Wegovy strengths in order: what they are and how to access them in the UK

The strengths exist to protect you, not to upsell you

The titration schedule for Wegovy isn't arbitrary. Starting at 0.25mg gives your digestive system time to adjust before the dose climbs. That starting strength isn't doing much therapeutically, its job is to reduce the nausea and gut discomfort that would otherwise lead people to stop altogether. If you want to understand how the Wegovy steps progress in order, including what each one involves and why the sequence is structured the way it is, our dedicated page covers that in full. The steps through 0.5mg, 1.0mg and 1.7mg are each held for around four weeks before moving on, and 2.4mg is the standard long-term maintenance dose confirmed in the STEP 1 trial, where participants lost an average of around 15% of body weight over 68 weeks, as published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The higher 7.2mg dose (approved by the MHRA in April 2026 and available as a single dedicated pen) is for adults with a BMI of 30 or above and must be reached by titrating up through the established schedule. No prescriber will hand you 7.2mg on day one. Nor should they. If you've been reading about the higher dose and wondering whether to push for it, that's a reasonable question to bring to a consultation: the clinical picture determines the answer, not the dose number itself.

You can read more about how the Wegovy doses fit together in order, which covers the sequence in detail alongside what each stage typically involves, on our dedicated page.

The legal route to any Wegovy strength in the UK

There is one legal way to obtain Wegovy in the UK: with a valid prescription issued by a qualified prescriber following a clinical assessment. That applies to the 0.25mg starter pen and to the 7.2mg pen equally. The MHRA has warned publicly about fake weight-loss injection pens sold online and via social media, seized counterfeits have included pens containing insulin rather than semaglutide, with hospitalisations following. Enforcement in 2025 led to around 20 million doses of illegally traded weight-loss medicines being seized, worth an estimated £45 million. The risks are not theoretical.

When you're looking at any online pharmacy, you can verify it takes 30 seconds: search the GPhC pharmacy register, enter the pharmacy's name or registration number, and confirm it holds a valid premises registration. If it doesn't appear, stop. Red flags to watch for: any seller offering these medicines without a prescription, prices far below the market rate, or discount codes pushed through social media. Those are not bargains. Report anything suspicious through the MHRA's Yellow Card scheme, which accepts reports from patients as well as clinicians.

Our own GPhC premises registration is 9012878, you can check it on the register directly, and we'd encourage you to do exactly that.

How eligibility for Wegovy is assessed

The licensed criteria for Wegovy cover adults with a BMI of 30 or above, or a BMI of 27 to 29.9 alongside at least one weight-related condition, things like hypertension, high cholesterol, obstructive sleep apnoea or type 2 diabetes. For certain ethnic backgrounds, including South Asian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Black African and African-Caribbean backgrounds, UK guidance applies thresholds that are 2.5 kg/m² lower. You can check your own BMI quickly using the NHS BMI calculator.

Meeting those numbers is a starting point, not a guarantee of a prescription. A prescriber looks at the whole picture: your medical history, current medicines, any conditions that would make Wegovy unsuitable, and what you're hoping to achieve. Wegovy isn't licensed for people who are pregnant, breastfeeding or actively trying to conceive, and it isn't licensed for under-18s. Anyone with certain thyroid or pancreatic conditions will be assessed carefully. The NHS sets out the broader context well on its weight-management injections page, including the contraception and surgical considerations that are worth knowing about before you start.

If you'd like to read more about how the NHS and private routes compare for access, the Wegovy overview page sets that out clearly.

How nume gets Wegovy to you, practically

Submit your free consultation through our treatment page and a GPhC-registered Independent Prescriber reviews it personally, same day, during working hours. We verify your identity with photo ID and confirm your weight on a brief video call, because clinical decisions need real information. If your consultation is approved before 12pm on a working day (before the school run, as it were) your treatment is dispatched that afternoon. DPD delivers it to your door the next working day, tracked, in plain packaging with nothing on the outside to indicate what's inside.

There are no subscriptions and no auto-renewals. Every repeat order goes through fresh clinical review before it leaves our pharmacy. If you have questions at any point after starting, priority aftercare is available seven days a week. Our clinical team, including the clinical background and qualifications of the prescribers involved, is set out on our clinical team page. You can also find out how to order Wegovy online through our pharmacy in more detail before you begin, and if you'd like to place an order for Wegovy directly, that page walks you through the process from start to finish, or if you'd like to understand how to order semaglutide more broadly, including what the consultation process typically involves, that page covers it clearly, or browse the FAQs if you have a specific question that's holding you back.