Semaglutide is the active ingredient in several products with different approved uses and instructions. Wegovy provides weight-management options.
Book an appointment2 Million+
Patients served
200,000+
5-star Reviews
12+
Years in operation
300+
Team members and growing
Book Online
Modern. Clean. Extended hours.
Coverage depends on your exact plan, clinician, location and service. Check participation and expected charges with the clinic and your insurer before booking.
Astoria, Queens, NY
Call before traveling and name the exact service and location. Confirm the appointment, provider, records, tests, and medicine arrangements. A general walk-in visit does not guarantee a prescription, administration, specialist treatment, or a dietitian appointment that day.
Semaglutide is the active ingredient in several products with different approved uses and instructions. Wegovy provides weight-management options. Ozempic injection and Ozempic tablets/Rybelsus are diabetes products. Choosing a product requires more than choosing the ingredient.
Semaglutide activates the GLP-1 receptor. It affects appetite, slows stomach emptying, and helps glucose regulation. The brand, route, dose, and diagnosis determine the approved use. Tablets and injections cannot be exchanged milligram for milligram.
Wegovy injection includes adults with obesity, selected adults with overweight, and children 12 and older with obesity. Wegovy tablets have adult indications. Ozempic products treat adults with type 2 diabetes, with additional product-specific indications. Compounded products are not FDA-approved equivalents.
Review whether the goal is diabetes, weight, cardiovascular risk, or qualifying MASH care. Select the exact approved product, review medical risks and insurance requirements, and teach its use. Set a nutrition and monitoring plan. A switch or restart after an interruption needs prescriber review.
Bring your weight and treatment history, medicines and supplements, relevant glucose, kidney, and lipid results, and the exact product you have used before. Mention previous side effects, eye disease, eating difficulties, and pregnancy plans. If insurance denied treatment, bring the denial and plan details.
Review a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer, MEN 2, severe stomach-emptying problems, pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, allergies, and pregnancy plans before treatment. Nausea, vomiting, constipation, or diarrhea can occur. Persistent severe abdominal pain or inability to keep fluids down needs emergency department assessment now. Call 911 for breathing difficulty, a severe allergic reaction, loss of consciousness or unsafe travel. Tell the anesthesia team about treatment before a procedure. Do not combine GLP-1 medicines or change the dose yourself. For weight treatment, stop semaglutide at least two months before a planned pregnancy with prescriber guidance. Do not buy “research use only” products or assume compounded concentrations and syringe units are interchangeable.
Review weight trend, appetite, food and fluid intake, bowel symptoms, and treatment tolerability. Check glucose and adjust other diabetes medicines with the prescriber when relevant. Agree on how to contact the team between visits and what to do if a refill is delayed. Continued treatment depends on benefit, safety, access, and your goals.
Confirm the exact service, clinician, formulation, appointment, and refill route before booking. The evaluation, tests, medicine, administration, and follow-up may have separate costs and benefits. Ask for current estimates and required records. An FDA-approved drug or a clinic address does not establish pharmacy stock, onsite treatment, coverage, or a prescription. If access changes, contact the treating team before interrupting treatment.
Nao Medical Astoria: 37-15 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY 11105. Call +1-917-310-3371 to confirm the specific service, clinician and appointment before travelling.
Contact the clinic to confirm this service, the clinician and appointment preparation. General clinic hours may differ from service appointment times.
If this location is not the best fit for your schedule, you can also review the main program overview, the semaglutide treatment overview, the insurance guide, the cost guide, or the medical weight-loss overview.
Enter your phone number to begin scheduling your appointment.
You will be redirected to complete the appointment booking. Next: Book Appointment
Nao Medical will never sell your information to a third party.
The visit, laboratory tests, and medicine can have different coverage rules. Ask the plan about the exact brand and indication, exclusions, prior authorization, required records, deductible, copay, and dispensing route. Bring a denial for review of its specific reason. Nao Medical or the prescriber cannot guarantee approval. Confirm current participation and costs before booking.
Wegovy injection includes adults with obesity, selected adults with overweight, and children 12 and older with obesity. Wegovy tablets have adult indications. Ozempic products treat adults with type 2 diabetes, with additional product-specific indications. Compounded products are not FDA-approved equivalents.
Review a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer, MEN 2, severe stomach-emptying problems, pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, allergies, and pregnancy plans before treatment. Nausea, vomiting, constipation, or diarrhea can occur. Persistent severe abdominal pain or inability to keep fluids down needs emergency department assessment now. Call 911 for breathing difficulty, a severe allergic reaction, loss of consciousness or unsafe travel. Tell the anesthesia team about treatment before a procedure. Do not combine GLP-1 medicines or change the dose yourself. For weight treatment, stop semaglutide at least two months before a planned pregnancy with prescriber guidance. Do not buy “research use only” products or assume compounded concentrations and syringe units are interchangeable.
Review weight trend, appetite, food and fluid intake, bowel symptoms, and treatment tolerability. Check glucose and adjust other diabetes medicines with the prescriber when relevant. Agree on how to contact the team between visits and what to do if a refill is delayed. Continued treatment depends on benefit, safety, access, and your goals.
(917) 310-3371
