Semaglutide in Seattle: clinics and prices

King County's numbers point to Wegovy

CDC PLACES estimated that 22.6% of King County adults had obesity in 2023 and 7.3% had diagnosed diabetes ^[3]. Since Ozempic's label is limited to type 2 diabetes ^[5], most Seattle adults who want semaglutide for weight end up with a Wegovy prescription. Wegovy's label covers chronic weight reduction and also lowering heart attack and stroke risk for adults who have heart disease along with overweight ^[6].

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What Seattle households pay in cash

NovoCare's tablet runs $149 at 1.5 mg and $299 at 9 or 25 mg; every standard pen dose is $349, with $199 for a new buyer's first two low-dose fills ^[1]. Ozempic is $349 from 0.25 to 1 mg and $499 at 2 mg ^[2]. Against Seattle's $123,860 median household income ^[4], twelve months of pens is a smaller slice of the budget than in most cities, but it is still drug cost only. If a Washington employer plan covers Wegovy, Novo's savings card can cut the copay to $25, capped at $100 of savings each month ^[1]. See semaglutide cost, does insurance cover Wegovy and Ozempic cost.

Daily tablet or weekly shot

• Tablet: one each morning before eating, with no more than 4 ounces of plain water, then a 30-minute gap before food, drinks or other pills. It climbs from 1.5 mg to 25 mg over 90 days ^[6].
• Pen: one shot a week, rising from 0.25 mg to 2.4 mg across 16 weeks, with 7.2 mg available once 2.4 mg is tolerated and more loss is needed ^[6].
• Storage: tablets at room temperature in their original bottle; pens in the fridge, allowed up to 28 days out before the cap is removed ^[6].

Compare forms in Wegovy pill vs injection and the Wegovy dosage guide.

What trials found

STEP 1's 68-week average was 14.9% weight loss on semaglutide 2.4 mg versus 2.4% on placebo, and half of treated adults reached 15% ^[7]; on the label, 44% reported nausea against 16% with placebo ^[6]. More on semaglutide results.

Finding a Seattle prescriber

Seattle's large systems include UW Medicine ^[8] and Swedish ^[9]; ask a primary care doctor there, or compare online semaglutide programs. The Washington Medical Commission licenses the state's physicians ^[10], and Washington's RCW 19.68 bars healing-profession practitioners from paying or taking rebates for referrals ^[13]. A compounded product sold as matching Wegovy has no FDA approval behind it, and FDA does not test such products for quality or safety ^[11]; see compounded semaglutide. For other services in town: Seattle medical weight loss and tirzepatide in Seattle.

Pacific Northwest and western neighbors

Semaglutide in Portland, Sacramento and Salt Lake City. Also: where to get semaglutide and the semaglutide guide.