Wegovy and Adderall: Is It Safe? Label, Studies
No interaction is listed, but both can curb appetite; ask your prescriber before combining.
- Verdict
- Ask your prescriber first
- Label names it
- No
- General caution
- Pills absorbed more slowly
Check a GLP-1 interaction
Wegovy in brief
About 1 week is its half-life. After 7 d, half is gone; after five half-lives (35 d), about 3% remains.
In STEP 1 over 68 weeks, the body weight figure was 14.9%, compared with 2.4% for placebo.
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Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, prnewswire.com 1 2.
Wegovy and Adderall: the verdict
Ask your prescriber first
The Wegovy label's drug interactions section says this word for word:
“WEGOVY causes a delay of gastric emptying and thereby has the potential to impact the absorption of concomitantly administered oral medications. In clinical pharmacology trials”
This is the source: DailyMed FDA label.
What the Wegovy label says
The Wegovy label does not name Adderall. For Adderall, the following lines still apply.
| Named in the label | The risk | What the label tells doctors |
|---|---|---|
| Oral medicines | Pills absorbed differently | It delays stomach emptying, so other pills may be absorbed in a different way. |
This material comes from: Wegovy label (DailyMed).
What the studies show
- The Wegovy label's drug interactions section
- details about the anorexia and weight loss side effect appear in the
This is the source: DailyMed FDA label.
The practical rule
- Tell your prescriber about both medicines. Mention any racing heart or very little food intake as well.
- When you speak with the person prescribing your GLP-1, list every pill you take, including this one.
- Find out from your pharmacist whether any of your pills require a steady blood level. You may need these checked when you start or raise the dose.
This is the source: DailyMed FDA label.
Adderall with other GLP-1s
None of the 10 GLP-1 labels mention Adderall in their drug interaction sections. Pills you swallow prompt the same general caution in each, so the answer does not change across the class.
That question also concerns Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound.
This is the source: DailyMed FDA label.