Is Ozempic Insulin? No. What It Is and How It Differs
Ozempic insulin: a plain explanation, with the facts from the prescribing information.
- Active ingredient
- semaglutide
- Manufacturer
- Novo Nordisk
- How it is taken
- Weekly injection
- FDA-approved for
- Type 2 diabetes, Heart risk, Kidney disease in type 2 diabetes
Ozempic in brief
Its half-life is about 1 week. After 7 d, half is gone, while about 3% remains after five half-lives (35 d).
In SUSTAIN 1, over 30 weeks with type 2 diabetes, 4.7 kg was lost against 1.2 kg on placebo.
In US dollars, monthly figures include both list prices and self-pay offers. Each figure comes from the maker's price page.
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, prnewswire.com 1 2.