Tirzepatide (Zepbound, Mounjaro)

🧬What is it?

Tirzepatide is a medicine made from a peptide. It is sold as Zepbound and Mounjaro. You need a doctor’s prescription.

💬Why do people use it?

Doctors use Zepbound to help some adults with obesity, or overweight with a health problem, manage weight. It is used with a healthy diet and more exercise. Mounjaro helps control blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.

🔬Does it really work?

This one is proven. The FDA approved Zepbound for weight management in adults on November 8, 2023.

⚠️Is it safe? Side effects

• The FDA lists side effects like feeling sick, diarrhea, throwing up, constipation, belly pain, feeling tired, burping, and hair loss.
• It caused thyroid tumors in rats. Nobody knows if it does this in people.
• People with a family history of a rare thyroid cancer should not use it.
• The FDA got reports of harm from copy-made (compounded) tirzepatide used at too-high doses.

⚖️Is it legal in the US?

Yes. Zepbound and Mounjaro are FDA-approved. (The FDA is the US agency that checks if medicines are safe and work.) Copy versions mixed by pharmacies, called "compounded," are not FDA-approved.

🩺Talk to your doctor

Do not start any peptide on your own. Ask a doctor first. We never share doses or tell you where to buy. Print our doctor questions sheet.