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Liraglutide in Canada: Price, Legality

Liraglutide canada: the realistic routes to a prescription and a pharmacy, and how they compare.

Active ingredient
liraglutide

Saxenda: key facts

Time the drug stays in your body
100%50%25%0%013 h26 h39 h2.2 d2.7 d50%25%12.5%time after the dose

Its half-life is about 13 hours, so after 13 h only half remains, and by five half-lives (2.7 d) about 3% is left.

Weight loss in the main trial
Saxenda (SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes)7.4%Placebo3%

In the SCALE (Obesity and Prediabetes, 56 weeks) trial, the body weight figure was 7.4%, against 3% on placebo.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed).