Saxenda 6 mg/ml Solution | Pack of 5 Pre-Filled Injector Pens

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Saxenda 6 mg/ml is a weight loss injection that works by reducing your appetite. The active ingredient in Saxenda 6 mg/ml is liraglutide, and it’s similar to a hormone you naturally produce called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).

Saxenda is made by Novo Nordisk as an easy to use pen injection.

For Saxenda to be effective, you need to inject it once a day.

Saxenda 6 mg/ml is one of the only licensed medications that can be prescribed to help you lose weight. The active ingredient mimics the way your natural appetite hormones work. This gives you an effective way to improve weight loss, alongside more physical activity and a lower calorie diet.

Contents of the Saxenda 6 mg/ml Pack. 

The active substance is liraglutide. 1ml solution for injection contains 6mg liraglutide. One pre-filled pen contains 18mg liraglutide.

The other ingredients are disodium phosphate dihydrate, propylene glycol, phenol, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide (for pH adjustment) and water for injections.

What Saxenda looks like and contents of the 6 mg/ml Pack. 

Saxenda 6 mg/ml is supplied as a clear and colourless or almost colourless solution for injection in a pre-filled pen.

Each pen contains 3ml solution and is able to deliver doses of 0.6mg, 1.2mg, 1.8mg, 2.4mg and 3.0 mg.

You can buy cheap saxenda online, available in pack sizes containing 1, 3 or 5 pens. Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Needles are not included.

How to store Saxenda:

Keep Saxenda medication out of the sight and reach of children.

Do not use Saxenda 6 mg/ml after the expiry date which is stated on the pen label and carton after ‘EXP’. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

Before use:

Store in a refrigerator (2°C to 8°C). Do not freeze. Keep away from the freezer compartment.

Once you start using the pen:

You can keep the pen for 1 month when stored at a temperature below 30°C or in a refrigerator (2°C to 8°C). Do not freeze. Keep away from the freezer compartment.

When you are not using the pen, keep the pen cap on in order to protect it from light.

Do not use this medicine if the solution is not clear and colourless or almost colourless.

Where to inject Saxenda 6 mg/ml

Saxenda is given as an injection under the skin (subcutaneous injection).
The best places to inject are the front of your waist (abdomen), the front of your thighs or your upper arm.
Do not inject into a vein or muscle.

How much Saxenda 6 mg/ml Solution is Injected:

Adults

Start treatment at a low dose then gradually increase over the first five weeks of treatment.

Saxenda starting dose is 0.6 mg once a day, for at least one week.

You are instructed to gradually increase dose by 0.6 mg usually each week until you reach the recommended dose of 3.0mg once a day.

Week Dose injected

Week 1 0.6 mg once a day

Week 2 1.2 mg once a day

Week 3 1.8 mg once a day

Week 4 2.4 mg once a day

Week 5 onwards 3.0 mg once a day

Once you reach the recommended dose of 3.0 mg in week 5 of treatment, keep using this dose until your treatment period ends.

Do not increase your dose further.

Adolescents (≥ 12 years)

For adolescents from the age of 12 to below 18 years old a similar dose escalation schedule as for adults should be applied (see above table for adults).

The dose should be increased until 3.0 mg (maintenance dose) or maximum tolerated dose has been reached.

Daily doses higher than 3.0 mg are not recommended.

Side Effects:

The following is a list of some common side effects from this medicine. Please speak with your doctor about what you should do if you experience these or other side effects.

Decreased appetite

Constipation or diarrhea

Ctomach upset or abdominal pain