Wegovy strengths and prices: what you're actually deciding

The strength you're prescribed isn't a menu choice

Wegovy's dose schedule is fixed in the licence: treatment begins at 0.25mg weekly and steps up through 0.5mg, 1.0mg and 1.7mg before reaching the standard 2.4mg maintenance dose, with each step taking roughly four weeks. The MHRA approved a higher 7.2mg maintenance dose in January 2026, and a dedicated single-dose 7.2mg pen followed in April 2026. You can read more about how the schedule works on our Wegovy doses and prices page.

The reason this matters for pricing: you won't be buying the strength you want, you'll be prescribed the strength that's right for you at each stage, guided by your prescriber. That's not a bureaucratic inconvenience; it's how the medicine was designed. The slower titration exists because it substantially reduces early nausea and other gastrointestinal side effects, according to the NHS semaglutide medicines guide. A service that lets you skip steps or self-select your dose is a service that has skipped the clinical bit.

Prices in the UK private market do shift by strength, with higher doses typically costing more per pen, and if you're currently at the 1mg step our guide to what Wegovy 1mg costs sets out what to expect at that stage of titration. Any honest comparison needs to account for the full titration journey, not just the maintenance-dose sticker price.

What headline prices often leave out

A quoted monthly price for Wegovy can mean very different things at different providers. Some figures you see online cover the medicine only, the consultation fee, prescription fee and delivery are billed separately, sometimes at checkout. Aftercare is another variable: ongoing dose-review support, access to a prescriber between orders, and clinical reassessment before each repeat are not universal.

It's worth spending sixty seconds checking any provider against the GPhC pharmacy register at pharmacyregulation.org/registers before you enter your details. A legitimate online pharmacy will have a registration number you can look up; if it isn't there, stop.

On that note, the MHRA has warned repeatedly about fake weight-loss pens sold via social media and unverified websites, pens that have contained entirely different substances to what was labelled. If you want to understand what the legitimate UK private market actually looks like across all strengths, our Wegovy prices page covers the full cost picture in one place. Our Wegovy pen prices page covers the legitimate UK market context in more detail.

What one price at nume actually covers

We are not the cheapest option, and that's a deliberate choice. One transparent price at nume covers the clinical consultation, prescription, treatment, and free next-working-day DPD delivery to your door. There is no subscription, no auto-renewal, and no separate aftercare invoice. Every repeat order goes through a fresh clinical review, because a prescriber's job doesn't end when the first pen ships.

Our pharmacy holds GPhC premises registration 9012878, verifiable at the GPhC register. Medicines move through the licensed UK supply chain, sourced through Novo Nordisk's authorised distribution. For those considering the treatment more broadly, our Wegovy overview page covers the evidence, eligibility and what to expect, and our about us page explains how the service is structured.

What the all-in price buys you isn't just convenience. It's clinical continuity: a prescriber who sees your full picture at each stage, not just your order history.

Price is the wrong test for a prescription medicine

NICE recommends semaglutide for weight management within structured clinical oversight, for a maximum of two years, with specific BMI and comorbidity criteria, you can read the full recommendation at NICE technology appraisal TA875. That structure exists because Wegovy isn't a supplement you try for a month and move on from; it's a medicine that works best within a clinical framework, with dose management and monitoring throughout.

For a prescription-only medicine, the cheapest listing answers the wrong question. A small saving per pen means little if the clinical assessment is cursory, aftercare is absent, or (in the worst cases) the product isn't what it claims to be. The metric worth applying is whether the service is registered, the prescriber is qualified, and the supply chain is verifiable. Our Wegovy price guide sets out the UK cost context in full, and you'll find current treatment pricing once you start your consultation.

If you're ready to see whether Wegovy is clinically suitable for you, our prescribers are available the same working day. There's no obligation at the consultation stage.