Victoza and Coffee: Is It Safe? Label, Studies
No caffeine interaction is listed; normal amounts of coffee are fine for most adults.
- Verdict
- Combining them is generally fine
- Label names it
- No
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A quick look at Victoza
Its half-life is about 13 hours. After 13 h, half is gone, and five half-lives leave about 3% behind (2.7 d).
In LEAD-3, people with type 2 diabetes lost 2.5 kg over 52 weeks, compared with 1.1 kg on placebo.
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed).
The verdict on Coffee and Victoza
Combining them is generally fine
The Victoza label lists no caffeine interaction. According to the FDA, 400 milligrams of caffeine each day, about two to three cups of coffee, is not usually linked with harm in healthy adults.
What the Victoza label says
No line on coffee. For anything you drink, the most important warning concerns kidney injury from fluid loss. If vomiting or diarrhea causes fluid loss, kidney injury can result. Report heavy fluid loss and continue drinking fluids.
Source: FDA label (DailyMed).
What the studies show
- The label's Drug Interactions section, according to the
- 400 mg caffeine per day
- The label warning about Acute Kidney Injury Due to Volume Depletion,
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), FDA.
The practical rule
If coffee makes nausea or heartburn worse, drink more water and reduce your coffee intake, because vomiting and diarrhea can dehydrate you.
Source: FDA label (DailyMed).
Coffee with other GLP-1s
No drug interaction section in any of the 10 GLP-1 labels mentions Coffee, so every drug in this class gives the same answer.
Here, too, the question is unchanged for Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus, Mounjaro, Zepbound, Trulicity, Saxenda.