Injections against severe obesity

How often does the injection have to be repeated and how long does the treatment last?

Saxenda is injected under the skin daily, Wegovy once a week using a pen. The dose is increased in steps to ensure good familiarization. After one month, most people have already lost around two to three kilograms. The products are used for at least several months.

What happens when the injection is discontinued?

This is what happens after every diet if diet and lifestyle have not been changed: Appetite increases and you gain weight again. For obesity sufferers in particular, however, an initial significant weight loss offers the chance that exercise and sport will be possible again. Additional movement can have a lasting effect.

To what extent are weight loss injections an option for our increasingly overweight society?

At the USZ, we clearly do not use the syringes as lifestyle diet aids. From a medical point of view, however, promoting weight loss in this way is to be welcomed in severely overweight people. This allows us to reduce the risk of secondary diseases such as type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular problems. From a cost perspective, too, it is ultimately cheaper to prevent cardiovascular problems than to finance rehabilitation after a heart attack.