Victoza: Uses, How It Works, and Common Side Effects

Victoza is an injectable prescription medicine. It's designed to be used alongside diet and exercise to help improve blood sugar control in adults and children aged 10 years and older with type 2 diabetes.

It’s also used to help lower the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke in adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease.

This medication works by mimicking a natural hormone in your body called GLP-1.

This hormone plays a key role in managing blood sugar by increasing insulin release when your blood sugar is high, reducing the amount of sugar your liver produces, and slowing down how quickly food leaves your stomach.

Victoza is an injection that you give yourself once a day, usually under the skin in your stomach area, thigh, or upper arm.

The dose is started low and slowly increases depending on your response and side effects.

The most common side effects of Victoza are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, decreased appetite, indigestion and constipation.

This material is provided for educational purposes only and is not intended for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Always consult with your healthcare provider.