Wegovy online prescription for weight loss

Wegovy’s active ingredient, semaglutide, is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist medication. It mimics GLP-1 which is a natural hormone that helps regulate appetite and eating. It also stimulates insulin secretion, reduces glucagon secretion, and slows down as food leaves the stomach, which may reduce blood sugar.

Put simply, when you use Wegovy, eat a reduced-calorie diet, and do more physical activity, you get improved blood sugar control, feel more full, and have less appetite, so you eat less and lose weight.

In clinical trials, people have lost 14.9% of their body weight in 68 weeks while taking Wegovy.

You take Wegovy once-a-week as an injection. Each dose comes in a prefilled single-use pen, which makes it easy to use. You use the pen to inject yourself under the skin, usually in your belly, upper thigh, or in the back of your arm.

Wegovy comes in .25-, .50-, 1.0-, 1.7-, and 2.4-milligram doses.

You start off taking Wegovy with a .25 milligram dose for 4 weeks. Starting with a smaller dose helps reduce side effects and gives your body time to adjust. After a month, you move to the next higher dose — .50 milligrams. Then, every 4 weeks you step up to the next higher dose again until you reach your maximum or maintenance dose, which may be 1.7 or 2.4 milligrams.

Clinical studies show that people lose more weight on 2.4 milligrams than 1.7.  But, if you struggle to tolerate the 2.4-milligram dose, your healthcare provider may have you use a 1.7-milligram maintenance dose.

Learn more about Wegovy doses.

Wegovy (semaglutide) is one of the newer prescription weight loss medications. It and Saxenda (liraglutide) are GLP-1 agonist weight loss medications. The newest entrant, Zepbound (tirzepatide) is a GLP-1/GIP dual agonist medication.

Compared to Saxenda (liraglutide), Qsymia (phentermine-topiramate), Contrave (bupropion-naltrexone), Adipex-P (phentermine), and Xenical (Orlistat), clinical trials have found that people lose more weight on Wegovy. In trials, people have lost more on Zepbound than Wegovy. Cost-wise, Wegovy and Saxenda are about the same, while Zepbound costs a few hundred dollars less a month. Other meds listed here cost less than half as much.

Only you and your healthcare provider can decide which weight loss plan and medication (if needed) is right for you and your needs.

Saxenda, Contrave, Qsymia, Adipex-P, Xenical, and Zepbound are all FDA-approved for weight loss or weight management in people with obesity and overweight when combined with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity. All have side effects that may include, but aren’t limited to, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, and headaches. Phentermine is a controlled substance and can increase heart rate or blood pressure and cause dependency and misuse.

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