If you're moving to Wegovy from another weight loss medication like Mounjaro, your prescriber may recommend starting at a higher dose rather than 0.25mg
The fixed-dose approach, particularly the high dose of oral semaglutide may not sound practical especially in daily clinical practice
On the contrary, median time to event was 222 months, and the onset of NAION was evenly distributed within the entire five-year observation period
In a statement, Scott Brunner, CEO of the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, questioned whether the FDA's resolution of the shortage had taken into account demand for the compounded drug and "the number of patients wholl need to be transitioned from a compounded version to a FDA-approved version. "Thats likely hundreds of thousands of patients," Brunner said
Strengths Proven, widely available, and FDA-approved for weight loss