Wegovy pill maintenance pharmacies in the UK
Reaching your goal weight is where the next problem starts, because many providers stop prescribing once your BMI falls below their entry threshold. These pharmacies have confirmed they continue prescribing below the standard entry BMI.
In one paragraph: there is no single minimum BMI for staying on treatment. Each pharmacy sets its own policy, and the maintenance thresholds confirmed to us range from 19 up to 22.5. That gap is the most important thing to check before you commit to a provider, because being asked to stop at a BMI of 22.5 when another pharmacy would have continued you at 19 is a decision made for you by a policy you never read. Every pharmacy below has passed our manual verification, and each one has confirmed it continues prescribing below its own entry BMI.
What the figures mean
Joining and maintenance thresholds are usually different, and that is normal rather than a trick. A pharmacy will often decline to start someone at a BMI it is perfectly willing to continue an existing patient at, because starting and continuing are different clinical decisions.
Read this before you use the numbers
These thresholds are the maintenance prescribing policies each pharmacy has confirmed to Medstack for its weight management service. Policies can differ between treatments and can change without notice, and a threshold is a policy floor rather than a promise. Prescribing remains a clinical judgement about you, and a pharmacy can decline for reasons unrelated to BMI. Confirm the current position with the pharmacy at consultation before you commit, and treat anything on this page as a starting point for that conversation.
Pharmacies that prescribe for maintenance
Listed from the lowest maintenance BMI upwards. Position reflects that threshold only and is not a ranking of quality, and no pharmacy pays for placement. Pick on service and ongoing price as well as on the lowest number, because a low threshold is worth little if the monthly price is high.
Prices: every pharmacy below has live checked prices for each strength on the Wegovy pill maintenance price list, filtered to these maintenance-friendly providers only.
How to use this if you are close to a threshold
Ask before you need to, not after. If your BMI is heading towards your pharmacy’s maintenance floor, the worst version of this is finding out when a repeat order is declined and you are left without tablets. A short message asking what happens when you reach the threshold gets you a clear answer and time to act.
If the answer is that they will stop, moving is straightforward and does not require permission or a letter from your current provider. Check the switching BMI column above, then follow our guide to switching pharmacy for the evidence to send and how to time the move so you never run out. What maintenance involves clinically is covered in our maintenance guide.
Questions people ask
What is the minimum BMI for Wegovy pill maintenance?
There is no single figure, because it is set by each pharmacy rather than by the licence. The maintenance thresholds confirmed to us run from 19 up to 22.5.
Can a pharmacy stop my prescription once my BMI drops?
A private pharmacy can set its own prescribing policy. What it should not do is leave you to discover that policy at the point of refusal, so ask in advance and get the answer in writing if you can.
Is there a two year limit on treatment?
The two year figure people repeat comes from NHS funding rules rather than a clinical limit in the licence. Private prescribing is not bound by it, although an individual pharmacy may set its own limit.
Why do joining and maintenance thresholds differ?
Because starting treatment and continuing it are different clinical decisions. A pharmacy that will not start you at a given BMI may still be willing to keep an existing patient going at it.
Do lower thresholds mean a better pharmacy?
No. It means a more permissive prescribing policy, which is one factor among several. Ongoing monthly price, service and stock reliability all matter, and a low threshold at a high price is a poor trade.
Check the ongoing price, not just the threshold
A maintenance friendly pharmacy is only useful if you can afford to stay with it. Compare what you will pay every month at your dose before you move.
This page is general information about a prescription only medicine and is not medical advice, a diagnosis or a recommendation to start, stop or change treatment. BMI thresholds are pharmacy policies confirmed to Medstack and can change without notice, so confirm the current position with the pharmacy before ordering. Ogovy does not sell, prescribe or dispense medicines. Ogovy is operated by Medstack Ltd and is independent of every pharmacy it lists.
Sources referenced on this page
Standing primary references for every Ogovy page:
- Wegovy (semaglutide) Summary of Product Characteristics and Patient Information Leaflet, electronic medicines compendium
- MHRA Drug Safety Update: GLP-1 receptor agonists
- NICE TA875: semaglutide for managing overweight and obesity
- General Pharmaceutical Council register of pharmacies
- MHRA Yellow Card scheme
