Buy ozempic online is a treatment that can be used for weight loss and works by reducing your appetite. It comes as pre-filled injection pens that you administer yourself just once a week. It is available for those with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 and over and must be used in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise regime.

What is Ozempic (Semaglutide) used for?

Ozempic is a medicine that helps people with type 2 diabetes. It contains an ingredient called Semaglutide which helps keep blood sugar levels in the right range.

Studies showed that people using this medicine often lost weight. So, now doctors will sometimes prescribe it off-label to people even though it is not officially licensed for weight loss.

A new medicine called Wegovy will soon be available in the UK. It helps people to lose weight. The medicine has the same ingredient, Semaglutide, but it is only for weight loss and not diabetes.

Semaglutide is also available as a tablet under the brand name Rybelsus. They work in the same way but have several advantages over injection pens:

• you take just 1 tablet once daily
• you don’t need to use an injection
• they are easy to store – tablets do not need to be kept in cool conditions like the injections do
• the availability of tablets is better – your treatment plan will not be disrupted due to stock availability

Select ‘tablets’ in the drop-down menu above or head to our Rybelsus page for more information.

Ozempic injections work by suppressing your appetite. In the long term, this helps to reduce body weight and fatty food cravings when used with a healthy diet and exercise regime. Buy ozempic online

Ozempic affects a hormone called GLP-1. This hormone helps to control blood glucose levels and how much you want to eat.

Semaglutide is a GLP-1 analogue and belongs to the same group as Liraglutide (Saxenda). It increases GLP-1 levels. Doing so causes your stomach to empty and digest food more slowly after eating. This reduces your appetite and leaves you feeling fuller for longer.

It also helps with blood sugar management in two key ways:

• promotes insulin production from the pancreas when your blood sugar levels are too high
• reduces excess sugar (glucose) from the liver when it is not needed

This is why it is primarily used for type 2 diabetes management.

In 2021, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine tested how well it can help with obesity.

They monitored the progress of 1961 adults for 68 weeks. Half took a placebo, an inactive drug believed to be the weight-loss drug, and the other half took Semaglutide.

They found that those who took the Semaglutide had a 14.9% loss in body weight when combined with a healthy diet and exercise, compared to those who took the placebo and lost 2.4% of their body weight. This is a significant difference and success.

Is Ozempic approved for weight loss?

NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) in the UK recommended it for obesity treatment in February 2022. This means Semaglutide (under the brand name Wegovy) will soon be licensed and won’t need to be prescribed off-label.

Semaglutide (Ozempic) is available in 3 different dosages: 0.25, 0.5 and 1mg. The doses can be differentiated based on the colour label of the pen.

• 0.25mg – grey-label pen
• 0.5mg – red-label pen
• 1mg – blue-label pen

For weight loss, the starting dose is 0.25mg.

Once you are stable on that dose for 4 weeks, it can then be increased to the 0.5mg dose.

You can then be prescribed the 1mg dose after 4 weeks of being stable on the 0.5mg dose. Only some people need the 1mg dose, some may only require a 0.5mg maintenance dose. Buy ozempic online

How do I change from Ozempic to Wegovy?

If you’re transitioning from Ozempic to Wegovy, you will need to know what dose to take.

Up until 1mg, the doses are identical. For instance, if you are currently taking the 0.25mg Ozempic pen, you can switch to the 0.25mg Wegovy pen or go up to the 0.5mg if you have finished the 4-week course. Buy ozempic online

Semaglutide should be administered once weekly, preferably on the same day and time each week. However, if you have to change the day you take it, you can as long as your last dose was at least 2 days prior.

You can inject it at any time of day, regardless of meals.

Where to inject Ozempic

When using Semaglutide, inject it into your thighs, lower belly, or upper arm. Make sure to change where you inject each time so that your skin does not get irritated.