Ozempic® and Wegovy® tracker: what to log for each shot

What should an Ozempic or Wegovy tracker record?

Each entry needs the product, the dose as the label states it, the real date and time, the site and a short note on how you felt. That’s enough to answer the questions that come up at an appointment: what you took, when, where, and what followed.

Ozempic and Wegovy are both weekly semaglutide injections that come in prefilled pens. Because the routine repeats every week, the details blur fast. By week six, “I think it was Monday” is the best most of us can do. A tracker replaces that guess with a line you can trust.

Keep each line short. A tracker you fill in every week beats a detailed one you abandon in March. For the bigger picture of what any GLP-1 record can hold, from weight to meals, see our GLP-1 medication tracker guide.

How do Ozempic and Wegovy records differ?

They differ only in the product name and what the label says. The fields are the same, because both are weekly semaglutide pens. What changes is the brand, the dose printed on your label, and the instructions that come with each product.

That last part matters more than it sounds. Ozempic and Wegovy have separate prescribing information, approved for different uses, with their own dose steps and their own missed-dose wording. Two people on “semaglutide” can be following quite different instructions. So write the brand, not just the ingredient. “Semaglutide, 1 mg” leaves your clinician guessing. “Ozempic, as on label” doesn’t.

A few habits keep the two apart cleanly:

• One product per line. If your prescription switches from one brand to the other, start a new line with the new name and the date of the change.
• Write who changed it. “Switched to Wegovy, per my prescriber, Oct 3” answers the question before anyone asks it.
• Note the form. Semaglutide also comes as tablets, including Rybelsus® and Wegovy® tablets. Pills need a slightly different log, with no site column. Our guide to the oral GLP-1 pill log covers that.

Want the full checklist, including compounded semaglutide and why exact times matter for each label’s missed-dose rules? That lives in our semaglutide injection log guide. This page is the short version for brand-name pens.

What does a month of shots look like?

A month is four or five short lines, one per weekly shot, with a note only when something was different. The example below is made up. The dose column says “as on label” on purpose: copy your own label, every time.

Notice the empty cells. Quiet weeks are useful too: they show what normal looks like for you. And the open question is written down instead of guessed at, ready for the next visit.

Prefer a pen and paper? Our printable GLP-1 shot and site log is a free PDF with the same columns.

Why keep pen and supply notes?

Pen notes explain the gaps a dose list can’t. When you started a new pen, when a refill was late, or when a pen looked wrong, those are the facts your pharmacist needs, and they’re the first to slip from memory.

Ozempic pens, for example, come in more than one strength, and the label on each carton says which one you have. Your log doesn’t need to explain pens. It just needs to record what happened. Useful supply notes include:

• The date you started a new pen.
• A refill ordered, picked up or delayed.
• A pen that looked damaged, or a label you weren’t sure about.
• Who you asked about it, and what they said.

Questions about how a pen works, how to store it or how many doses it holds go to your pharmacist and the Instructions for Use that came in the box. The log is where you write down the answer, not where you look for it.

Where do injection sites fit in?

A site column is a memory aid for following your rotation instructions. MedlinePlus lists the upper arm, thigh and stomach as places for semaglutide injections and says to use a different site for each injection.

Write the body area and the side, like “thigh, left.” Over a month you’ll see at a glance whether you keep landing on the same spot, and whether a bruise or a red patch followed a particular shot. A site note can’t tell you why a reaction happened. Ask your clinician about redness, swelling or pain that sticks around. For a simple way to plan and record sites, read our injection site rotation log guide.

How do you share the log with your clinician?

Bring the last four to eight weeks of entries, your open questions and any symptom notes, on a page or two. A short, tidy record lets your clinician see the pattern in minutes instead of rebuilding it from memory.

• Lead with changes. A new brand, a new dose on the label, a late shot or a switch of dose day go first.
• Keep facts and guesses apart. “Nausea Tuesday evening, two hours” is a fact. “The higher dose is too much” is a question for the visit.
• List your questions. Write them as you go, so they don’t vanish in the waiting room.

Our guide to a progress report for your doctor shows how to fit doses, weight, meals and symptoms on one page.

What a tracker should never decide

A tracker records what happened. It should never tell you which dose to take, when to move up, or what to do after a missed or late shot. Those answers depend on your product, your label and your prescriber.

If a shot slips, log what happened: the day it was due, when you noticed, and when (or whether) you took it. Then check your Medication Guide or call your pharmacist. MedlinePlus says to read the Medication Guide and ask your doctor or pharmacist about anything you don’t understand. That’s good advice for every line of your log, too.

How PenPal tracks Ozempic and Wegovy

PenPal records the same fields as the table above. You pick Ozempic or Wegovy from the medication list, enter the dose the way your label reads, set the date and time, and tap the site on a body map. How you felt goes in a separate Body Check-In. PenPal never converts units or calculates a dose.

• Products: Ozempic, Wegovy and Wegovy HD are in the list, alongside other GLP-1 medicines and their tablet forms.
• Weekly schedule: set your dose day and turn on a reminder for a heads-up a few hours before each dose.
• Late doses: change the date and time so the log shows when you really injected.
• Sites: the body map remembers past sites and shows the one you used longest ago as next in your rotation.
• Supply: keep a count of the doses you have at home and see roughly when you’ll need a refill.
• Check-ins: log nausea, fatigue and other symptoms as mild, moderate or severe.
• Sharing: export a PDF progress report with your doses, sites and symptoms for the dates you choose.

PenPal follows your plan; it doesn’t make one. If your prescriber changes something, update it the same way you’d update a paper log. See how the GLP-1 shot tracker works.

Ozempic and Wegovy are semaglutide products made by Novo Nordisk. PenPal is not affiliated with Novo Nordisk.