GLP-1 taper calculator
Enter the taper schedule your prescriber gave you for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound, and more, and see it on a dated timeline to review and bring to your next visit. Free, private, and educational. It never creates or recommends a dose.
Enter the plan your prescriber gave you. This tool does not create, recommend, or adjust a taper or a dose. It only organizes the schedule your clinician already set so you can review it and ask better questions. Never start, stop, or change a dose on your own.
Enter the doses and dates your prescriber gave you to see your plan on a timeline.
Educational only, not medical advice. This tool organizes a plan a prescriber gave you, it does not create one or recommend a dose. Only your clinician can set or change a taper. Stopping or changing a dose without medical guidance can be unsafe. Bring this picture to your appointment.
How to use the taper calculator
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Enter the steps your prescriber gave you
Add each stage of the schedule your clinician set: the dose and the date it begins. GLP-Done never fills in or suggests a dose, you type in exactly what you were prescribed. Nothing is sent anywhere.
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Add the day you go off
Include the date your prescriber set for your final dose or going off (enter a dose of 0), so the whole plan sits in one place.
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Review it and bring better questions
See your prescribed plan on a dated timeline, then use it to ask your clinician about timing, symptoms, and what to watch for. They remain the only one who sets or changes a dose.
Tips for a smoother taper
The taper is only half the job. These are the things that make the step-down gentler and the weight more likely to stay off, all to plan with your clinician.
Let your prescriber set the real numbers
An even step-down is the simplest shape to picture, but it is not the only one. Your clinician may hold a dose longer, add a step, or pause if symptoms spike. Treat this as the opening draft, not the final plan.
Build the four pillars before your last dose
Protein, strength training, sleep, and steady habits are what hold weight after the medication is gone. Put them in place while appetite is still suppressed, not after hunger returns.
Don't rush the lowest steps
For many people the final, smallest doses are where appetite and food noise come back hardest. A slower glide near the bottom can be gentler than a sharp final drop.
Weigh in regularly once you start
A weekly weigh-in catches a small uptick while it is still easy to reverse. A few pounds back is physiology, not failure, and it is far easier to address early.
Plan for appetite to return
Hunger and 'food noise' often climb as the dose falls. Decide your protein-first meals, grocery defaults, and movement routine in advance so the plan runs on autopilot.
Keep notes for your appointments
Track hunger, nausea, energy, and weight as you step down. Concrete notes help your clinician decide whether to hold, slow, or continue.
Track your taper
Take the plan with you, in GLP-Done
The free app turns this picture into a daily companion: see exactly which stretch you are on, what comes next, and the date you go off, right on your home screen. Then it helps you hold the line with protein, strength, sleep, and habit check-ins.
- Your step-down, on your home screen, always in view
- Daily check-ins for the four habits that prevent regain
- Private by design: on-device, no account required
Why plan a GLP-1 taper at all?
GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) work largely by quieting appetite. When you stop, that appetite signal returns, which is exactly why the months around stopping are the highest-risk window for regain. A taper does not change that biology, but a plan does change how ready you are for it.
Stepping a dose down gradually, under a clinician's guidance, can soften the rebound in hunger that many people feel after stopping abruptly. Just as important is using the taper window to lock in the habits that hold weight: a daily protein target, resistance training to protect muscle, consistent sleep, and a routine you can keep once the medication is gone.
This calculator is a conversation tool. It takes the schedule your prescriber gave you and turns it into a concrete, dated picture you can keep in front of you and review at each visit: every step, the dates, and when you reach off. It never sets or changes that schedule, your clinician does. For the bigger picture, read our guides on how to taper off a GLP-1 and the first 90 days off the pen.
Prefer a simpler view of just the shape of a taper? Try the taper visualizer. Working on protein? Use the protein calculator.
Taper calculator FAQs
How does the GLP-1 taper calculator work?
You enter the taper schedule your prescriber gave you, one step at a time: the dose and the date it begins. The tool sorts those steps, draws them on a dated timeline, and shows the day you would go off. It does not create, recommend, or adjust a schedule, it only organizes the plan you were prescribed. It runs entirely in your browser and stores nothing.
Is this a dosing schedule I should follow?
No, and it does not generate one. It only displays the plan your prescriber already gave you so you can review it and ask better questions. Only your clinician can decide whether, when, and how to change a dose. Stopping or changing a GLP-1 dose without medical guidance can be unsafe.
How long should a GLP-1 taper take?
There is no single right answer, and it is a decision for you and your prescriber. Tapers commonly range from a few weeks to a few months depending on your dose, how long you have been on the medication, your reasons for stopping, and how you respond at each step. Bring any length you are considering to your clinician.
Can I save my plan and get reminders?
Yes, in the free GLP-Done iOS app. You enter the schedule your prescriber gave you, confirm a licensed clinician approved it, and the app keeps it in front of you with optional reminders on each step date. On the web it is organize-and-review only, nothing is stored.
Should I taper off Ozempic or stop cold turkey?
That is a question for your prescriber. In general, a gradual step-down may soften the rebound in appetite that many people feel after stopping, compared with stopping abruptly. What matters most is the plan you build for keeping weight off, which is the part you control.
Can I use this for Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound, and others?
Yes. You can organize a plan for semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus), tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound), and liraglutide (Saxenda). Whatever the medication, you enter the doses and dates your prescriber set, the tool only lays them out.
Will I regain weight after I stop?
Some regain is common and is physiology, not personal failure: GLP-1 medications quiet appetite, and that effect fades when they stop. The degree is reducible. Protein, resistance training, sleep, and consistent habits meaningfully blunt regain. Read more in our guide on why weight comes back after GLP-1.
Is microdosing the same as tapering?
No. Tapering is a clinician-guided step-down toward stopping. Microdosing usually refers to taking sub-approved doses on your own, which is not a recommended practice. Bring any dosing question to your prescriber.