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Rybelsus Diet: What to Eat, What to Avoid, and a Sample Day

Rybelsus diet: what to eat, what to limit, and why it matters on a GLP-1 medicine.

Active ingredient
semaglutide
Manufacturer
Novo Nordisk
How it is taken
Daily pill
FDA-approved for
Type 2 diabetes, Heart risk
Rybelsus diet: a high-protein plate on a GLP-1

Rybelsus in brief

How long it stays in your body
100%50%25%0%07 d14 d21 d28 d35 d50%25%12.5%time after the dose

About 1 week is the half-life: half of it has gone after 7 d, while roughly 3% remains after five half-lives, which come to 35 d.

Main trial weight loss
Rybelsus (PIONEER 1)3.7 kgPlacebo1.4 kg

In PIONEER 1, over 26 weeks, people with type 2 diabetes lost 3.7 kg, while the placebo group lost 1.4 kg.

Cost over time
20262027$1,027.51$0List priceSelf-pay

In US dollars, the monthly prices cover the list price and self-pay offers, and each figure comes from the maker's price page.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, Novo Nordisk pricing, Novo Nordisk.