What Is Ozempic®?
Ozempic® can help you get back in your type 2 diabetes zone
If you’re not reaching your blood sugar goals, once-weekly, non-insulin Ozempic® may help.
Ozempic® is for adults with type 2 diabetes used along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar and lower A1C. It also lowers the risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in adults also with known heart disease.
Reaching your A1C goal with Ozempic®
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends that a reasonable goal for most adults with type 2 diabetes is an A1C less than 7%. Your health care provider will tell you what goal is right for you.
A majority of adults taking Ozempic® reached an A1C under 7% and maintained it.ª
In a one-year study, adults who reached an A1C less than 7% with an average starting A1C of 8.1%:
ªResults from a large one-year study of 1231 adults when once-weekly Ozempic® or once-daily Januvia® was added to one or more diabetes pills.
Ozempic® may help you lose some weight
Ozempic® is a medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes that, along with diet and exercise, may improve blood sugar. While not for weight loss, Ozempic® may help you lose some weight.
Adults taking Ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds.b
In a one-year study, adults with an average starting weight of 197 pounds lost around:
bResults from a large one-year study of 1231 adults with type 2 diabetes when once-weekly Ozempic® or once-daily Januvia® was added to one or more diabetes pills. While many people in this medical study lost weight, some did gain weight.
Here's how Ozempic® compared with other type 2 diabetes medicines in terms of weight.
Ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events in adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease
Ozempic® lowers the risk of major CV events such as heart attack, stroke, or death.
Type 2 diabetes can raise your risk for certain CV events—Ozempic® can help lower those CV risks in adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease.
One dose, once a week
Just one dose of Ozempic® works around-the-clock for a whole week.
Pen shown delivers doses of 0.25 mg or 0.5 mg.
You can take Ozempic® with or without food.
Take Ozempic® once a week, on the same day every week, exactly as prescribed by your health care provider.
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