Semaglutide Injection

To begin, you must attend the initial consultation appointment to determine whether you are a candidate for Semaglutide. A thorough medical history, family history, and medication list will be reviewed. Patients with lab work completed within the last three months may bring it in for review. If you’ve started any new medications since your last labs, they’ll have to be tested again. Cbc, cmp, and tsh must all be present. If the nurse practitioner believes you are a good candidate, the prescription can be written at this time and sent to the pharmacy. If you don’t have recent lab results, you’ll be sent to the lab with orders, and the prescription won’t be sent until the lab results arrive.

You will be scheduled to return in one week for your first injection after your consultation. You will be able to receive injections in the clinic until you are confident enough to inject yourself. You will be educated about potential side effects and have access to a nurse practitioner who will monitor your medication tolerance.

At 8 weeks, the bmp bloodwork will be repeated.

If you continue on the medication past 5 months you will be required to have yearly lab work.

DOSING GUIDELINES

Before adjusting the dosage, please will consult with the nurse practitioner. The dosing guidelines may be changed by the Nurse Practitioner based on how well you tolerate the medication. You will be gradually titrated according to the recommended schedule. The nurse practitioner will decide this based on how well you tolerate the medication.

1mg/ml inject 0.25 ml SC once weekly for 4 weeks

1mg/ml inject 0.5 ml SC once weekly for 4 weeks

1 mg/ml inject 1 ml SC once weekly for 4 weeks

2 mg/ml inject 0.85 ml SC once weekly for 4 weeks

2 mg/0.4mg/ml inject 1.2 ml SC once weekly for 4 weeks