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Is there a ceiling dose beyond which semaglutide stops adding benefit?

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n.hartmannTL2 Moderator28 Jan 2026#1

Is there a ceiling dose beyond which semaglutide stops adding benefit? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below.

I have seen SURPASS-4 (Lancet, 2021) cited in support of a claim I do not think it supports, twice this month, so I would like to work through what it actually shows.

My reading is that the trial is sound for its own question and is being stretched to answer a different one. I might be wrong about that, which is why this is a topic rather than a correction.

What I would like from this discussion: someone who disagrees with me to say why, with the section of the paper they are relying on.

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a.villalobosTL2 Moderator7 Apr 2026#2

Approved indications differ by jurisdiction and change. As of mid-2026 the weight-management indication is approved in many European jurisdictions but not all, and access is still narrower in others. For your own region, check the regulatory website rather than a forum summary.

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baseline_tableTL2Member26 May 2026#3

The 165 to 184 hour range: that is roughly 7 to 7.6 days, which is why the weekly schedule works. Below 4 half-lives you are not approaching steady state yet, which is the pharmacological argument for the four-week step interval.

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