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Also, on NovoCare (Novo Nordisk owns its own pharmacy, yikes) the 7.2mg dose, at $399, costs $50 per month more than the 2.4mg dose at $349) (The 0.5mg dose it $199 which may be why Novo doesnt seem too excited to figure out if any health benefits of the drug can be achieved on lower doses, but that thats a subject for another day.) So, in this 18 month study, people would have paid an extra $900 to lose an average of 8 additional pounds
So, whether you're taking Wegovy, Ozempic, or Rybelsus, the medication stays in your body for quite a while after you stop taking it. This extended presence in the body is related to semaglutide's half-life, which is about 1 week