The eligibility criteria for Wegovy is you must have obesity and have a BMI of 30 or be overweight BMI of 27 and have weight related medical problems.
Wegovy should also be used with a reduced meal plan and increased physical activity.
Wegovy is safely used by people with diabetes and without diabetes and is approved for chronic weight management and weight loss in adults and kids 12 years of age or older.
Wegovy can in rare cases cause depression or even increase the risk of suicidal thoughts.
If you already do experience a mood condition or depression then taking Wegovy can sometimes make your condition worse.
If you do experience depression or suicidal thoughts when taking Wegovy you should let your doctor know.
The best injection site for Wegovy is under the skin in your upper arms or stomach..
Be sure to keep 2 inches away from your belly button or you can also inject the Wegovy in the upper legs (front of thighs).
The weight loss medication or drug that is comparable to Wegovy is Saxenda.
Wegovy is semaglutide and Saxenda is liraglutide which are both injectable medications that are approved by the FDA for weight loss.
The Wegovy is injected once a week and Saxenda is injected once daily.
The weight loss medication that is similar to Wegovy is Saxenda which is the version of liraglutide that is approved for weight loss.
Wegovy also known as Ozempic are brands names for semglutide are lifetime drugs.
The FDA approved Wegovy for people with obesity, or those with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater.
It's also approved for overweight people, or those with a BMI of 27 or greater, who also have a medical condition caused by their weight.
You can lose belly fat on Ozempic as a Novo Nordisk funded study of around 2,000 overweight and obese adults without diabetes found that being on Ozempic reduced belly fat along with total fat mass.
Although not officially a weight loss drug, research suggests that people who take Ozempic may lose modest amounts of weight while on the medication.
Ozempic is slightly better than Trulicity which was found out in a study done.
In a phase 3b clinical trial, called SUSTAIN 7, comparing Ozempic against Trulicity, Ozempic was found to be slightly better in terms of improving blood sugar control and resulting in weight loss, with a similar safety profile.
Trulicity and Ozempic are the same thing but just with different brand names.
The Trulicity and Ozempic are brand names for the same drug called Semaglutide.
Trulicity is a non-insulin option that helps your body release the insulin it's already making.
Trulicity has been proven to lower blood sugar levels.
People taking Trulicity may notice better blood sugar numbers before eating in the morning (fasting blood sugar).
Trulicity is actually not a type of Insulin but instead Trulicity helps your body release the natural insulin your body produces.
Trulicity is not an insulin.
Instead Trulicity works to help your body release natural insulin as your body should.
Trulicity actually mimics the effects of GLP-1 a naturally occurring hormone that stimulates insulin secretion.
Trulicity is only suitable for people with type 2 diabetes who still have functioning insulin-producing cells in their pancreas.
Trulicity helps your body release the insulin it's already making.
In studies, Trulicity has been proven to lower blood sugar levels.
People taking Trulicity may notice better blood sugar numbers before eating in the morning (fasting blood sugar).
The half-life of Trulicity is about 5 days.
(This means it takes about 5 days for your body to get rid of half of a dose of Trulicity.)
Typically, it takes about 5 half-lives for a drug to leave your system.
So Trulicity will stay in your system for about 25 days after your last dose.
Trulicity can be used with insulin.
The dosage of insulin may need to be reduced.
The combination of Trulicity and insulin increases the risk of low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia)
Trulicity increases satiety, slows stomach emptying, and increases your body's insulin production.
Metformin generally helps modulate and smooth out your blood sugar levels (by decreasing glucose production in the liver, among other things).
Clinical studies show that Trulicity is just as effective at lowering Hgb-A1C as Bydureon (exenatide) and Victoza (liraglutide).
It's even equivalent to Januvia (sitagliptin) and metformin (Glucophage), other commonly prescribed diabetes drugs, in terms of lowering A1C levels.