Wegovy and Ozempic are the same medicine, semaglutide, at the doses they share, 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg and 1 mg, and at GetLean Ozempic's medicine is prescribed as Wegovy (HSA register). Singapore registers Wegovy for weight management and Ozempic for type 2 diabetes. At GetLean it is S$488 a month at Ozempic's three doses, all-in, if Dr Quek prescribes it after a video consultation.
GetLean does not prescribe Ozempic, so there is no Ozempic price of its own. At Wegovy's higher doses, 1.7 mg and 2.4 mg, it is S$788 a month, and S$1,088 a month at 7.2 mg (max dose). The price is all-in: Dr Quek's video consultations and reviews, the medication delivered to you, and daily WhatsApp coaching. The first step is a 30-minute video consultation with Dr Quek for S$20, refunded in full if he decides medication is not right for you.
Availability in Singapore. Wegovy is registered with Singapore's Health Sciences Authority, and its registered indication includes weight management. Ozempic is registered with Singapore's Health Sciences Authority for type 2 diabetes only. It has no registered weight-management indication here, so prescribing it for weight is off-label, and GetLean does not prescribe it. Which medicine suits a particular person, if any does, is decided by the doctor who assesses them.
Is Wegovy the same as Ozempic?
Yes, the same medicine: both are semaglutide from Novo Nordisk, given as a once-weekly injection, and Ozempic's three doses, 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg and 1 mg, are also Wegovy doses (HSA register). What differs is the label: what Singapore registers each one for, and how far the dose goes.
| Ozempic | Wegovy | |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine | semaglutide, once-weekly injection | semaglutide, once-weekly injection |
| Doses registered in Singapore | 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg and 1 mg | 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 1.7 mg and 2.4 mg |
| Registered in Singapore for | adults with type 2 diabetes, including lowering kidney and heart risks in type 2 diabetes | weight management in adults and in adolescents from 12, and lowering the risk of major heart events in adults with heart disease and obesity or overweight |
| Maintenance dose on the label | 0.5 mg or 1 mg; above 1 mg is not recommended | 2.4 mg, reached over 16 weeks |
| At GetLean | not prescribed | prescribed when Dr Quek finds it clinically appropriate, from S$488 a month |
The registrations and doses are in Singapore's product information for each (NDF; NDF). So what GetLean prescribes for weight loss is Wegovy, and Wegovy in Singapore has its own page.
Which is better for weight loss, Ozempic or Wegovy?
Wegovy is the one registered in Singapore for weight management, and it goes to a higher dose: Ozempic's label stops at 1 mg a week, while Wegovy's maintenance dose is 2.4 mg (NDF; NDF).
The trials behind each were run in different people. In STEP 1, adults with overweight or obesity and without diabetes had a mean weight change of −14.9% on semaglutide 2.4 mg over 68 weeks, against −2.4% on placebo (Wilding 2021). In SUSTAIN 1, adults with type 2 diabetes lost 4.53 kg on semaglutide 1 mg over 30 weeks, against 0.98 kg on placebo (Sorli 2017). Those two figures cannot be set side by side: the people, the length of the trial and the measure all differ. STEP 2, in adults with type 2 diabetes and overweight or obesity, tested 2.4 mg against both 1 mg, the diabetes dose, and placebo; its published summary reports 2.4 mg against placebo, −9.6% against −3.4% over 68 weeks (Davies 2021). These are trial averages; individual results vary and are not guaranteed.
Do you lose weight faster on Ozempic or Wegovy?
Not in the first two months: both start at 0.25 mg once weekly for four weeks and then go to 0.5 mg, so the first eight weeks are the same medicine at the same doses (NDF; Singapore NDF). After that, Ozempic can go to 1 mg and stops there, while Wegovy steps on to 1 mg, then 1.7 mg, and reaches its 2.4 mg maintenance dose from week 17. Never change a prescribed dose on your own; how GLP-1 doses are stepped up covers the schedule.
Which is cheaper, Ozempic or Wegovy?
At GetLean there is one price for semaglutide, prescribed as Wegovy: S$488 a month at 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg and 1 mg, the doses Ozempic comes in, S$788 a month at 1.7 mg and 2.4 mg, and S$1,088 a month at 7.2 mg (max dose), all-in. GetLean does not prescribe Ozempic, so it has no Ozempic price of its own.
| Wegovy dose (once weekly) | GetLean, per month, all-in |
|---|---|
| 0.25 mg | S$488 |
| 0.5 mg | S$488 |
| 1 mg | S$488 |
| 1.7 mg | S$788 |
| 2.4 mg | S$788 |
| 7.2 mg | S$1,088 (max dose) |
| First video consultation with Dr Quek (30 minutes) | S$20, refunded in full if he decides medication is not right for you |
| After the taper: daily coaching and a monthly review, no medication | S$88, if you wish |
The first three rows are the doses Ozempic also comes in (HSA register).
What the monthly price covers:
- Doctor video consultation and ongoing medical oversight by Dr Quek
- The medication, as prescribed, delivered discreetly to you
- A personalised nutrition and daily activity plan
- Daily WhatsApp coaching, and your care team on WhatsApp from 9am to 9pm every day, Singapore time. Outside those hours an urgent symptom does not wait for a reply: go to an emergency department, or call 995 if it is an emergency.
- Dose reviews that work toward your lowest effective dose
The price is set by the dose, so it can change at a monthly review: up to S$788 if Dr Quek steps the dose up past 1 mg (S$1,088 at 7.2 mg, the max dose), and back to S$488 as he steps it down during the taper. Which dose suits you, if any, is Dr Quek's decision at your consultation, and a consultation does not guarantee a prescription. The pricing page sets out the whole programme.
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Is Wegovy safer than Ozempic?
At the doses they share they are the same medicine, and at Wegovy's higher dose side effects were somewhat more common. In STEP 2, stomach and gut side effects, mostly mild to moderate, were reported by 63.5% on semaglutide 2.4 mg, 57.5% on 1 mg and 34.3% on placebo, and adverse events of any kind by 87.6%, 81.8% and 76.9% (Davies 2021).
Both Singapore labels give the same contraindication: hypersensitivity to semaglutide or to any of its other ingredients (NDF). Whether either suits a person, given their history and their other medicines, is the assessing doctor's decision.
Why are people stopping Wegovy?
People stop for more than one reason, and side effects are the one the trials report: 6.8% of adults on semaglutide 2.4 mg stopped because of side effects, against 3.2% on placebo, and nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea were the side effects that most often led to stopping (US label). When semaglutide 2.4 mg was stopped outright in the STEP 1 extension, when the trial's lifestyle support also ended, about two-thirds of the lost weight returned within a year (Wilding 2022).
At GetLean, the programme is designed to end, and the exit is planned from the first consultation. The plan for coming off is the GetLean GLP-1 Taper Plan: Dr Quek steps the dose down at monthly reviews towards your lowest effective dose and, where clinically appropriate, off the medication. Individual results vary. Never stop or change a prescribed medicine on your own. Coming off Wegovy walks through the weeks after the last dose, and Mounjaro vs Ozempic compares semaglutide with tirzepatide.
If Ozempic was prescribed for type 2 diabetes, any decision to stop, reduce or switch it belongs to the doctor managing the diabetes. GetLean is a weight-management programme and does not replace that doctor.
Common questions
Is Wegovy the same as Ozempic?
Yes, the same medicine: both are semaglutide from Novo Nordisk, given as a once-weekly injection, and Ozempic's three doses, 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg and 1 mg, are also Wegovy doses (HSA register). What differs is the label: Singapore registers Wegovy for weight management and Ozempic for type 2 diabetes, and Wegovy goes on to 1.7 mg and 2.4 mg (NDF; NDF).
What is the difference between Ozempic and Wegovy?
The registration and the dose, not the medicine. In Singapore, Ozempic is registered for adults with type 2 diabetes and stops at 1 mg a week, while Wegovy is registered for weight management in adults and adolescents from 12, with a 2.4 mg maintenance dose (NDF; NDF). Both are semaglutide, injected once a week.
Which is better for weight loss, Ozempic or Wegovy?
Wegovy is the one registered in Singapore for weight management, and it goes to a higher dose: Ozempic's label stops at 1 mg a week, while Wegovy's maintenance dose is 2.4 mg (NDF; NDF). In STEP 1, adults without diabetes on semaglutide 2.4 mg had a mean weight change of −14.9% over 68 weeks, against −2.4% on placebo (Wilding 2021). Individual results vary and are not guaranteed.
Which is cheaper, Ozempic or Wegovy?
At GetLean there is one price for semaglutide, prescribed as Wegovy: S$488 a month at 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg and 1 mg, the doses Ozempic comes in, S$788 a month at 1.7 mg and 2.4 mg, and S$1,088 a month at 7.2 mg (max dose), all-in. GetLean does not prescribe Ozempic, so it has no Ozempic price of its own.
Do you lose weight faster on Ozempic or Wegovy?
Not in the first two months: both start at 0.25 mg once weekly for four weeks and then go to 0.5 mg, so the first eight weeks are the same medicine at the same doses (NDF; Singapore NDF). After that, Ozempic can go to 1 mg and stops there, while Wegovy steps on to 1 mg, 1.7 mg and a 2.4 mg maintenance dose from week 17. How fast weight comes off for one person is not something a label can say; individual results vary.
Is Wegovy safer than Ozempic?
At the doses they share they are the same medicine, and at Wegovy's higher dose side effects were somewhat more common: in STEP 2, stomach and gut side effects, mostly mild to moderate, were reported by 63.5% on semaglutide 2.4 mg, 57.5% on 1 mg and 34.3% on placebo (Davies 2021). Both Singapore labels give the same contraindication, hypersensitivity to semaglutide or its other ingredients (NDF).
Why are people stopping Wegovy?
People stop for more than one reason, and side effects are the one the trials report: 6.8% of adults on semaglutide 2.4 mg stopped because of side effects, against 3.2% on placebo, and nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea were the side effects that most often led to stopping (US label). At GetLean the exit is planned from the first consultation instead, under the GetLean GLP-1 Taper Plan, towards the lowest effective dose and, where clinically appropriate, off the medication. Individual results vary.
Does GetLean prescribe Ozempic?
No. At GetLean, Ozempic's medicine is prescribed as Wegovy, which is registered in Singapore for weight management (NDF), when Dr Quek finds it clinically appropriate after a video consultation. A consultation does not guarantee a prescription.