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Identify the medicine

# The ingredient alone does not identify the whole product

Ask which product is on the table. Then ask why that product fits the reason you came for care.

A generic is a version of a brand medicine approved by FDA, short for Food and Drug Administration.

Medicine names and approved uses checked September 26, 2026.

Ingredient and brands

A difference to ask about

Semaglutide

Semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus) appears in approved shot and tablet products.

Which use and form?

Ozempic injection is approved for diabetes care; Wegovy has a weight-management use.

Tirzepatide

Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) has approved injection products.

Which brand?

Mounjaro has a diabetes use; Zepbound has weight-management and certain sleep-apnea uses.

Liraglutide

Liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda) also has approved generic products.

Which generic type?

Generic versions linked to Victoza and Saxenda have different approved uses and are not interchangeable at the pharmacy.

With sleep apnea, breathing keeps pausing or growing shallow while a person sleeps. An ingredient is the medicine component that has an effect on the body. The brand is the product name.

## Write the whole name, not just the ingredient

Ask for the brand or generic product, its tablet or injection form, and the name of its maker or preparing pharmacy. Then ask which condition the proposed product would address in your care.

At the September 26, 2026 check, United States marketing was not allowed for a generic of either semaglutide or tirzepatide.

A compounded preparation is not an approved generic, as of that same date.

### Ask about semaglutide

Clarify the product, goal and label cautions.

### Ask about tirzepatide

Connect the brand to its use and form.

### Ask about liraglutide

Check the generic type and the plan if supply changes.

Read the product-specific label A shared ingredient does not give every product the same approved use.

Semaglutide (Wegovy) product label

Tirzepatide (Zepbound) product label

Liraglutide (Saxenda) product label

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