A majority of the reports had patients mistakenly drawing up more than the prescribed dose from a multiple-dose vial, self-administering five to 20 times more than the intended dose of semaglutide.

Increasing the dosage to 2 mg per week was no more effective for weight loss than 1 mg per week. This means that receiving 0.5 mg or 1 mg of Ozempic per week may be enough to make you lose weight.