liraglutide

Brand names: Liraglutide

# Consumer-Friendly Overview of Liraglutide Liraglutide is a prescription medicine that helps people manage type 2 diabetes and can also help with weight loss. It works by helping your body control blood sugar levels and can make you feel fuller, which may help you eat less. The medicine is given as an injection that you use at home, usually once a week. Doctors prescribe it when diet and exercise alone aren't enough to control blood sugar or weight. It's important to know some safety tips before using liraglutide. This medicine can slow down how quickly food moves through your stomach, which might affect how well other medicines work in your body—so tell your doctor about all medications you take. Some people may experience side effects like nausea or stomach problems, especially when starting the medicine. You should not use liraglutide if you have a personal or family history of thyroid cancer or a condition called medullary thyroid cancer. Always talk with your doctor about whether this medicine is right for you and follow the instructions carefully.

Known Interactions

7 DRUG INTERACTIONS Effects of delayed gastric emptying on oral medications: Liraglutide injection delays gastric emptying and may impact absorption of concomitantly administered oral medications. ( 7 ) 7.1 Effects of Delayed Gastric Emptying on Oral Medications Liraglutide injection causes a delay of gastric emptying, and thereby has the potential to impact the absorption of concomitantly administered oral medications. In clinical pharmacology trials, liraglutide injection did not affect the absorption of the tested orally administered medications to any clinically relevant degree [see Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.3 )] . Nonetheless, caution should be exercised when oral medications are concomitantly administered with liraglutide injection. 7.2 Concomitant Use with an Insulin Secretagogue (e.g., Sulfonylurea) or with Insulin Liraglutide injection stimulates insulin release in the presence of elevated blood glucose concentrations. Patients receiving liraglutide injection in combination w

Source: FDA-approved drug labeling via openFDA

Most Reported Side Effects (FAERS)

  • NAUSEA7,118 reports
  • BLOOD GLUCOSE INCREASED4,053 reports
  • VOMITING3,447 reports
  • DIARRHOEA3,345 reports
  • PANCREATITIS2,343 reports
  • WEIGHT DECREASED2,115 reports
  • DECREASED APPETITE2,113 reports
  • HEADACHE2,018 reports
  • OFF LABEL USE1,761 reports
  • FATIGUE1,656 reports

Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). Voluntary reports do not establish causation.

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