Semaglutide is a prescription medication used to treat overweight or obese adults as well as people with additional medical conditions connected to their weight. It acts by boosting the production of insulin while slowing digestion.

Semaglutide regulates hunger and lowers calorie intake, which results in weight loss and aids in weight management. This injection has been clinically shown to help even the most stubborn bodies shed up to 15% of their body weight without making any other lifestyle changes.

Weight loss is promoted through:

• Increased satiety: reduces appetite by acting on the brain’s appetite control centers. Making you feel fuller, and leading to a decrease in food intake and subsequent weight loss.
• Slowed gastric emptying: slows down the rate at which food leaves the stomach, which can contribute to increased feelings of fullness and reduced calorie intake.

This medication is injected one time per week into a fatty part of the skin such as the stomach, thigh, or back of the arm.

Inject on the same day each week. Injection sites should be rotated weekly to prevent scarring.

This medication may be taken at any time of the day, with or without meals.

Store medication in the fridge. Protect this medication from heat and light.

Abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.

Most of these side effects can be avoided. Reach out to your doctor for advice.

Contact your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following symptoms: a rash, unusual swelling, wheezing, severe abdominal pain.

Patients that have a history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), thyroid cancer, type 1 diabetes, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN2), and patients that are pregnant and/or breastfeeding.