GLP-1 Dose Schedule Planner

Zepbound (tirzepatide) starts at 2.5 mg once weekly and moves up in steps, each held for at least 4 weeks. At the minimum pace the label allows, the top dose of 15 mg is reachable at week 21, and the first maintenance dose at week 5.

Mounjaro (tirzepatide) starts at 2.5 mg once weekly and moves up in steps, each held for at least 4 weeks. At the minimum pace the label allows, the top dose of 15 mg is reachable at week 21, and the first maintenance dose at week 5.

Wegovy (semaglutide) starts at 0.25 mg once weekly and moves up in steps, each held for at least 4 weeks. At the minimum pace the label allows, the top dose of 2.4 mg is reachable at week 17.

Wegovy pill (oral semaglutide) starts at 1.5 mg once daily and moves up in steps, each held for at least 30 days. At the minimum pace the label allows, the top dose of 25 mg is reachable on day 91.

Ozempic (semaglutide) starts at 0.25 mg once weekly and moves up in steps, each held for at least 4 weeks. At the minimum pace the label allows, the top dose of 2 mg is reachable at week 13, and the first maintenance dose at week 5.

Foundayo (orforglipron) starts at 0.8 mg once daily and moves up in steps, each held for at least 30 days. At the minimum pace the label allows, the top dose of 17.2 mg is reachable on day 151.

Take a missed Zepbound dose as soon as possible within 4 days (96 hours) of the missed dose. If more than 4 days have passed, skip it and take the next dose on the regular day.

The day of the weekly injection can be changed if necessary, as long as at least 3 days (72 hours) separate two doses.

Strengths. Single-dose pens and single-dose vials in 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 7.5 mg, 10 mg, 12.5 mg, and 15 mg, each 0.5 mL.

Take a missed Mounjaro dose as soon as possible within 4 days (96 hours) of the missed dose. If more than 4 days have passed, skip it and take the next dose on the regular day.

The day of the weekly injection can be changed if necessary, as long as at least 3 days (72 hours) separate two doses.

Strengths. Single-dose pens in 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 7.5 mg, 10 mg, 12.5 mg, and 15 mg (0.5 mL each); in the UK and Australia also a multi-dose KwikPen holding four weekly doses of one strength.

If a Wegovy dose is missed and the next scheduled dose is more than 2 days (48 hours) away, take it as soon as possible. If the next scheduled dose is less than 2 days away, skip the missed dose and resume on the regular day.

The day of the weekly injection can be changed if necessary, as long as at least 2 days (48 hours) separate two doses.

If a dose is not tolerated during escalation, the label says to consider delaying the next step by 4 weeks. If the 2.4 mg maintenance dose is not tolerated, it can be lowered to 1.7 mg for 4 weeks, and 1.7 mg may be used as the maintenance dose.

Strengths. Single-dose pens in 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 1.7 mg, and 2.4 mg. The 7.2 mg strength is sold separately as Wegovy HD with its own escalation schedule.

If a Wegovy tablet is missed, the label says to skip that dose and take the next one the following day.

Take one tablet a day in the morning on an empty stomach, swallowed whole with up to 4 ounces of plain water, then wait at least 30 minutes before eating, drinking, or taking other oral medicines.

If a step is not tolerated, the label says to consider delaying the next one. If 25 mg is not tolerated, it suggests switching to the 1.7 mg Wegovy injection once weekly.

Strengths. Tablets in 1.5 mg, 4 mg, 9 mg, and 25 mg.

If an Ozempic dose is missed, the label says to take it as soon as possible within 5 days of the missed dose. If more than 5 days have passed, skip it and take the next dose on the regular day.

The day of the weekly injection can be changed if necessary, as long as at least 2 days (48 hours) separate two doses.

The label moves from 0.5 mg to 1 mg, and from 1 mg to 2 mg, only if needed and after at least 4 weeks on the current dose; 0.5 mg, 1 mg, and 2 mg are all maintenance doses.

Strengths. Multi-dose pens that deliver 0.25 mg or 0.5 mg, 1 mg, or 2 mg per weekly injection, and single-dose prefilled syringes in 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, and 1 mg.

The Foundayo label says to take a missed dose as soon as possible and not to double up the next one. If 7 or more doses in a row are missed, it instructs restarting dose escalation at a lower dose to reduce the risk of stomach and gut side effects.

Take one tablet a day, with or without food, swallowed whole. Do not take more than one tablet a day.

Steps past 5.5 mg are based on how you respond to and tolerate each dose. The label caps the dose at 9 mg for people also taking a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor, a group of medicines your prescriber or pharmacist can check for.

Strengths. Tablets in 0.8 mg, 2.5 mg, 5.5 mg, 9 mg, 14.5 mg, and 17.2 mg.

The starting doses are not treatment doses. Their job is to let the gut adjust before the level climbs, which is why the labels call the first step a dose for treatment initiation and say it is not intended for maintenance. Nausea and other stomach effects track the speed of escalation more than the dose itself, so the four-week floors are there to keep each step tolerable.

The floors are minimums. The Wegovy label explicitly allows delaying a step by four weeks when a dose is not tolerated, and both tirzepatide labels say a step happens only after at least four weeks on the current dose, with no upper limit on how long that can be.