Is Saxenda the same as liraglutide?

Saxenda is a brand name for liraglutide, the same daily GLP-1 receptor agonist this site's profile lists as Victoza and Saxenda. They are not the same labeled medicine. Victoza is approved for type 2 diabetes. Saxenda is the chronic weight-management brand. SCALE enrolled 3,731 adults without diabetes and found mean weight loss of 8.4 kg on 3.0 milligrams versus 2.8 kg on placebo at 56 weeks. LEADER followed 9,340 people with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk for a median 3.8 years (major events 13.0% on liraglutide versus 14.9% on placebo). A prescription for one brand is not automatically a prescription for the other. This site does not rank the brands. Full record at /compounds/liraglutide.

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Part of glp-1 and metabolic peptides. Semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, and the rest of the incretin and glucagon receptor family.