Fitaro (0.25 mg) Injection

Semaglutide is a GLP-1 analogue with 94% sequence as same as to human GLP-1. Semaglutide acts as a GLP-1 receptor agonist that selectively binds to and activates the GLP-1 receptor. Semaglutide reduces blood glucose in a glucose dependent manner by stimulating insulin secretion and lowering glucagon secretion when blood glucose is high. The mechanism of blood glucose lowering also involves a minor delay in gastric emptying. During hypoglycemia, Semaglutide diminishes insulin secretion and does not impair glucagon secretion. Semaglutide reduces body weight and body fat mass by an overall reduced appetite.

For Diabetes:
Semaglutide Tablet: Take Semaglutide at least 30 minutes before the first food, beverage, or other oral medications of the day with no more than 4 ounces (118 ml) of plain water only.

• Starter Dose: Start Semaglutide with 3 mg once daily for 30 days
• Maintenance Dose: After 30 days on the 3 mg dose, increase the dose to 7 mg once daily
• For Additional Glycemic Control: If additional glycemic control is needed after at least 30 days on the 7 mg dose, the dose can be increased to 14 mg once daily

Semaglutide injection: The starting dose is 0.25 mg Semaglutide once weekly. After 4 weeks the dose should be increased to 0.5 mg once weekly. After at least 4 weeks with a dose of 0.5 mg once weekly, the dose can be increased to 1 mg once weekly to further improve glycemic control. Weekly doses higher than 1 mg are not recommended. Semaglutide is to be administered once weekly at any time of the day with or without meals. Semaglutide is to be injected subcutaneously in the abdomen, thigh or in upper arm. The injection site can be changed without dose adjustment. Semaglutide should not be administered intravenously or intramuscularly. The day of weekly administration can be changed if necessary as long as the time between two doses is at least 3 days (>72 hours). After selecting a new dosing day, once weekly dosing should be continued.

Switching patients between Semaglutide injection and Semaglutide tablet-

• Patients treated with once weekly Semaglutide injection 0.5 mg subcutaneous injection can be transitioned to Semaglutide 7 mg or 14 mg tablet. Patients can start Semaglutide tablet up to 7 days after their last injection of Semaglutide injection. There is no equivalent dose of Semaglutide tablet for Semaglutide injection 1 mg
• Patients treated with Semaglutide 14 mg tablet daily can be transitioned to Semaglutide subcutaneous injection 0.5 mg once weekly. Patients can start Semaglutide injection the day after their last dose of Semaglutide tablet.

For Obesity: The starting dose is 0.25 mg Semaglutide once weekly for 4 weeks subcutaneously. If patients do not tolerate a dose during dose escalation, consider delaying dose escalation for 4 weeks. If patients do not tolerate the maintenance dose 2.4 mg, the dose can be temporarily decreased to 1.7 mg once weekly for maximum 4 weeks. After 4 weeks increase the dose to 2.4 mg. Weekly doses higher than 2.4 mg is not recommended. Semaglutide is to be administered once weekly at any time of the day with or without meals. Semaglutide is to be injected subcutaneously in the abdomen, thigh or in upper arm. The injection site can be changed without dose adjustment. Semaglutide should not be administered intravenously or intramuscularly. The day of weekly administration can be changed if necessary as long as the time between two doses is at least 2 days (>48 hours). After selecting a new dosing day, once weekly dosing should be continued.