Saxenda (liraglutide) is a brand-name drug prescribed for weight management in adults and some children. Saxenda comes as an injection pen that’s typically used once per day. Your doctor will ...

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Saxenda (liraglutide) is a prescription-only injectable medication in the same class as Ozempic (semaglutide). However, unlike Ozempic, Saxenda is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

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Saxenda (liraglutide) and Wegovy (semaglutide) are prescription drugs used for weight loss and weight management. Both drugs come as a liquid solution injected under your skin. Saxenda is available in ...

Patients in the U.S. now have access to the first generic GLP-1 treatment approved for weight loss as Teva has launched its copycat of Novo Nordisk’s injected Saxenda (liraglutide). The compound, ...

A new injectable drug, aimed at helping obese and seriously overweight people who have other weight-related health conditions, has proven effective in a new round of testing. The drug, called ...

Saxenda is a brand-name subcutaneous injection that doctors often prescribe to help some people lose weight. You should keep opened Saxenda pens in the refrigerator but dispose of them after 30 days.

More than half of people prescribed weight-loss drugs Saxenda and Wegovy over the past decade ended their treatment too early to realize meaningful health benefits, according to a study by a major U.S ...

The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study (N=9340) evaluated the time from randomization to first occurrence of major adverse CV events (MACE) (non-fatal heart attack, non ...

After Novo Nordisk’s popular obesity medicine Wegovy went into short supply, people turned to the company’s first-generation weight-loss drug, Saxenda, for treatment. Now, the company is struggling to ...

Trish Webster died of acute gastrointestinal illness after several months of taking Ozempic and Saxenda Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard ...