Victoza 6mg/ml solution for injection in a prefilled pen, 2x3ml , Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH , Victoza

Victoza 6mg/ml solution for injection in a prefilled pen, 2x3ml , Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH

Indication

  The medicine contains the active ingredient liraglutide. It helps your body to lower blood sugar levels when they are too high. The medicine also slows down the passage of food through your stomach and can help prevent heart disease.
It is used alone when your blood sugar levels are not adequately controlled by diet and exercise alone and when you cannot use metformin (another antidiabetic medicine).
It is used together with other medicines to treat diabetes when these are not enough to control your blood sugar levels. These may include:
Oral antidiabetics (such as metformin, pioglitazone, sulfonylurea, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i)) and/or insulin.

Contraindication

  The medicine must not be used
if you are allergic to liraglutide or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

Dosage

  Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. If you are not sure, check with your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
The starting dose is 0.6 mg once daily for at least one week.
Your doctor will tell you when to increase the dose to 1.2 mg once daily.
Your doctor may direct you to further increase the dose to 1.8 mg once daily if a dose of 1.2 mg does not provide sufficient control of blood sugar levels.
Do not change your dose unless your doctor tells you to.
If you have used more than you should
If you use more of this medicine than you should, tell your doctor straight away. You may need immediate medical attention. You may experience nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
If you have forgotten to use
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember.
However, if more than 12 hours have passed since the missed dose, skip the missed dose and inject the next dose as usual the following day.
Do not inject an extra dose and do not increase the dose the following day to make up for the missed dose.
If you cancel the application
Do not stop using this medicine without consulting your doctor. If you stop taking it, your blood sugar level may rise.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.