Great news on starting your weight loss journey with Medicspot! This article will help you prepare, administer, and store your Mounjaro treatment at home.
You will have received the following in your first delivery:
Wegovy Medication pen and 4 needles
Sharps box
Information guide
Your Wegovy pen (referred to as your pen throughout the rest of this guide) will have been delivered in cold packaging, and it's important to store your pen in the fridge once delivered to you.
Please make sure this is stored separate to any other medications in the fridge to minimise any risk of using the wrong medication, and ensure your sharps bin and supply of needles are kept securely and away from children.
Preparing to use your pen
Your pen is a multi-dose, pre filled pen and contains 4 weekly doses. One dose is to be taken each week, ideally at the same day and time each week.
Before you start, ensure you have read the information guide and patient information leaflet that came with your medication, so that you are comfortable with both the medication and how to administer an injection.
An online version of the Patient Information Leaflet is available here
An online version of the Manufacturers Instructions for Use is available here
A video from the Manufacturer on how to prepare and use the pen is available here
Administering your dose
Please follow the step by step instructions from the manufacturer in the patient leaflet - click here to view or on the manufacturer's website - click here
Storing and disposing of your pen and needles
Before taking your first dose, your Pen should be stored in the fridge between 2-8 degrees Centigrade. Your pen is safe to use through to the expiry date printed on the label if it is stored in the fridge in this way.
Once you have taken your first dose from a pen, you can then keep the pen at room temperature (30 degrees or below) or in the fridge for 6 weeks.
Ensure you keep away from sources of heat e.g. a radiator, and that your pen and needles are kept out of the reach of children at all times if storing at.
After each dose dispose of your used needles in a sharps disposal container straight away. Once you have finished your 4 doses, dispose of your empty pen in your household bin or sharps disposal container after you have removed the needle.
Only the needle must be put in the sharps bin - the rest of the pen, caps etc can be disposed of in the household waste.
Arrangements for disposing of full sharps bins vary depending on where you live. Your local council will likely be responsible for collecting your full sharps bin. You can find out more from your local council's website. Local councils can charge for this service, but most do not. You can find your local council here.