Is Victoza the same as liraglutide?
Victoza is a brand name for liraglutide, the daily GLP-1 drug 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. In LEADER, 9,340 people with type 2 diabetes and high heart risk were followed for about 3.8 years (the middle value). Major heart events happened in 13.0% on liraglutide versus 14.9% on a dummy shot. SCALE enrolled 3,731 adults without diabetes. At 56 weeks, people lost 8.4 kg on average on 3.0 milligrams, versus 2.8 kg on a dummy shot. 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.
Studies in people from the compound pages this answer belongs to
- Liraglutide
- Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes (LEADER) 2016 PMID 27295427
- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of 3.0 mg of Liraglutide in Weight Management (SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes) 2015 PMID 26132939
- Efficacy of Liraglutide for Weight Loss Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The SCALE Diabetes Randomized Clinical Trial 2015 PMID 26284720
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Part of glp-1 and metabolic peptides. Semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, and the rest of the incretin and glucagon receptor family.