Wegovy® (semaglutide) injection 2.4 mg is an injectable prescription medicine used with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity, to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight and that may help adults and children aged 12 years and older with obesity, or some adults with overweight who also have weight-related medical problems, to help them lose excess body weight and keep the weight off.
Wegovy®, along with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity, is used to help children aged 12 years and older with obesity to lose excess body weight and keep it off.
Dosing Schedule
Wegovy® is a once-weekly injectable medicine that comes in 5 different dose strengths. Each dose strength comes in a different colored pen.
Wegovy® dosing schedule
The starting dose of Wegovy® is 0.25 mg once weekly, and you will gradually increase your dose every 4 weeks until you reach your maintenance dose of either 1.7 mg or 2.4 mg. Work with your health care professional to determine which dose is right for you.
Weeks 1-4 |
Weeks 5-8 |
Weeks 9-12 |
Weeks 13-16 |
Week 17+ |
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Start Wegovy® at a dose of 0.25 mg per week for your first four weeks |
For weeks five through eight, you'll increase your weekly dose to 0.5 mg |
For weeks nine through twelve, you'll increase your weekly dose to 1 mg |
For weeks thirteen through sixteen, you'll increase your weekly dose to 1.7 mg |
From week seventeen onward, your health care professional may have you stay at 1.7 mg or increase to 2.4 mg. The maximum dose of Wegovy® is 2.4 mg |
Starting dose
Weeks 1-4 (0.25 mg)
Start Wegovy® at a dose of 0.25 mg per week for your first four weeks
Step up dosing
Weeks 5-8 (0.5 mg)
For weeks five through eight, you'll increase your weekly dose to 0.5 mg
Weeks 9-12 (1 mg)
For weeks nine through twelve, you'll increase your weekly dose to 1 mg
Maintenance dosing can be either 1.7 mg or 2.4 mg
Weeks 13-16 (1.7 mg)
For weeks thirteen through sixteen, you'll increase your weekly dose to 1.7 mg
Week 17+ (2.4 mg)
From week seventeen onward, your health care professional may have you stay at 1.7 mg or increase to 2.4 mg. The maximum dose of Wegovy® is 2.4 mg
Work with your health care professional to determine the right dose.
Important tips for taking Wegovy®
You can take Wegovy® with or without food.
Check in with your health care professional
- While stepping up your dose
- To track your progress and what's working for you
- If you experience any side effects that bother you or do not go away
If you need to change the day you take Wegovy®, you may do so as long as your last dose was given 2 or more days before.
If you take too much Wegovy®, you may have severe nausea, severe vomiting, and severe low blood sugar. Call your health care professional or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you experience any of these symptoms.
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What to do if you miss a dose
If things don't go according to plan, you can always get back on track.
If your next scheduled dose is:
Less than 2 days (48 hours) away, do not take the dose. Instead, wait to take the next dose on the regularly scheduled day.
More than 2 days (48 hours) away, take the missed dose as soon as possible.
If it's been 2 or more weeks (14 days) since your last dose, take the next dose on the regularly scheduled day or talk to your health care professional about how to restart or adjust your treatment.
WeGoTogether® is here for you
Reminders
When you join WeGoTogether®, you can sign up for text message reminders to take your medicine on your scheduled time and day.
Tracking
Your personalized WeGoTogether® portal offers tracking tools to log your doses, track your weight-management progress, and more.
Still curious about everything WeGoTogether® has to offer? Learn more.
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Questions?
Need assistance or information?
Call the Wegovy® Navigation Line at 1-833-4-WEGOVY (1-833-493-4689) between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM ET, Monday–Friday.
