What is a maintenance dose?
Your maintenance dose is the steady GLP-1 dose you stay on long-term once titration is complete and your weight or blood sugar has reached your goal.
Your maintenance dose is the steady GLP-1 dose you stay on long-term once titration is complete and your weight or blood sugar has reached your goal. Maintenance doses vary by drug: Wegovy's usual maintenance dose is 2.4 mg/week semaglutide (1.7 mg if needed, and up to 7.2 mg for some adults); Zepbound's recommended maintenance doses are 5, 10, or 15 mg/week tirzepatide; Mounjaro is dosed by glucose response. You don't have to climb to the maximum. Many patients reach their goal at a lower dose and stay there. If a lower dose is working, there's no clinical reason to push higher. Stopping a GLP-1 typically leads to weight regain over 6–12 months, so "maintenance" usually means staying on the drug, not coming off it.
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