Semaglutide
Semaglutide (Wegovy & Ozempic) treatment works to facilitate weight loss including slowing stomach emptying, reducing appetite, and increasing insulin release.
How Semaglutide works?
Increases insulin
Controls blood sugar
Increase glucose in muscle
Promotes fullness
Decreases gastric emptying & production of glucose in the liver
Controls blood sugar
Increase glucose in muscle
Promotes fullness
Decreases gastric emptying & production of glucose in the liver
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Most people do not have a single chronic disease -
For instance, weight often is behind Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
For instance, weight often is behind Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
Ozempic (semaglutide) is approved by the FDA:
Wegovy (semaglutide) is approved by the FDA for chronic (long-term) weight management in adults and children 12 years and older, along with diet and exercise.
- For adults with type 2 diabetes to lower blood glucose (sugar), along with diet and exercise.
- To reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease.
Wegovy (semaglutide) is approved by the FDA for chronic (long-term) weight management in adults and children 12 years and older, along with diet and exercise.
- Adults should have an initial body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater (obesity) or 27 kg/m2 or greater (overweight) in the presence of at least one weight-related health condition (for example: high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes mellitus, or high cholesterol).
- Children 12 years and older should have an initial BMI at the 95th percentile or greater for age and sex (obesity).
- Wegovy is also approved reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart-related death in people with cardiovascular (heart, blood vessel) disease.
- Your blood glucose (sugar) levels should start to fully decline within the first week after you start using Ozempic (semaglutide) at your regular maintenance dose.
- However, the full effect can take 8 weeks or longer, as this is a long-acting medication that is injected only once per week. You will start with lower doses for the first 4 weeks of treatment to help lower side effects, but this is not an effective dose to lower blood sugar over the long-term.
- Ozempic is administered once weekly, on the same day each week, and can be taken at any time of the day with or without meals
- Your results may be different from other patients, so check with your doctor if you have a concern about your blood sugar levels.
- Stomach pain
- Bloating, burping, or gas
- Injection site pain
- Nausea
- Dehydration
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Constipation