Victoza and Alcohol: Is It Safe? Label, Studies
No alcohol interaction is listed, but drinking can worsen nausea and add to low blood sugar risk.
- Verdict
- Fine with care
- Label names it
- No
Check a GLP-1 interaction
Victoza in brief
Half-life: about 13 hours. After 13 h, half is gone, and about 3% remains after five half-lives (2.7 d).
In the LEAD-3 trial of 52 weeks, people with type 2 diabetes lost 2.5 kg, while those on placebo lost 1.1 kg.
From FDA label on DailyMed.
Alcohol with Victoza: the verdict
Fine with care
The Victoza label does not list any interaction with alcohol. According to NIAAA, taking diabetes medicines with alcohol can lead to blood sugar that is abnormally low.
What the Victoza label says
No line on alcohol. If you drink at all, the warning to watch most closely is kidney injury from losing fluid. Vomiting or diarrhea can cause fluid loss, and that fluid loss can cause kidney injury. If you lose a lot of fluid, report it and drink fluids.
From FDA label on DailyMed.
What studies show
- Drug Interactions section label section
- nausea and vomiting come from mixing them
- an effect involving abnormally low blood sugar and diabetes medicines
- Acute Pancreatitis warning in the label
- Alcohol abuse counts as a pancreatitis risk factor
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), niaaa.nih.gov.
The practical rule
Keep drinking light if you drink, have some food with it, and get care for severe stomach pain that will not go away.
From FDA label on DailyMed.
Alcohol with other GLP-1s
None of the 10 GLP-1 labels name Alcohol in the drug interaction section.
This question also applies to Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus, Mounjaro, Zepbound, Trulicity, Saxenda.