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Wegovy

Weekly semaglutide injection for weight management and heart-risk reduction

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What it's for

Chronic weight management, with diet and exercise, in adults and children 12 and older with obesity, or adults with overweight (BMI 27 or higher) and at least one weight-related condition

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How you take it

Once weekly injection. Inject under the skin of the stomach, thigh or upper arm on the same day each week.

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0.25 mg

Where doses start

0.25 mg, then up step by step. Increase every 4 weeks; if a step isn't tolerated, the label allows delaying the next increase by 4 weeks.

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14.9%

What the trial found

STEP 1: about 14.9% average weight loss at 2.4 mg over 68 weeks, vs 2.4% on placebo.

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The boxed warning

Thyroid C-cell tumors in rodents. Not for people with MTC or MEN 2 in their family history.

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Wegovy: what it is, how it's taken, doses, trial results and the key warning.

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