Ozempic 0.25 mg injection

How do I use Ozempic?
Ozempic® is an injection that is used once a week.
When you first start using Ozempic®, the starting dose is 0.25 mg once a week for four weeks, after four weeks you should increase your dose to 0.5 mg once a week. Your doctor may increase your dose to 1 mg.
Inject Ozempic® under the skin as shown to you by your doctor or diabetes education nurse.

Are there any side effects?
The most common side effects when using Ozempic® are diarrhoea and nausea. Inflamed pancreas (acute pancreatitis) which could cause severe pain in the stomach and back which does not go away and allergic reaction (skin rashes over a large part of the body, shortness of breath, wheezing, swelling of the face, lips or tongue, fast pulse, sweating) are very serious side effects for which you may need urgent medical attention.

What Ozempic looks like
Ozempic® is supplied as a clear, colourless, or almost colourless solution for injection in a pre-filled pen. Each pen contains 1.5 mL of solution, delivering doses of 0.25 mg or 0.5 mg.

One mL solution for injection contains 1.34 mg semaglutide.

One pre-filled pen contains 2 mg semaglutide.