Brand-name semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) comes in a prefilled injection pen. This pen is single-use and contains the dose of semaglutide that’s appropriate for you at the time. Compounded ...

People who stayed on a 7.2 milligram weekly dose of semaglutide lost around 20% of their body weight over 72 weeks.

Alexandra Sowa's new book The Ozempic Revolution is intended to be the "first comprehensive user guide" to GLP-1 drugs like ...

Many Americans spend nearly $1,000 per month on semaglutide drugs, such as Ozempic, according to the Yale School of Medicine. The current list price for Ozempic is $968.52 per pen without insurance.

Two U.S. senators wrote a letter to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday expressing concerns about an upcoming Super ...

Chronic kidney disease affects about 37 million adults in the United States and is expected to rise. It is a common ...

A Phase 3 clinical trial found that injections of the semaglutide medication once weekly reduced the risk of kidney disease ...

Is Compounded Semaglutide Effective for Weight Loss? This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Is compounded semaglutide effective for weight loss? Here’s the short ...

Semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist that selectively binds to and activates the GLP-1 receptor mimicking its activity. GLP-1 is an incretin hormone and enterogastrone that stimulates insulin ...