Foundayo tracker: log the daily pill and see what is building up
Foundayo is new. The FDA approved it in April 2026, so if you just filled your first box you have more questions than answers. A tracker for this pill has two jobs: keep the daily dose from slipping, and show you what is building up while your body adjusts.
Setva is on its way to the App Store. The curve calculator on this site is free today.
A Foundayo tracker logs your daily orforglipron tablet, reminds you at the same time each day, and estimates the level still in your body from the published half-life of about 29 to 49 hours. Setva does that on your iPhone, adds side effects and weight, and keeps every entry on your device and in your private iCloud.
What Foundayo is and how it is taken
Foundayo is Eli Lilly's brand of orforglipron, an oral non-peptide GLP-1 receptor agonist. The FDA approved it in April 2026 for weight management in adults with obesity, or with overweight and at least one weight related condition. One tablet, once a day.
The label lists 0.8 mg, 2.5 mg, 5.5 mg, 9 mg, 14.5 mg and 17.2 mg, and 17.2 mg is the maximum. The 36 mg figure that turns up in press coverage is a clinical trial dose and is not on the label. Which one you are on, and when that changes, is your prescriber's call.
Unlike oral semaglutide, orforglipron skips the empty stomach rule, the measured water and the 30 minute wait before food. The label allows any time of day, with or without food. That freedom is why a reminder matters more here, not less.
Why a daily pill still has a curve
The label reports a half-life of about 29 to 49 hours, roughly 1.2 to 2.0 days, a range rather than one number. That is longer than a day, so each tablet overlaps the ones before it and the estimated level climbs across the first week instead of resetting every morning.
Because the published figure is a band, a Foundayo curve is a wider estimate than one drawn for semaglutide. Read it as an educational estimate, never as a measurement of your blood.
The curve earns its place around a change. Start the drug, or move to a new strength, and the level keeps climbing for days before it settles. Day three of a change is not day ten.
What a Foundayo tracker actually needs to do
A habit app can put a checkmark on a calendar. Tracking a medication you take every morning is a higher bar.
- Log the tablet in one or two taps, late days included
- Hold the mg you are on and keep the history when it changes
- Estimate the level from the published half-life, and say it is an estimate
- Record side effects with intensity, not a yes or a no
- Show weight as a trend, not daily noise
- Work with no account, because none of this belongs on someone else's server
Side effects and the day they land on
Nausea, fatigue, constipation and reflux come up most with GLP-1 medicines. The hard part is the timing. You remember that last week was rough. You do not remember it was rough on the third and fourth day after your dose changed.
Logging takes a second: tap the chip, set how strong it was, move on. After a few weeks the log answers what memory cannot, and you walk into your next appointment with something concrete.
The reminder problem with a daily tablet
A weekly injection is an event. A daily tablet is background noise, and background noise is what disappears on the morning that goes sideways.
Setva sends one reminder at the time you choose. If you have not logged it a few hours later, you get one more nudge. Never a third, never a guilt line, never a streak to defend.
A missed day shows on the curve sooner than with a weekly drug, because the estimated level halves in a day or two rather than a week. Log it anyway, then ask your prescriber what they want you to do.
Your health data stays on your iPhone
Setva has no accounts and no login, because there is no server to log in to. Your doses, your symptoms and your weight live on your iPhone and in your own private iCloud, and they go nowhere else.
With a medication this new, that matters. What you take is between you and your prescriber.
How Setva tracks Foundayo
Setva is a paid iPhone app for GLP-1 treatment, built for the weekly injection and the daily pill alike. Pick Foundayo, set your dose in mg and your time, and the rest is one tap a day.
You get the curve with the estimate spelled out under it, side effect chips with intensity and the pattern they form, weight with a seven day average, Apple Health, widgets and an Apple Watch app.
Setva is not on the App Store yet. Leave your email in the waitlist form on this page and you will hear from us on launch day. Pricing: 79.99 USD a year or 12.99 USD a week, no trial.
The curve calculator on this site is free today, needs no signup and runs in your browser: https://setva.app/glp-1-calculator
Setva is coming to the App Store. Join the waitlist and you will hear from us once, the day it goes live.
Questions people ask
Is Foundayo approved?
Yes. The FDA approved it in April 2026 for weight management in adults with obesity, or with overweight and at least one weight related condition. It is Eli Lilly's brand of orforglipron, taken once a day.
What is the half-life of Foundayo?
The label reports about 29 to 49 hours, roughly 1.2 to 2.0 days, a range rather than one figure. Setva draws the curve from the middle of that band and marks it as an estimate, not a blood measurement.
Do I have to take Foundayo on an empty stomach?
No. Orforglipron has no food or water timing rules, so the label allows any time of day, with or without food. Follow the instructions your prescriber gave you. Setva reminds you at the time you picked.
Can Setva track Foundayo and an injection?
Yes. Setva handles daily tablets and weekly injections, and stores the dose in mg so the record survives a change. Injection users also get the body map for site rotation.
What happens if I miss a day?
Log it anyway. An honest record is worth more than a clean one. Then ask your prescriber what they want you to do. Setva never tells you to skip, split or double anything.
Will the app tell me if my side effects come from the drug?
No. It shows what you logged and when, including which day of the cycle it landed on. It does not diagnose and it does not replace your prescriber.
This is an educational estimate based on published half-life data, not a measurement of your blood. Never change your dose without your prescriber.