Is Victoza the same as liraglutide?

Victoza 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. 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). 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. 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.