Saxenda® 6mg/ml – 3mg Pen (International English)

How should I use Saxenda®?

Inject your dose of Saxenda® under the skin (subcutaneously) in your stomach area (abdomen), upper leg (thigh), or upper arm, as instructed by your health care provider. Do not inject into a vein or muscle.

Saxenda® is injected 1 time each day, at any time during the day.
Change (rotate) your injection site within the area you choose with each injection to reduce your risk of getting lumps under the skin (cutaneous amyloidosis). Do not use the same site for each injection.

Do not share your SAXENDA® pen with other people, even if the needle has been changed. You may give other people a serious infection or get a serious infection from them.

What is the most important information I should know about Saxenda®?
Serious side effects may happen in people who take Saxenda®, including:

Possible thyroid tumors, including cancer. Tell your health care professional if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, hoarseness, trouble swallowing, or shortness of breath. These may be symptoms of thyroid cancer. In studies with rats and mice, Saxenda® and medicines that work like Saxenda® caused thyroid tumors, including thyroid cancer. It is not known if Saxenda® will cause thyroid tumors or a type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in people.

Do not use Saxenda® if you or any of your family have ever had MTC, or if you have an endocrine system condition called Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN 2).

Who should not use Saxenda®?
Do not use Saxenda® if:

you or any of your family have ever had MTC or if you have MEN 2
you have had a serious allergic reaction to liraglutide or any of the ingredients in Saxenda®.

Before taking Saxenda®, tell your health care provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

have or have had problems with your pancreas
have severe problems with your stomach, such as slowed emptying of your stomach (gastroparesis) or problems with digesting food
are scheduled to have surgery or other procedures that use anesthesia or deep sleepiness (deep sedation)
have or have had depression or suicidal thoughts, or mental health issues
are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if Saxenda® passes into your breast milk. You and your health care provider should decide if you will use Saxenda® or breastfeed

Tell your health care provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Saxenda® may affect the way some medicines work and some other medicines may affect the way Saxenda® works. Tell your health care provider if you take diabetes medicines, especially insulin and sulfonylurea medicines.