Selected Important Safety Information
Do not share your Saxenda® pen with others 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).
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Saxenda® (liraglutide) injection 3 mg is an injectable prescription medicine used for adults with excess weight (BMI ≥27) who also have weight-related medical problems or obesity (BMI ≥30), and children aged 12-17 years with a body weight above 132 pounds (60 kg) and obesity to help them lose weight and keep the weight off. Saxenda® should be used with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity. Click here for full Indications and Usage.
About Obesity
Obesity is a chronic disease that requires long-term management. It’s generally defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more (find out your BMI here). Addressing obesity by maintaining weight loss can be a challenge, as you may have learned. This is partly because your body doesn’t make it easy for you—but help is available.
In this section, find out why it’s so hard to lose weight and see where you are in the weight loss cycle. Then ask your health care provider about developing a treatment plan that fits your needs.

Why is it so hard to lose weight?
Learn about the science to obesity and the role hormones play in making your body work against you when you're trying to lose weight.

The weight loss cycle
Learn about the 6 phases of the weight loss cycle and see which one best describes you.