Ozempic Benefits

What are the benefits of Ozempic?

The key benefit of Ozempic is that it only needs to be injected once a week in order to have the effects required to support your weight loss and healthy lifestyle.

This is because the active substance in Ozempic – known as semaglutide - has a longer duration of action in the body compared to Saxenda’s active substance - liraglutide.

Research shows that semaglutide is more effective in improving blood glucose control and weight loss compared to liraglutide, therefore needing to be taken less to have the same effect as a once-a-day injection.

Currently Saxenda (liraglutide) is the only GLP-1 anti-obesity drug approved by NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) in the UK and requires administration by the patient once a day and can often be forgotten by the patient.

The introduction of Ozempic could improve treatment as it only requires the patient to take it once a week – thus they are less likely to forget to take it and more likely to be successful in reaching their weight loss goals!