I take 3mg of Rybelsus, the pill form of Ozempic, every day for diabetes. This is about half the recommended dosage, but the major side effect for me has been g

I take 3mg of Rybelsus, the pill form of Ozempic, every day for diabetes. This is about half the recommended dosage, but the major side effect for me has been gastric distress...on the full 7mg daily dose I was frequently nauseous, to the point where it rendered me unable to work some days. 3mg is supposedly the dosage you start out with for a month before moving up to 7mg, but 3mg has relieved most of my stomach distress, kept my daily blood sugar numbers down, and probably helped with weight loss (I'm down 15 pounds since February, a steady reduction that started a good 3 or 4 months before starting Rybelsus). The weight loss is a bonus for me; I'm in it for the diabetes benefits. When I was on the full dose, I often felt full. The half dose has the same effect, just not as much. Fortunately my insurance covers most of the cost; at $25 a month, it's over 2.5x higher than any of my other prescriptions, but well within my budget. We'll see how long that lasts, especially since I plan to retire at the end of 2025 and go onto Medicare.