Skip to content
GLP-1 Decoder

Semaglutide in Canada: Price, Legality

Semaglutide canada: the realistic routes to a prescription and a pharmacy, and how they compare.

Active ingredient
semaglutide
Manufacturer
Novo Nordisk

A quick look at Wegovy

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

The half-life is about 1 week. Half of it is gone once 7 d pass, and five half-lives (35 d) leave about 3% behind.

Main trial weight loss
Wegovy (STEP 1)14.9%Placebo2.4%

In STEP 1 over 68 weeks, people lost 14.9% of body weight, compared with 2.4% on placebo.

How prices change
202520262027$1,349.02$0List priceSelf-pay

Prices each month, in US dollars: the list price and self-pay offers, all read from the maker's price page.

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