I am taking saxenda. I would like to stop it completely, how can I decrease it without having too many side effects?

28-year-old woman4 years ago

I am at 1.8mg. I know not to stop it abruptly. I will go back down to 1.2mg and then 0.6mg. When I'm at the lowest (0.6mg), how do I stop it?

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Alexandre Chagnon · 4 years ago

Hello Ma'am,

Reduced to 0.6mg, you can stop it completely without any problem :)

Be sure to make these changes with your pharmacist though.

Happy day,

Alexander

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