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Weight & metabolic

Liraglutide

dose range
0.6–3 mg
frequency
7×/wk · subq
cycle
Continuous
half-life
~13 h
vials
5 · 10 mg
recon @ fridge
30 days
Receptor logic
GLP-1 receptor agonist

A daily GLP-1 agonist — the predecessor to weekly semaglutide, shorter-acting.

What to watch

Daily dosing; titrate 0.6 mg/week up. Same GI ramp.

Stacks with

Baseline GLP-1; mostly superseded by weeklies.

Stability
Lyophilized
Frozen · as-shipped, sealed
12+ months
Reconstituted
Refrigerated · 2–8°C, working state
30 days
Reconstituted
Room · avoid; degrades fast
14 days
Vial sizes · source the peptide
LIRA-5 · 5mgBuy · Vialogy →
LIRA-10 · 10mgBuy · Vialogy →
Bacteriostatic water
you'll need this to reconstitute
Water · StatWater →
Orders are saved to your account, so reorder reminders know what you bought.
Citations
Pi-Sunyer 2015 · NEJM · SCALE