What needs checking before treatment starts?

Ask about this medicine and your health

Bring up your current medicines, supplements, past reactions, and any pregnancy or breastfeeding questions. Ask what matters for the product under discussion.

Semaglutide and tirzepatide are medicines used for weight or diabetes care.

A label is the official drug information. Have whoever treats you explain your medicine’s label. Bring up plans for pregnancy, too.

Medicine labels give advice about pregnancy. That advice differs between semaglutide and tirzepatide.

Ask how this medicine needs to be stored

Some peptide medicines need to be kept cold. Others do not. The rules depend on the product.

Ask the pharmacy how to store this medicine. Ask what to do if its condition on arrival differs from what you were told to expect.

FDA is the Food and Drug Administration.

GLP-1 medicines are used for weight or diabetes care. They take their name from a chemical message that affects the body’s blood sugar and appetite.

If a GLP-1 injection arrives warm or has not been cooled enough, FDA says to leave it unused because its quality may be affected.

Resolve confusing instructions with the care team

FDA has had reports of mistakes with the amount of compounded semaglutide injected. Hospital care was needed in some reported cases.

Compounded means made to order; semaglutide is a medicine used for weight and diabetes care.

Have your prescription writer or pharmacist explain any wording you find unclear. Keep the written answer with the medicine’s information.