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What the FDA label actually says, without the sales pitch
HealthyStudy takes the prescribing information that manufacturers filed with the US Food and Drug Administration and lays it out so it can be read.
Approved uses, strengths, warnings and contraindications, each linked back to the document it came from. We do not sell anything, we do not link to sellers of prescription medication, and we do not tell anyone what to take.
Semaglutide: highlights of the labels
- Wegovy
- Weight management, and cardiovascular risk in heart diseasecovers weight loss
- Ozempic injection
- Type 2 diabetes, with cardiovascular and kidney indicationsnot weight loss
- Rybelsus and Ozempic tablets
- Type 2 diabetesnot weight loss
- Boxed warning
- WARNING: RISK OF THYROID C-CELL TUMORS
The catalog in numbers
- medications
- 26
- FDA labels read
- 40
- side by side comparisons
- 28
- links to sellers
- 0
Browse by problem
Each category lists what the FDA approved for that use and, separately, what people ask about that it never approved. The difference is stated at the top of every page, not in a footnote.
- 9 medications14 comparisons
Weight loss
Weight loss medications and what the FDA label actually saysSemaglutide, Tirzepatide, Liraglutide, Phentermine hydrochloride, Phentermine and topiramate extended-release, Naltrexone hydrochloride and bupropion hydrochloride and 3 more - 5 medications3 comparisons
Hair loss
Hair loss medications and what the FDA label actually saysFinasteride, Minoxidil, Dutasteride, Spironolactone, Ketoconazole - 7 medications7 comparisons
Skin
Acne and rosacea medications, and what the FDA label actually saysTretinoin, Adapalene, Clindamycin phosphate and benzoyl peroxide, Isotretinoin, Doxycycline, Metronidazole and 1 more - 5 medications4 comparisons
Heartburn
Heartburn medications and what the FDA label actually saysOmeprazole, Esomeprazole, Lansoprazole, Pantoprazole, Famotidine
Start with a comparison
Labels exist for every medication. What does not exist is a straight answer to how two of them differ. These pages put the two labels side by side and stop short of saying which is better, because the labels do not say that either.
- Ozempic vs WegovyOzempic and Wegovy both contain semaglutide but hold separate FDA approvals with different indications and maximum doses.
- Rybelsus vs OzempicRybelsus is semaglutide taken as a daily tablet, Ozempic is semaglutide injected weekly. Both are approved for type 2 diabetes and neither for weight loss. From both FDA labels.
- Finasteride vs minoxidilFinasteride and topical minoxidil are the only two ingredients approved by the FDA for pattern hair loss. What each label covers, who it covers and how it is used.
- Propecia vs ProscarPropecia and Proscar are both finasteride, at 1 mg and 5 mg. One is approved for male pattern hair loss, the other for an enlarged prostate.
- Retin-A vs RenovaRetin-A Micro and Renova are both tretinoin, approved by the FDA for different things. What each label covers, and what the Renova label says it does not do.
- Oracea vs ordinary doxycyclineOracea is a 40 mg doxycycline approved for rosacea. Ordinary doxycycline is an antibiotic. What each FDA label covers, and what Oracea says it must not be used for.
- Nexium vs Nexium 24HRNexium and Nexium 24HR are both esomeprazole. One is a prescription medicine for reflux disease and ulcers, the other a 14-day course sold over the counter. From both FDA labels.
- Prilosec OTC vs Nexium 24HRPrilosec OTC is omeprazole, Nexium 24HR is esomeprazole. Both are 20 mg, once daily, for 14 days. What the FDA labels say about the difference, and what they do not.
The other 20 comparisons
- Trulicity vs Ozempic
- Mounjaro vs Zepbound
- Wegovy vs Zepbound
- Contrave vs Qsymia
- Finasteride vs dutasteride
- Mounjaro vs Ozempic
- Saxenda vs Victoza
- Xenical vs Alli
- Phentermine vs Qsymia
- Tretinoin vs adapalene
- Metronidazole vs ivermectin for rosacea
- Isotretinoin vs tretinoin
- Clindamycin with benzoyl peroxide vs adapalene
- Oracea vs Soolantra
- Pepcid AC vs Prilosec OTC
- Protonix vs omeprazole
- Mounjaro vs Wegovy
- Zepbound vs Ozempic
- Metformin vs Ozempic
- Wegovy vs Saxenda
Kept here, nowhere else
When the FDA rewrites a label, it does it quietly
There is no notice, no changelog and no feed. We compare each new revision with the one it replaced and write down what changed.
The full record of label changes- Ozempic injectionapproved uses, warnings and precautions, forms and strengths changed30 July 2026
- 19 labels watched for revisions, checked against DailyMed every third day.RSS
Where this comes from
Facts belong to the regulator. Explanations and comparisons are written by us and marked as ours on the page, next to the paragraph they belong to. Nothing here is written by an anonymous medical reviewer who does not exist.
How we source and what we refuse to publish- 01FetchThe label the manufacturer filed, through openFDA and DailyMed, both published by the US National Library of Medicine.
- 02ExtractApproved uses, strengths, dosing, warnings, contraindications and interactions, taken section by section rather than retyped.
- 03PublishWith the label version, its effective date and a link to the source document on every page it was used on.
The catalog, drawn from itself
One plate per label. Each stripe is a section of the document, each division in a stripe one entry in that section, each red bar a boxed warning.
