Weight loss medicine: The weighing drug of Denmark drug Novo Nordisk, Weighing Drug Vagovi (Semaglutide) has become available in India at an initial price of Rs 17,345. Vagovi available in different doses in India is between Rs 17,345 to Rs 26,015. This weight loss drug can be taken once a week. This medicine will have to be taken through injection. The vegovi 5 will be available in different doses-0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.7 and 2.4 mg and will be determined for a long-term chronic weight management and a decrease in the risk of Major Adversars Cardiovascular Events (MACE).
Do not take weight loss medicine without the advice of doctors
Vikrant Shrotriya, MD of Novo Nordisk India, said that obesity is an chronic disease and a national epidemic. “Wagovi is a world class, state -of -the -art pen device with a transformative medical solution,” he said. This drug can be prescribed for more than 30 BMI patients and more than 27 BMIs and already present co-integrity patients. These drugs should not be consumed without a doctor’s advice.
American company’s medicine was launched in March this year
Compared to Vegovi, Maunzaro’s 2.5 Mg and 5 Mg vials, which are also given on a weekly basis, are priced at Rs 14,000 to Rs 17,500 for a dose of one month. The American pharma company Eli Lilly launched Maunzaro, a drug decreasing drug in March this year. Let us tell you that obesity has increased rapidly in India but the number of people consuming weight loss medicines is quite small. Till now only rich people are using medicine for weight loss. Given the prices of silence and vegovi, it can be easily understood that these medicines are also made only for the rich. The market size of weight loss medicines is around Rs 600 crore.
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