Compare Mounjaro, Wegovy, Saxenda and oral options by dosing frequency, monthly cost, planned total and country pricing.
For price and budget comparison only. No diagnosis, prescribing or prediction of individual treatment response. A clinician decides medicine, dose, initiation, maintenance and discontinuation.
15.0 kg / 15.0% target loss · 12 month budget comparison
Cost to actually reach your target cannot be predicted. Amounts below budget a fixed quote over your selected horizon, without prescribing titration, maintenance or stopping.
Month = 30.4375 days. Monthly drug cost = 4-week price × 30.4375 ÷ 28. Total budgets round up whole packs. Unknown prices are not treated as within budget.
Different values are shaded. Trial populations and durations differ; do not read them as an efficacy ranking.
Dimension
Mounjaro
Wegovy injection
Ingredient
tirzepatide
semaglutide
Route / frequency
injection / Once weekly
injection / Once weekly
Normalized monthly drug cost
₩597,879
₩597,879
3 month budget
₩2,200,000
₩2,200,000
6 month budget
₩3,850,000
₩3,850,000
12 month budget
₩7,700,000
₩7,700,000
18 month budget
₩11,000,000
₩11,000,000
24 month budget
₩14,850,000
₩14,850,000
Initial / maintenance dose
2.5 mg / 5 / 10 / 15 mg (local label)
0.25 mg / 2.4 mg (KR)
Label schedule (reference)
Korean label: 2.5 mg weekly for 4 weeks, then 5 mg. Further 2.5 mg increments at intervals of at least 4 weeks are clinician-directed, maximum 15 mg. Not a personal schedule.
Korean leaflet: weekly 0.25, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.7 mg for 4 weeks each, then 2.4 mg. Tolerability and changes require a clinician.
These are user assumptions, not offers from a clinic or card issuer. No discounts or refunds assumed. Equal-payment installments finance drug costs only; visits remain monthly. Stopping treatment does not erase financing obligations.
₩7,700,000
Finance cost ₩0 · Peak payment ₩1,100,000
Average across payment period ₩641,667 · 12 months
Cumulative payments, not a weight-loss curveOpen monthly ledger
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Month
Product / quote dose
Drug
Visits
Payment
Cumulative
1
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩1,100,000
₩0
₩1,100,000
₩1,100,000
2
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩1,650,000
3
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩2,200,000
4
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩2,750,000
5
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩3,300,000
6
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩3,850,000
7
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩4,400,000
8
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩4,950,000
9
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩5,500,000
10
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩6,050,000
11
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩550,000
₩0
₩550,000
₩6,600,000
12
Mounjaro / 5 mg
₩1,100,000
₩0
₩1,100,000
₩7,700,000
ⓘ Evidence · Estimated
Installment = principal × r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), r = APR / 1200; zero interest = principal / n. Only display values are rounded. Purchases begin on day zero; packs may leave unused stock.
04 / CLINICAL EVIDENCE BASED COST SCENARIO
What the evidence can—and cannot—tell us
Direct evidence / HIGH (trial endpoint only)
A trial endpoint does not identify when an individual reaches a goal. Fast/slow paths, incremental exercise effects and intermediate target dates lack evidence here. Confidence intervals around a group mean are not individual trajectories.
SURMOUNT-1 · 72 weeks · 15% mean loss · 5 mg weekly
Month of target attainment / total cost to reach target: insufficient evidence. Use the horizon selector for 12-, 18- or 24-month budgets.
Satisfied at an intermediate weight? Budget checkpoint
This is a user-entered budget checkpoint, not an attainment forecast. Future cost difference is neither guaranteed savings nor advice to stop.
6m · Drug ₩3,850,000 + Visits ₩0 = ₩3,850,000 Difference in later purchase budget (before financing/prepayment) ₩3,850,000
05 / COUNTRY PRICES
Same ingredient, different price contexts
These are source-specific observations, not national averages or universally available offers. Prices are not converted without an explicit exchange rate.
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06 / FOLLOW THE MONEY
Visible prices do not reveal margins
Manufacturer → local subsidiary → distributor → clinic/pharmacy → consumer
Transfer prices/rebates undisclosed: cannot compute
Excess Margin Risk
Manufacturing/distribution costs unknown: not assessed
Investigation Priority
Verify dose, price type, date and inclusions first
Local systems, negotiated discounts, patents, regulation and clinical services may contribute to price differences. Public data here cannot quantify each contribution or establish excess profit.
07 / EVIDENCE REPORT
Why these results?
Review date 2026-09-28 · Posted prices are not verified transactions. Price and clinical confidence are separate.
US official materials now list oral Wegovy and 7.2 mg HD. Korean approval/sales were not verified, so they are not mixed into the six Korean comparison products. Korean liraglutide generics and actual efpeglenatide launch remain unverified.
Mounjaro · tirzepatide
Manufacturer / sponsor
Eli Lilly / Lilly Korea · Original
Korean status
Korea supply confirmed: 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 mg; 12.5/15 mg not confirmed.
Adjunct to weight management in adults with obesity, or overweight with qualifying comorbidity. Check the local label and clinician assessment.
Label schedule reference
Korean label: 2.5 mg weekly for 4 weeks, then 5 mg. Further 2.5 mg increments at intervals of at least 4 weeks are clinician-directed, maximum 15 mg. Not a personal schedule.
Currax (US sponsor) / Kwangdong Korean introduction; factory unverified · Original
Korean status
Korean introduction/label documented; current stock and distribution need confirmation
Country brands
KR: Contrave / US: Contrave / UK: Mysimba
Indication
Adjunct to weight management in adults with obesity, or overweight with qualifying comorbidity. Check the local label and clinician assessment.
Label schedule reference
US label: week 1 one morning tablet; week 2 one twice daily; week 3 two morning/one evening; week 4 two twice daily. Verify local label and contraindications.
Trial / n / baseline / response / dropout / time-course: Not verified
Qsymia · phentermine + topiramate
Manufacturer / sponsor
VIVUS / Alvogen Korea · Original
Korean status
Korean introduction/label documented; current stock and distribution need confirmation
Country brands
KR: Qsymia / US: Qsymia
Indication
Adjunct to weight management in adults with obesity, or overweight with qualifying comorbidity. Check the local label and clinician assessment.
Label schedule reference
US label: 3.75/23 mg daily for 14 days, then 7.5/46 mg. Subsequent assessment, adjustment and tapering require a clinician. Serious pregnancy and abrupt-withdrawal risks.
Health insurance pays part of the cost under defined conditions.
비급여 / non-covered ⓘ
Not covered by the health insurer; prices can vary by provider.
본인부담금 / copay ⓘ
The amount you pay after insurance.
약가 / drug price ⓘ
A drug price; distinguish reimbursement tariff from actual purchase cost.
공급가 / supply price ⓘ
The price charged to the next participant in the supply chain.
실구매가 / paid price ⓘ
What was actually paid, with discounts and extras accounted for.
현금가 / cash price ⓘ
A self-pay price without insurance, not necessarily paid with physical cash.
경구 / oral ⓘ
Medicine taken by mouth.
주사제 / injection ⓘ
Medicine delivered by injection.
주 1회 / weekly ⓘ
Once every seven days. Four weeks is shorter than a calendar month.
1일 1회 / daily ⓘ
Taken or administered once each day.
dose / 용량 ⓘ
The amount of medicine per administration or day.
증량 / escalation ⓘ
A clinician-directed increase in dose over time.
유지용량 / maintenance ⓘ
The ongoing dose after initiation; individual plans can differ.
적응증 / indication ⓘ
The approved condition and population for a medicine.
성분 / ingredient ⓘ
The substance producing the medicinal action.
제네릭 / generic ⓘ
A later approved medicine with the same active ingredient.
오리지널 / original ⓘ
The originally developed medicine or brand family.
임상시험 / clinical trial ⓘ
A study of treatment effects and safety in people under defined conditions.
평균 감량률 / mean loss ⓘ
Average weight change in a trial; not a promise about your outcome.
responder ⓘ
A participant meeting a predefined weight-loss threshold.
baseline ⓘ
The condition at the start of a study or observation.
BMI ⓘ
Weight in kg divided by height in metres squared; not a prescription decision.
체지방률 / body fat ⓘ
The proportion of body weight that is fat; not used to predict response here.
list price ⓘ
A price before discounts or rebates.
public price ⓘ
A public tariff, not necessarily what a patient pays.
observed price ⓘ
A price observed at a particular provider and time; not a national average.
누적비용 / cumulative ⓘ
All costs added up from the start to a given time.
월평균 / monthly average ⓘ
Total cost divided by the number of months in the same comparison period.
1kg당 비용 / cost per kg ⓘ
Budget divided by target kg lost; not a guaranteed price of achieving that loss.
1% 감량당 비용 ⓘ
Budget divided by target percentage points lost; a planning ratio.
일시불 / upfront ⓘ
A scenario where costs are paid in one payment.
할부 / installments ⓘ
Payments spread over time; consider the total financing cost.
무이자 할부 / zero interest ⓘ
Installments with zero interest; availability must be confirmed with the provider.
선결제 / prepayment ⓘ
Money paid before a service; check cancellation and refund terms.
LOW / TYPICAL / HIGH ⓘ
Price ranges requiring a defined sample; not invented when data are absent.
Official ⓘ
An official source; an official tariff is not necessarily a patient price.
Verified observation ⓘ
An observation cross-checked against additional evidence.
Observed ⓘ
Observed in a posting; an actual transaction has not been verified.
Estimated ⓘ
A calculated value based on stated assumptions.
User-reported ⓘ
A user report, not established fact without independent verification.
Unverified / Unknown ⓘ
Unverified or missing data. It does not mean zero cost.
95% CI ⓘ
Uncertainty around a group estimate, not a range of individual outcomes.
PRICE OBSERVATORY
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Reviewed user observations
Raw reports stay private. Report volume alone never earns HIGH confidence.
FAQ
Does AMS recommend the best medicine?
No. AMS compares budgets and public evidence; it does not prescribe or rank efficacy.
Why is there no target attainment month?
A trial average cannot establish an individual trajectory. A planned budget is different from a treatment outcome.
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