‘Wegovy’ the weight loss drug: People often keep looking for cheap and easy ways to lose weight. In such a situation, different companies periodically extract products like supplements, fat loss pills, powder, injections and a large number of people also use them. On June 24, Denmark’s Forma company Novo Nordisk has also launched its weight loss drug in India. The name of this drug is Vagovi (Anti-Diabitic Drug) which will be available as injections. Vagovi is once a week and GLP 1 receptor agonist (medicine used in treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity) which will be able to prescribe people with obesity or overweight in India.
Vegovi has been launched officially in India after Maunjaro (Weight Loss Drug like Vagovi). But in other countries other than India, Ozapic, Maunjaro and Vegovi are formally used as a drug managing diabetes and weight loss. In such a situation, everyone wants to know what the weight loss drug is Vagovi, how will Vagovi work, what is the price of Vagovi, what will be its side effects? So let’s know about this too …
What is Vegovi?
Vegovi is the brand name of a high dosage formulation of the vegovi, semaglutide (anti-diabetic drug) which is a drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. Wagovi is a drug taken once a week that comes in a device like Flextach Pen. It is easy to use.
This drug controls the level of appetite and insulin. If you understand in easy language, even after eating less, it makes you feel that your stomach is full, which you eat less. This keeps blood sugar maintained and fat starts to burn easily.
What do doctors say about Vegovi?
Dr. Shashank Joshi, an endocrinologist at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, says, ‘Vegovi is very beneficial for diabetes patients suffering from obesity. The best thing is that it has the ability to restore metabolic homeostasis at cellular level and is also durable. This type 2 can prove to be good for patients with diabetes, women who are weight gain after delivery and women struggling with PCOS.
Ambareesh Mithhal, chairman and head of Max Healthcare’s endocrinology and diabetes, says, “People suffering from obesity and those who already have heart related problems can reduce the risk of diseases by using vegovi by 20 percent.”
Sir H.N. of Mumbai According to Dr. Mufajal Lakdwala, director of General Surgery and Minimal Access and Surgical Sciences at Reliance Foundation Hospital, ‘Vagovi should not be considered just as a medicine, it shifters your entire mind set. Over time, obesity also causes infertility, cancer, diabetes. Vagovi can change obesity to people.
How does Vegovi work?
Vagovi drug works on areas of the brain that control hunger and food craving. Wagovi contains a compound called Semaglutide that acts like a natural hormone in the body and makes blood sugar control, reduce appetite, slow down digestion and make the stomach feel long filled.
Which people are beneficial for?
Wegovy official Website According to, there are heart diseases, obesity or more obesity, heart attack or stroke incidence can be used to reduce the risk of incidence of strokes. Obese -suffering adults and children, or some adults with children, or overweight, who have weight related diseases, can help with this medicine to reduce the body’s extra weight.
Vegovi contains semaglutide and should not be used with other semaglutide products or other GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs.
Price of India Vegovi?
Vegovi has been launched in 5 types of doses in India. These 5 doses are 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 1.7 mg and 2.4 mg. Doctors can prescribe different doses depending on their condition. But keep in mind that do not try to take overdose without the advice of the doctor.
| diet | Monthly price | Price price per dose |
| 0.25 mg | 17,345 rupees | Rs 4,366 |
| 0.5 mg | 17,345 rupees | Rs 4,366 |
| 1 mg | 17,345 rupees | Rs 4,366 |
| 1.7 mg | 24,280 rupees | 6070 rupees |
| 2.4 mg | 26,015 rupees | 6503 rupees |
What are the side effects of Vegovi?
According to Wegovy’s website, there may be some possible side effects of taking wagovi. In which pancreatitis, excessive abdominal pain, vomiting, gallbladder problems, risk of hypoglycemia, kidney failure, serious stomach problems, allergies, facial, lips, tongue or throat irritation, vision change in people with type 2 diabetes, increase in heart rate, depression or suicidal thips, unconsciousness, etc.
The most common side effects of Vagovi may contain complaints like nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, stomach pain, headache, fatigue, stomach upset, dizziness, flatulence, belching, type 2 diabetes, low blood sugar, gas, stomach flu, chest irritation and flowing nose or throat.
Note: This medicine is prescribed by the doctor, so do not use it without the advice of any medical professional.