People who stayed on a 7.2 milligram weekly dose of semaglutide lost around 20% of their body weight over 72 weeks.

The best semaglutide dose for weight loss varies according to your starting weight, risks, and stage of treatment. Read to find out how to calculate.

Sales of blockbuster weight-loss drugs have surged in 2024 and are projected to continue rising in the coming years. The medications, which belong to the class of drugs called GLP-1s and were popularized by the diabetes treatment Ozempic,

Federal officials are targeting the blockbuster drugs as part of their ongoing initiative to lower drug costs.

Novo Nordisk said a higher dose of its drug Wegovy led to greater weight loss in patients during a late-stage trial, but the results fell short of the weight loss achieved with Eli Lilly's rival drug Zepbound,

Tripling the dosage of the Wegovy weight-loss drug leads to more weight loss, Novo Nordisk said Friday. The Danish drugmaker announced results from a Phase 3B trial of semaglutide at a 7.2 milligram dosage,

Novo Nordisk said patients taking a bigger dose of its blockbuster obesity drug lost more weight than those on a lower dose, without experiencing an increase in side effects.