Zepbound Diet: What to Eat, What to Avoid, and a Sample Day
Zepbound diet: what to eat, what to limit, and why it matters on a GLP-1 medicine.
- Active ingredient
- tirzepatide
- Manufacturer
- Eli Lilly
- How it is taken
- Weekly injection (pen or vial)
- FDA-approved for
- Weight loss, Sleep apnea
Zepbound in short
Its half-life is 5 to 6 days: by 5.5 d half is gone, and five half-lives (27.5 d) leave about 3% behind.
In SURMOUNT-1, over 72 weeks, people lost 20.9% of body weight, while those on placebo lost 3.1%.
Monthly prices in US dollars: the list price and self-pay offers, each taken from the maker's price page.
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), Eli Lilly 1 2, cnbc.com.