-1 RA in Phase 3 trial by the manufacturers of Mounjaro accompanies the Turkey’s report on weekly progress, including my famous honey experiment.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 45 10 months agoA sweet look at honey, plus a not-so-sweet opinion on Big Pharma/Big Government machinations accompany this week’s Mounjaro update.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 44 10 months agoA sideways week on Mounjaro with an unexpected weight movement. We opine on the current Medicare negotiations of GLP-1 drug prices and the impact on the market for these Type 2 diabetes drugs.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 43 11 months agoIn addition to chronicling my latest week’s progress on Mounjaro for treatment of Type 2 diabetes, we cover coffee’s surprising connection to muscle gain, and we discuss Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing (DMR) to mitigate GLP-1 RA withdrawal effects.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 42 11 months agoThe week on Mounjaro and personal health including my iron deficiency, plus additional reporting on compounding pharmacies selling GLP-1 RA drugs, ecologically correct surgery, and discontinuing GLP-1 drugs.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 41 11 months agoThe Turkey chronicles another week of glucose progress and weight loss on Mounjaro. We also explore sweet cravings and the exciting potential of allulose as a sugar replacement, and question whether this foul old fowl has been overtraining.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 40 11 months agoThe Turkey presents his jaundiced-eyed views on Big Pharma while describing his progress on Mounjaro at a new 7.5 mg dose. He also discusses discontinuation of the drug, either unintended or directed.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 39 12 months agoThe Turkey presents his latest Mounjaro update, accompanied by comments on testosterone, diet, exercise, and his turkeyfied approach to Type 2 diabetes.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 38 12 months agoThe Turkey presents his latest progress on Mounjaro, including increased dose. He describes his exercise program and progress on the iron deficiency.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 37 12 months agoThe Turkey describes a funny experience with his GI doctor’s office, along with the week’s news and health update on Mounjaro therapy for Type 2 diabetes.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 36 February 10, 2025The Turkey describes his latest progress (or lack of same) on Mounjaro and bitches about the push for weight loss drugs for kids under twelve.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 35 February 3, 2025The Turkey describes his latest week on Mounjaro, along with tips on monitoring devices and a recap of progress on his functional iron deficiency.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 34 January 27, 2025The Turkey recaps the past week on Type 2 diabetes drug Mounjaro along with all his other maladies in the latest instalment of this series.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 33 January 20, 2025The Turkey provides an update on his progress with Mounjaro for Type 2 diabetes, along with some news and comments about health care.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 32 January 13, 2025The Turkey provides his latest weekly health update, as he continues Mounjaro GLP-1 RA therapy for Type 2 diabetes and treats his UTI.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 31 January 6, 2025The Turkey provides his latest weekly Mounjaro update, including TMI about UTIs and iron deficiency, plus a veritable plethora of impertinent opinions.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 30 December 30, 2024The Turkey delivers a brief update of his progress on Type Two Diabetes drug Mounjaro, and provides too much information about a health issue.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 29 December 23, 2024The Turkey recaps a sideways week on Mounjaro, adding some information about how he is addressing the need for strength and aerobic exercise.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 28 December 16, 2024The Turkey describes his progress to date on the minimum therapeutic dose of Mounjaro, a GLP-1 drug for type two diabetes.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 27 December 9, 2024The Turkey provides his latest commentary on his own Mounjaro therapy and opines editorially on the GLP-1 vogue weight-loss drug situation.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 26 December 2, 2024The Turkey provides his latest update of the past week on Mounjaro, plus an editorial rant about the Biden Administration proposal for Medicare/Medicaid coverage of weight loss drugs.
- Weekly Mounjaro Update: Week 25 November 25, 2024The Turkey describes his weekly progress on Mounjaro and opines about the use of GLP-1 drugs in combating childhood obesity in America.
- Weekly Mounjaro Update: Week 24 November 18, 2024The Turkey provides his Week 24 Update on progress with the Type 2 Diabetes drug Mounjaro and heralds the arrival of a new refrigerator.
- My Week with Mounjaro November 11, 2024The Turkey provides his weekly update as he continues Mounjaro therapy for type two diabetes.
- Mt. Kilimounjaro Update November 4, 2024The Turkey advises caution in attempting to lose too much weight too fast and provides an update about his personal progress on Mounjaro.
- Wastin’ Away Again… October 28, 2024The Turkey provides his Week Twenty-Two update on Mounjaro therapy, along with a few curmudgeonly rants about YouTube and Big Pharma.
- Weekly Update: Mounjaro Therapy October 21, 2024The Turkey presents yet another weekly update on his progress with the GLP-1 diabetic drug, Mounjaro. We’ll see whether Facebook deletes this one.
- Wasting Away Again in My Mounjaroville October 14, 2024The Turkey provides more overshare health data and experience with his Mounjaro therapy, now in its twentieth week.
- Mount Kilimanjaro Travelogue: Weekly Update October 7, 2024The Turkey provides a weekly rant and update on his progress using the diabetic drug Mounjaro. This week, shortage ends, and Hurricane Milton.
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant: Big Pharma, Little Pharma, No Pharma September 30, 2024The Turkey reports his weekly progress on Mounjaro therapy for diabetes, among other health issues, and editorializes about compounding pharmacies.
- Mounjaro Update: Covid, Stelo, and My Story September 23, 2024Welcome to another weekly Mounjaro update, where I describe my personal progress on the drug and blow wind about related issues. Yesterday morning’s COVID test was negative! So, I’m hoping to conclude that episode. From the time I tested positive on Wednesday until now it is a little more than the expected ten days. Although I ...
- Mounjaro Update: Covid-19, CGMs, and Weekly Progress September 16, 2024Greetings, fellow Type Twos! I am back once again to describe my weekly progress on Mounjaro, and to provide some collateral information and observations for anyone interested in monitoring and improving their metabolic health. I should note that I do not offer medical advice, and I am not a doctor (thank God). Neither am I ...
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant: Post-Vacation Update September 11, 2024If you wondered where the weekly updates went, Jen and I have been on vacation for a few weeks, so I want to share my on-vacation performance with any interested readers. This post will focus on managing Mounjaro administration while on the road and dealing with dietary issues that are the bugaboo of diabetic vacationers. ...
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant: Our New Theme Song August 19, 2024The Nittany Turkey continues his Mounjaro weekly progress reports, laced with cynical assessments of collateral issues, and a new theme song.
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant: Week 10 August 12, 2024The Turkey reports his latest progress on Mounjaro and offers his cynicism over the vogue popularization of the therapy.
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant August 5, 2024No doubt, the big fooda/big pharma/big doctra/big governmenta conspiracy would love to view me as a guaranteed revenue stream, but I hope to avoid going down that rabbit hole.
- Mounjaro, Mounjaro. Rah rah rah! July 29, 2024This week’s discussion covers the author’s nine-week experience with Mounjaro for diabetes and weight loss. It critiques social media cheerleaders and stresses doing independent research rather than trusting influencers. The author reports stable glucose levels and minor weight loss but notes a return of appetite, suggesting a potential need for a dosage increase.
- The No-Namer Mounjaro Weekly July 22, 2024Nittany Turkey back atcha here to report my latest weekly results on Mounjaro and give you my latest opinions on where this whole thing is going. I track my progress and describe my experiences and observations. This week, I especially want to urge caution about trying to do too much, too fast. On that latter note, ...
- Mi Viaje Mounjaro July 15, 2024The Turkey describes Week Six on Mounjaro, along with information about measuring equipment and software and supply shortages.
- Mounjaro: No Catchy Title Yet July 8, 2024After five weeks on Mounjaro, the Turkey writes about his progress, YouTubers, and bad drug side-effects.
- Mounjaro: First Month Progress and Setbacks July 1, 2024As of yesterday, I completed four weeks on the diabetic drug Mounjaro (generic name: terzepatide), with some encouraging results.
- Mounjaro: Week Three June 24, 2024The Turkey writes about his short-term success with Mounjaro as well as some of the side-effects he has experienced.
- Mounjaro Madness June 17, 2024This blog seeks the truth, not pop wisdom. Realizing that alienating the obsessive weight loss community will cause my readership to evaporate, I continue to avoid the subject of “how much, how fast?”.
- First Week on Mounjaro and… June 10, 2024I am a Type 2 diabetic. For years, I have been dolphining through drugs, weight loss regimens, more drugs, lifestyle changes, and more drugs. Recently, my doctor prescribed Mounjaro in addition to my old standby, metformin. This story not only describes my first week on Mounjaro, which I have just completed, but also it expresses ...