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Victoza Meal Plan: A Sample Week With Protein Targets

Victoza meal plan: what to eat, what to limit, and why it matters on a GLP-1 medicine.

Active ingredient
liraglutide
Manufacturer
Novo Nordisk
How it is taken
Daily injection
FDA-approved for
Type 2 diabetes, Heart risk
Victoza meal plan: a high-protein plate on a GLP-1

Victoza in brief

How long it remains 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 about 3% remains after five half-lives (2.7 d).

Weight loss in its main trial
Victoza (LEAD-3)2.5 kgPlacebo1.1 kg

LEAD-3, 52 weeks, type 2 diabetes: weight loss was 2.5 kg, compared with 1.1 kg for placebo.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed).