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Semaglutide Diet: What to Eat, What to Avoid

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

Active ingredient
semaglutide
Manufacturer
Novo Nordisk
Semaglutide diet: a high-protein plate on a GLP-1

Wegovy in short

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

Its half-life is about 1 week: by 7 d half is gone, and by 35 d, after five half-lives, about 3% is left.

How much weight was lost in its main trial
Wegovy (STEP 1)14.9%Placebo2.4%

During STEP 1, after 68 weeks, body weight fell 14.9% with the drug, compared with 2.4% on placebo.

Price across time
202520262027$1,349.02$0List priceSelf-pay

US dollar figures by month cover the list price and self-pay offers. Each figure was read from the maker's price page.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, prnewswire.com 1 2.