re: Started using WEGOVY, weight loss drug

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Yes. Wegovy comes in that simple pen.

The compounded Semaglutide comes in a vial and you have to draw it up in an Insulin syringe yourself.

There is also two concentrations of it. The 1/0.5mg/mL and 5/0.5mg/mL so it dosed differently.

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So sorry, still confused. The 0.25mg and 0.5mg that everyone is doing in the compounding is equal to the Wegovy starting dosages of 0.25mg and 0.5mg for the first 8 weeks? Sometimes I dunno if people are actually meaning 0.25mg or they mean 0.25ml of solution and that can vary based on the concentration of the dosage.

In your example, you are giving in your 2.5ml solution approximately 3mg total in the vial of semaglutide. So these people aren't really going up in dosage to maintenance level, are they? That would be around $200 per week at maintenance.