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Re: VICTOZA
Humph.
Whilst I agree you are probably better to take your dose in the morning, I am afraid what you have said is not correct....... Who was it that gave you that information ? It is totally at odds with the official information.
This is an extract from the official summary of product characteristics, lodged with the EMEA. The licencing authority.
Method of administration
Victoza is administered once daily at any time, independent of meals, and can be injected subcutaneously in the abdomen, in the thigh or in the upper arm. The injection site and timing can be changed without dose adjustment. However, it is preferable that Victoza is injected around the same time of the day, when the most convenient time of the day has been chosen.
Pharmacodynamic effects.
Liraglutide has 24-hour duration of action and improves glycaemic control by lowering fasting and
postprandial blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Hope that clears things up for everybody.
Humph stated.
The main problem is that liraglutide is only active for around 16 hours, not a full 24 hours.
So if you take it at 10.30pm the drug has worn off by 4.30pm, so you are probably getting little effect with your evening meal, which is usually our larger meal of the day.
I take my dose when I first get up.
Humph.
Whilst I agree you are probably better to take your dose in the morning, I am afraid what you have said is not correct....... Who was it that gave you that information ? It is totally at odds with the official information.
This is an extract from the official summary of product characteristics, lodged with the EMEA. The licencing authority.
Method of administration
Victoza is administered once daily at any time, independent of meals, and can be injected subcutaneously in the abdomen, in the thigh or in the upper arm. The injection site and timing can be changed without dose adjustment. However, it is preferable that Victoza is injected around the same time of the day, when the most convenient time of the day has been chosen.
Pharmacodynamic effects.
Liraglutide has 24-hour duration of action and improves glycaemic control by lowering fasting and
postprandial blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Hope that clears things up for everybody.