How much does 1 mg Wegovy cost in the UK?

You're on 1 mg and wondering whether you're paying the right amount

Picture this: you've been on Wegovy for a couple of months, you're somewhere in the middle of the titration ladder, and a quick search for the 1 mg cost turns up a range of figures with no obvious pattern. That confusion is understandable, and common. The 1 mg dose isn't the first pen in the schedule (that's 0.25 mg) and it isn't the standard maintenance dose of 2.4 mg; it's one of the stepping-stone strengths prescribed as your body adjusts. Its cost sits between those two bookends.

What UK private providers charge varies. Since Eli Lilly's September 2025 list-price revision for tirzepatide prompted a wider repricing conversation across the injectable weight-management market, semaglutide pricing has settled at a range of roughly £149 to £375 per month depending on the dose and provider, though those figures are reported estimates, not fixed tariffs, and your prescriber's chosen dose, not a search result, is what determines your actual pen. If you want to understand how much the 1 mg Wegovy pen costs across different UK providers, that breakdown is worth reading alongside the full picture of Wegovy pricing in the UK before you reach any conclusions about a single dose.

One thing that does stay constant: the requirement for a prescription. Wegovy cannot legally be sold in the UK without one, which means any price you see should be bundling a genuine clinical assessment, not just labelling a pen and posting it.

What a headline price often leaves out

A number quoted for the 1 mg pen doesn't always mean that's all you'll pay. Some providers charge separately for the initial consultation, the prescription itself, delivery, and any aftercare or follow-up conversations you have between doses. Those extras can add up quickly, and they're rarely spelled out beside the big number in the search results.

It's worth asking (before you commit) whether the consultation is free or billed per appointment, whether there's a delivery charge on each order, whether a clinical review happens before every repeat or just at the start, and whether support between doses is included or costs extra. The real cost of Wegovy medication across a full course often looks quite different from the per-pen figure.

For context on adjacent doses, the 0.5 mg pen sits just below 1 mg on the titration ladder, and its pricing reflects the same provider-to-provider variation. The dose above, 1.7 mg, is the next step before reaching 2.4 mg maintenance; you can read about the cost of 1.7 mg Wegovy separately.

What you get for one transparent price at nume

We don't position ourselves as the cheapest option, deliberately. That's a choice, not an oversight. What a single price at nume includes: a free consultation, a prescription at no additional charge, the treatment itself, free next-working-day tracked DPD delivery in plain packaging, and priority aftercare seven days a week. There are no add-ons waiting at checkout, no subscription locking you in, and no automatic repeat until a prescriber has reviewed your case again.

Orders placed before 12pm Monday to Friday are dispatched the same day, once clinically approved. If you keep your pen in the fridge door when it arrives (alongside everyday things rather than as a medical production) that's intentional: treatment that fits into a normal life rather than dominating it. Every repeat goes through a fresh clinical review. Our clinical team is made up of GPhC-registered Independent Prescribers, and you can verify our pharmacy on the GPhC register at registration number 9012878.

Current treatment pricing is shown on our weight-loss treatments page, we don't print per-pen prices here because dose and clinical suitability are confirmed at consultation, not before it.

Why the cheapest listing is the wrong thing to chase for a prescription medicine

A lower number for a Wegovy pen isn't necessarily a bargain, it can be a warning sign. The MHRA has issued repeated public warnings about counterfeit injectable weight-loss medicines sold online and through social media, including pens that have contained insulin rather than semaglutide. A 2025 enforcement operation found roughly 20 million doses of illegally traded weight-loss medicines with a street value around £45 million, and the first illicit UK site producing fake tirzepatide pens was uncovered in Northampton. Those pens looked convincing. The price on social media was not.

The safe route is a pharmacy you can verify on the GPhC register, a prescription from a registered clinician who has actually reviewed your information, and a supply chain authorised by Novo Nordisk. Red flags include sellers offering injectable semaglutide without a prescription, prices significantly below the market range, and discount codes promoted on social media for a prescription-only medicine. The MHRA's Yellow Card scheme is the place to report suspect sellers. NHS England's guidance on weight management injections is a good starting point for understanding what legitimate treatment looks like. For a prescription medicine, the question isn't which listing is cheapest, it's which route is clinically safe and properly verified.