They work by mimicking a natural hormone in your body that helps control your appetite and blood sugar levels
Potential side effects The most common side effects with GLP-1 medications including compounded semaglutide are gastrointestinal-related such as nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting
Taking Wegovy one day late typically does not reduce its effectiveness due to the medication's long half-life of approximately one week, which maintains therapeutic levels despite minor timing variations
Myth: You should inject at the exact same time every week Not necessary
In a 64-week clinical trial , the Wegovy pill resulted in an average weight loss of 13.6%, and in a 68-week clinical trial, the Wegovy injection produced an average weight loss of 14.9%
If these results hold in phase 3 trials, retatrutide may be substantially faster than semaglutide in producing comparable or greater weight loss