"i&#039;ve tried everything. belviq, contrave, weight watchers, alli, exercise. seriously, you name it. saxenda was my last resort before surgery. 
i just noticed that i&#039;ve lost 10 more lbs since increasing my dosage to the 3.0. so that&#039;s a total of 39 lbs now since maybe october? i&#039;m a bit shocked. nothing has worked. ever. 
i stopped it for about a week when i had a sore throat and i got paranoid about my thyroid, but my doctor had checked my thyroid levels at that time. and it was just a headcold anyway. 
now i&#039;m back on. only side effects were nausea for the first 2 or 3 days. and it&#039;s expensive, but our insurance covers most."