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Understand your options, before you start.

Clear, clinician-reviewed guides to GLP-1 therapy, weight care and the questions everyone asks first — written in plain language, with no pressure to buy anything.

What you'll find here

  • How the medications actually work — the science, briefly
  • Honest, side-by-side treatment comparisons
  • An interactive eligibility & BMI checker
  • What things cost in Canada, and what insurance covers

Guides & explainers

All guides
Getting started · Interactive

Am I eligible for GLP-1 therapy?

Check your BMI and see where you'd sit against the clinical criteria — in about thirty seconds.

Interactive tool
Coming soon Treatment · Safety

Side effects, and how to manage them

What's common, what's not, and the simple habits that keep the first few weeks comfortable.

7 min read
Coming soon Medications · Canada

Generic semaglutide in Canada

What generic availability means, the patent timeline, and how to tell quality sources from grey-market ones.

6 min read
Science · Mechanism

How GLP-1s work

The three quiet, simultaneous ways these medications change appetite and digestion.

9 min read
Coming soon Cost · Coverage

Insurance & coverage in Canada

Which private plans help, what public coverage exists, and how to submit for reimbursement.

8 min read
Coming soon Getting started · What to expect

Your first 12 weeks

A week-by-week look at titration, what changes when, and the milestones to expect.

5 min read

Compare treatments

All comparisons
Ozempicsemaglutide vs Wegovysemaglutide

Same molecule, two different approvals. We break down dosing, indications and what it means for weight care.

7 min read
Coming soon
Mounjarotirzepatide vs Ozempicsemaglutide

Dual-hormone tirzepatide versus single-hormone semaglutide — how the mechanisms and results differ.

7 min read
Coming soon
Wegovysemaglutide vs Zepboundtirzepatide

Two weight-management approvals compared head to head on dosing, trial data and availability.

8 min read
01 — Start here

New to GLP-1 care

The essentials, in the order most people ask them.

02 — Treatment

How treatment works

Mechanism, safety and managing the early weeks.

The three ways GLP-1s change appetite

Hunger, digestion & blood sugar

9 min

Side effects & how to manage them

What's common, what's not

Soon

Generic semaglutide in Canada

Compounding, patents & quality

Soon
03 — Compare

Compare treatments

Neutral, side-by-side breakdowns of the options people weigh most.

Ozempic vs Wegovy

Same molecule, two approvals

7 min

Mounjaro vs Ozempic

Dual-hormone vs single-hormone

Soon

Wegovy vs Zepbound

Two weight-management approvals

Soon
04 — Cost & coverage

Cost & coverage

What treatment costs in Canada, and how to get help paying for it.

Insurance & coverage in Canada

Private plans, public coverage, claims

Soon

What does it actually cost?

Branded vs generic pricing

Soon
Interactive tool

Could GLP-1 therapy be right for you?

Enter your height and weight to see your BMI and where you'd sit against the clinical eligibility criteria. No account, no email — just a starting point for a conversation with a clinician.

Check my eligibility
Your BMI
CategoryWeight range
EligibilityReviewed by a clinician

For information only. The guides in Wexi Learn are educational and are not a substitute for personalized medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. GLP-1 medications are available by prescription only and are not appropriate for everyone; eligibility, dosing and safety are always determined by a licensed clinician who reviews your full history. Always read your patient information leaflet and speak with your Wexi care team before starting, stopping or changing any therapy. Trademarks. Ozempic® and Wegovy® are registered trademarks of Novo Nordisk A/S; Mounjaro® and Zepbound® are registered trademarks of Eli Lilly and Company. Wexi is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by these companies. Brand names are used for identification and comparison only.