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Foundayo ™ (orforglipron) tablet

0.8 mg / 2.5 mg / 5.5 mg / 9 mg / 14.5 mg / 17.2 mg

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This information is provided in response to your request. Resources may contain information about doses, uses, formulations and populations different from product labeling. See Prescribing Information above, if applicable.

Can Foundayo™ (orforglipron) be used in patients with previous weight loss surgery?

Orforglipron has not been studied in participants who had a prior or planned surgical treatment or procedure for obesity. Lilly cannot provide recommendations on the use of orforglipron in people who have undergone a surgery or procedure for obesity.

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Orforglipron Use in People With Weight Loss Surgeries

In the orforglipron phase 3 studies in adults with obesity or overweight, ATTAIN-1 and ATTAIN-2, participants were excluded if they had a prior or planned

  • surgical treatment or procedure for obesity performed within 1 year prior to screening, or
  • endoscopic (for example, mucosal ablation or gastric artery embolization) and/or device-based (for example, lap band, intragastric balloon, or duodenal-jejunal endoluminal liner) therapy for obesity.1,2

Participants were allowed to participate in clinical trials if

  • they had liposuction, abdominoplasty, or cryolipolysis >1 year prior to screening, or
  • device removal was >180 days prior to screening.1,2

Eli Lilly and Company cannot provide a recommendation on whether to use orforglipron in a patient who has undergone a prior weight loss surgery or procedure. The treating physician may use

  • the information provided
  • the patient’s prior medical history and concomitant medications, and
  • other individual factors in developing a treatment plan.

The treating physician should consider potential risks and benefits of treatment options and monitor appropriately.

Enclosed Prescribing Information

FOUNDAYO™ (orforglipron) tablets, for oral use, Lilly

References

The published references below are available by contacting 1-800-LillyRx (1-800-545-5979).

  1. Wharton S, Aronne LJ, Stefanski A, et al; ATTAIN-1 Trial Investigators. Orforglipron, an oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist for obesity treatment. N Engl J Med. 2025;393(18):1796-1806. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2511774
  2. Horn DB, Ryan DH, Giljanovic Kis S, et al; ATTAIN-2 Trial Investigators. Orforglipron, an oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist, for the treatment of obesity in people with type 2 diabetes (ATTAIN-2): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2025;406(10522):2927-2944. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)02165-8.

Date of Last Review: April 01, 2026

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