The convenience and lower cost of the oral pill may be critical to some patients, which could expand the market, improve adherence and boost long-term outcomes.

Dec. 30, 2025 – updated Jan. 5, 2026 – Injectable GLP-1 drugs have transformed obesity treatment – and now they're going oral. "It's good to have more options for patients with obesity," said Melanie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide. (Novo Nordisk/FDA) Americans now have access to the pill form of weight loss medication Wegovy, ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The first GLP-1 pill for weight loss is now available, offering a daily oral alternative to injectable drugs.Studies show the pill is about as effective as shots, but it ...

The weight-loss drug Wegovy is now being sold in pill form, an advancement that allows users to transition away from weekly injections. It's the first GLP-1 weight-loss medication to become available ...

A pill form of weight-loss drug Wegovy, manufactured by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, is now available in the U.S., giving Americans access to an oral medication to treat obesity. The starting dose ...

Weight loss pills have been around for decades, but many were deemed unsafe by the FDA. Learn more about today’s ...

NEW YORK — A new pill form of the weight-loss drug Wegovy is now available to people in the United States, giving adults a daily tablet option instead of a weekly injection, health officials and the ...

The GLP-1 medication is now available via injection and pill.

Americans seeking to lose weight now have a new option – taking Wegovy as a daily pill, rather than a weekly injection. Patients with a prescription could obtain the starter 1.5 mg dose of the tablet ...