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Semaglutide
Also listed as: Wegovy
Keep the record, its references, and your reading question together.
- Product status
- Approved product
- Evidence label
- Randomized evidence
- Body topics
- Metabolism
Status as of
Reference fields
Read the fields together.
- Mechanism
- Activates the GLP-1 receptor.
- Evidence
- Randomized trials.
- Limitations
- Check other products separately.
- Safety
- Severe or persistent gastrointestinal symptoms: contact a clinician.
- Route and product context
- This entry covers subcutaneous Wegovy injection.
- Approval scope
- Wegovy injection: weight management in eligible adults.
A little room to think
One clearer reading question.
Start by finishing the phrase “compared with” before accepting a claim that something is better. The alternative sets the question. A comparison could be carefully made yet use a reference that does not fit what you wanted to learn. Write down the outcome being compared and the reason that particular alternative is relevant. Then keep the conclusion attached to that choice. Showing an advantage against one reference would not, by itself, establish an advantage against every possible reference. The clearer next step is to ask which comparison would address your actual question.
Questions to keep nearby
- What makes this particular alternative a useful reference for the question being asked?
- Would a different comparison address my question more directly than this one?
- Does the conclusion stay within the comparison that was actually made?
Follow the record
Source list
- WEGOVY
NLM · Checked
- Wegovy approval
FDA · Checked