Guide

Missed doses

Standard guidance for weekly GLP-1 medications.

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Standard guidance for weekly GLP-1 medications.

<48 hours late

Take as soon as remembered. Resume normal weekly schedule.

>48 hours late

Skip the missed dose. Take next regularly scheduled dose. Don't double up.

Multiple consecutive weeks missed

Consult prescriber. May need to re-titrate from lower dose — tolerance fades during gaps; restarting at maintenance can cause severe nausea.

Daily liraglutide

Miss a dose: take next at normal time. Don't double up. >3 days: re-titrate as if starting fresh.

Switching products

Coordinate with prescriber. No fixed wash-out between sema and tirz; dose equivalencies aren't direct. Prescriber will start you at appropriate dose of new agent based on old dose.

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Medical review assigned to Dr. Jonathan Snipes, MD · Kim Callender, NP (FNP-BC) · re-review of this page pending

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