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Protein on Liraglutide: How Much, Why It Matters

Liraglutide protein: what to eat, what to limit, and why it matters on a GLP-1 medicine.

Active ingredient
liraglutide
Liraglutide protein: a high-protein plate on a GLP-1

Saxenda in brief

How long it lasts 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: after 13 h half is gone, and after five half-lives (2.7 d) about 3% remains.

Amount of weight reduction in the primary trial
Saxenda (SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes)7.4%Placebo3%

The SCALE trial for Obesity and Prediabetes, 56 weeks, reported 7.4% of body weight, while the placebo group was at 3%.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed).

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