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Liraglutide

Saxenda · Victoza

A once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist approved as Saxenda for weight management and Victoza for type 2 diabetes.

FDA approved. Approved or legitimately prescribed for at least one indication. Dose information below is reference material, not a recommendation — follow your prescriber and the product labelling.

At a glance

Category
Metabolic
Half-life
~13 hours
Typical vial sizes
3 mg · 5 mg
Commonly cited dose
600–3000 mcg
Frequency
once daily
Routes
Subcutaneous

A 3 mg vial, worked through.

Reconstituting a 3 mg vial of Liraglutide with 2 mL of bacteriostatic water gives 1.5 mg/mL. A 600 mcg dose is then:

40units(0.4 mL) — about 5 doses per vial

Storage

Lyophilised (unmixed)
Refrigerated at 2-8C; protect from light. Do not freeze.
Reconstituted
Refrigerate at 2-8C.

What people log it against

Outcomes users commonly track alongside this compound. Listing them is not a claim that it produces them.

  • Weight tracking
  • Appetite tracking
  • Blood glucose tracking

References

Each source below establishes only the specific claim noted with it, last checked 2026-08-14. Dose ranges, frequencies and storage times reflect what circulating protocols commonly state and are not established by these references.

  1. FDA label — SAXENDA (liraglutide), DailyMed

    Elimination half-life "approximately 13 hours" after subcutaneous administration, maximum concentrations "achieved at 11 hours post dosing", absolute bioavailability "approximately 55%". Confirms halfLifeHours 13. Label escalation is 0.6 mg ONCE DAILY for the first week, then stepped up at weekly intervals to 3 mg daily — the interval between increases is weekly, the dose itself is daily. FORMULATION NOTE: this label describes a 6 mg/mL solution in a prefilled pen, which is NOT reconstituted. The half-life is a property of the molecule and applies either way, but the vial sizes shown here reflect the lyophilised compounded/research presentation this calculator is for. If you have a pen, the reconstitution steps do not apply to you.

Run your own numbers

Pick Liraglutide from the preset list to start from a typical vial.

Your vial
mg

As printed on the vial label

mL

How much you inject into the vial

mcg

1000 mcg = 1 mg

Syringe size

Fills in a common vial size and the low end of commonly cited protocols. Always check against your own vial.

Draw this much
5units

on a 1 mL U-100 insulin syringe

Concentration
5 mg/mL
Volume
0.05 mL
Doses in this vial
40

Keep this vial. VialPal holds the concentration, counts down the doses left in it, and logs the ones you actually took.

VialPal does the arithmetic — it does not tell you what to take. Dose decisions belong between you and a qualified clinician.

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