The dose of other diabetes medications may need to be lowered when you start a GLP-1 agonist. Saxenda and Wegovy are effective GLP-1 agonists that promote weight loss by controlling your appetite ...

Hannah's doctor prescribed Saxenda - part of a group of drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists - and she began the daily injections. Drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Saxenda have swept the globe ...

which are sold under the brand names Saxenda and Wegovy. Nearly 1 in 3 patients halted treatment within four weeks, before the recommended dosage reached the drugs' targeted strength. Because ...

Novo Nordisk’s Saxenda has been recommended by NICE as a treatment for obesity, ending a 10-year drought in new drug therapies for weight management. The cost-effectiveness agency for England ...

In the new SCALE Kids study, which has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a daily 3mg dose of Saxenda reduced the body mass index (BMI) of the children by an average of 5.8% ...

Drugs for weight loss like liraglutide (Saxenda, Victoza ... except Wegovy has a slightly higher maximum dosage. These drugs work by prompting the release of insulin, which manages your blood ...