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How to manage side effects
As with all medicines, you may experience side effects with Mounjaro. The most common side effects with Mounjaro are nausea and diarrhoea.1 These side effects are usually only mild to moderate and decrease over time in most patients. They are most common when first starting Mounjaro or when the dose is increased.1 Please refer to the Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflet that came with your Mounjaro for a full list of side effects that may occur with Mounjaro.1
Tips for managing nausea
If you have nausea after taking Mounjaro, talk to your doctor. In the meantime, these tips may help:2
Eat smaller meals
Eat slowly
Avoid fried or fatty meals
If you experience or have ever experienced any of the following, please speak to your doctor immediately:1
- Severe pain in the stomach and back that does not go away, and vomiting and/or diarrhoea. These can be signs of pancreatitis (inflammation of your pancreas).
- An allergic reaction after taking this medicine. Symptoms of an allergic reaction may include rashes, itching and rapid swelling of the tissues of the neck, face, mouth and/or throat, hives, or problems breathing or swallowing
- Gallbladder complaints, including gallstones or an inflamed gallbladder. Symptoms of gallbladder complaints may include sudden, severe pain in your upper stomach (abdomen), fever, yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice), or clay-coloured stools.
Additional side effects
Dehydration1
- When you start taking Mounjaro, you may experience loss of fluids or dehydration (due to vomiting, nausea and/or diarrhoea), which may lead to a decrease in kidney function.
- It is important to avoid dehydration by drinking plenty of fluids.
- Symptoms of dehydration include dry mount, decreased frequency of urination, dark urine, headache, muscle weakness, and dizziness.
Hypoglycaemia in people living with type 2 diabetes
- Mounjaro itself has a low risk of causing hypoglycaemia, or low blood sugar.3
- If you are taking a type of medicine called sulfonylurea or insulin with your Mounjaro, you have a higher chance of getting hypoglycaemia.1
- Your doctor may decide to lower your dose of these medicines before adding Mounjaro to your treatment.1
- Symptoms of hypoglycaemia may include sweating, feeling hungry, headache, shaking, unsteady movement, drowsiness, dizziness, irritability, changes in mood or behaviour, inability to concentrate, sleep disturbance, blurred vision, increased heart rate or irregular heartbeat, tingling in the hands/feet/lips or tongue, or slurred speech.1
- If you have any of these symptoms after taking Mounjaro, talk to your doctor about treatment options or tips that may help you manage low blood sugar.1
REPORTING SIDE EFFECTS AND PRODUCT COMPLAINTS
Please review the Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflet for your multi-use KwikPen. You can access the CMI online at www.lilly.com.au/en/products.
Side effects and product complaints should be reported. If you are worried about a side effect while taking a Lilly medicine, please contact your doctor. To report a side effect or a product complaint about a Lilly medicine, please call Lilly on: 1800 454 559. This information is brought to you by Lilly, the manufacturer of this medicine.
This medicine is subject to additional monitoring in Australia due to approval of an extension of indications. This will allow quick identification of new safety information. You can help by reporting any side effects you may get. You can report side effects to your doctor, or directly at www.tga.gov.au/reporting-problems.
References
- MOUNJARO® Consumer Medicine Information.
- Maceira E, et al. Ann Palliat Med 2012; 1(2): 161–76.
- MOUNJARO® Approved Product Information.