Mounjaro Foods to Avoid (and Why They Trigger Nausea and Reflux)
Mounjaro foods to avoid: what to eat, what to limit, and why it matters on a GLP-1 medicine.
- Active ingredient
- tirzepatide
- Manufacturer
- Eli Lilly
- How it is taken
- Weekly injection
- FDA-approved for
- Type 2 diabetes, Heart risk
Mounjaro in brief
The half-life is about 5 days: after 5 d half is gone, and after five half-lives (25 d) about 3% remains.
In SURPASS-1 over 40 weeks with type 2 diabetes, 7.8 kg was lost compared with 1 kg on placebo.
In US dollars, the monthly price points cover the list price and self-pay offers. Every figure comes from the maker's price page.
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, pricinginfo.lilly.com.