The standard semaglutide titration for weight management (Wegovy prescribing information, Novo Nordisk, 2021) follows a five-step escalation: 0.25 mg for 4 weeks, then 0.5 mg, 1.0 mg, 1.7 mg, and finally 2.4 mg as the maintenance dose
Dr Kosiborod has served as a consultant or on an advisory board for 35Pharma, Alnylam, Amgen, Applied Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cytokinetics, Dexcom, Eli Lilly, Esperion Therapeutics, Janssen, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Merck (Diabetes and Cardiovascular), Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Pharmacosmos, Sanofi, scPharmaceuticals, Structure Therapeutics, Vifor Pharma, and Youngene Therapeutics
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