Yes, most patients experience weight regain after discontinuing semaglutide
For patients seeking more information about their individual semaglutide response, PlexusDx offers the Precision Peptide Genetic Test ($99 add-on after your first month) which analyzes 14 metabolic pathways and 49 peptides, including key variants in GLP1R, FTO, MC4R, and GIPR genes
What happens if you stop semaglutide
Semaglutides: Ozempic: Diabetes (covered by insurance only for diabetic patients) Wegovy: Chronic weight management: Approved for adults and children 12+ with obesity or overweight with at least one weightrelated comorbidity
The drugs that lose the most weight also produce the most gastrointestinal illness nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and the highest rates of patients stopping treatment because they cannot tolerate it
If youre starting semaglutide or considering it, you probably have questions about adding a new medication to your routine