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Liraglutide Reviews: Real Experiences, Sorted by Outcome

Liraglutide reviews: what people report, grouped by theme, next to what the trials found.

Active ingredient
liraglutide
Liraglutide reviews: a notebook and a weekly GLP-1 pen on a kitchen table

A quick look at Saxenda

How long it remains in the body
100%50%25%0%013 h26 h39 h2.2 d2.7 d50%25%12.5%time after the dose

The half-life is about 13 hours: after 13 h, half is gone, and after five half-lives (2.7 d) about 3% is left.

How much weight was lost in its main trial
Saxenda (SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes)7.4%Placebo3%

In SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes, 56 weeks, people lost 7.4% of body weight, compared with 3% on placebo.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed).