Learn more about Wegovy® and explore your weight goals to help you and a healthcare professional decide if it’s right for you.
Who is Wegovy® for?
Wegovy® is a once-weekly injectable prescription medicine that contains semaglutide.
It is used for weight loss and weight maintenance in addition to diet and exercise in adults, who have a:
- BMI* 30 kg/m2 or more (obesity), or
- BMI* 27 kg/m2 or more (overweight) and weight-related health problems.
Wegovy® is also used to reduce the risk of a heart disease-related event in adults with a history of heart disease who do not have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and have a BMI* 27 kg/m2 or more, in addition to standard treatment for heart disease.
Using an oral contraceptive? Here’s what you need to know
Wegovy® is not anticipated to reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, so if you’re already using an oral contraceptive pill, you don’t need to switch to a non-oral contraception or add extra protection just because you’re taking Wegovy®.†
*BMI (Body Mass Index) is a measure of your weight in relation to your height.
†Barrier contraception not required during oral contraceptive use. Very common side effects of Wegovy® include vomiting and diarrhoea. These symptoms can affect how your body absorbs the oral contraceptive pill. If you experience any of these symptoms, please speak to a healthcare professional.
Weight-loss results
with Wegovy®
In clinical studies, about 1 in 3 adults lost 20% or more of their body weight over 68 weeks of treatment‡ with Wegovy®
Based on a 100 kg
starting weight
‡Based on the STEP 1 (n=1,961) and STEP 4 (n=902) studies. In STEP 1, 30.2% of adults achieved ≥20% weight loss with Wegovy® plus diet and exercise vs. diet and exercise alone (P<0.0001). In STEP 4, 38.6% of adults achieved ≥20% weight loss with continued Wegovy® treatment vs. switching to placebo (P<0.0001). This result was not the primary goal of the studies and should be considered as additional information. Individual results may vary, and not everyone will achieve the same outcomes.
Losing weight is one step.
Keeping it off matters too
Some adults who continued taking
Wegovy® for 2 years§
Maintained
their weight
loss
§Based on the 2-year STEP 5 study (n=304). Adults taking Wegovy® plus diet and exercise achieved a mean weight loss of 16.7% vs. 0.6% with diet and exercise alone (P-value not reported).
Heart health benefits with Wegovy®
If you have heart disease and are overweight (but don’t have diabetes) Wegovy® may also help reduce the risk of serious heart events like heart attack, stroke or death.^
^In addition to standard treatment for heart disease and in people with a BMI 27 kg/m2 or higher.
What’s your
weight goal?
Not sure where to start? Explore your weight goals in the quiz or calculate your BMI – both can help guide a conversation with a healthcare professional about whether Wegovy® is right for you.
Weight goals quiz
Choose a weight-loss goal and discover the potential health benefits.
Calculate your BMI
BMI uses your height and weight to estimate your weight category – a useful starting point for understanding your overall health.
BMI is not a diagnostic tool. A healthcare professional may also consider other measures, like your waist size, to better understand your overall health and risk factors.
How does Wegovy® work for weight loss?
Wegovy® mimics the natural hormone GLP-1, which helps regulate appetite. By increasing GLP-1 activity, Wegovy® helps to reduce hunger, quiet food cravings, and support feeling satisfied with less food.
Regulates appetite to help you eat less
So you can lose weight and keep it off
Food cravings
Food cravings can stand between you and your weight goals.
FAQs
Find answers to common
questions about Wegovy® here.
