Wegovy in Australia: Price, Legality
Wegovy australia: the realistic routes to a prescription and a pharmacy, and how they compare.
- Active ingredient
- semaglutide
- Manufacturer
- Novo Nordisk
- How it is taken
- Weekly injection or daily pill
- FDA-approved for
- Weight loss, Heart risk, MASH liver disease
Wegovy details at a glance
Its half-life is about 1 week: after 7 d, half is gone, and about 3% remains after five half-lives (35 d).
In STEP 1 over 68 weeks, 14.9% of body weight was lost, compared with 2.4% on placebo.
Monthly figures are in US dollars and cover list prices and self-pay offers. Each comes from the maker's price page.
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, prnewswire.com 1 2.