Compare Tradjenta vs. Victoza

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Tradjenta (linagliptin)

Prescription only

Victoza (liraglutide)

Prescription only
Lowers blood sugar.

Tradjenta (linagliptin) is good add-on medicine for controlling your blood sugar, but may cause body aches.

Lowers your blood sugar.

Victoza (liraglutide) is a medicine you inject once a day to control diabetes, but it can be expensive.

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4.7/ 5 average rating with 22 reviewsforVictoza
Upsides
  • Good add-on medicine if your blood sugars are still not controlled
  • Good option if you have bad liver or kidney function.
  • Can be taken once daily.
  • Does not cause weight gain.
  • Does not cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) when taken by itself.
  • Lowers A1c (average blood sugar over time) up to 1.5%.
  • Helps with weight loss and controls appetite.
  • Only medicine in this class with proven heart health benefits.
  • No limitation for people with kidney problems, but close monitoring is recommended.
  • Medicine is ready to use, without need to mix.
Downsides
  • Not first-choice anti-diabetes medicine because it doesn't lower blood sugar levels as much as others.
  • Available as brand only and may be expensive
  • Only available as an injection.
  • Brand name medicine and can be expensive.
  • Compared to other similar medicines, you have to inject this every day.
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Dosage forms
  • Pill
  • Injection
Price
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Reviews
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22 reviews so far
73%
saidit'sworth it
91%
saiditworked well
27%
saidit'sa big hassle

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Side effects
6possible side effects
  • Back pain
    9%
  • Joint pain
    8%
  • Lung infection
    8%
  • Headache
    6%
  • Cough
    6%
  • Pain in the limbs
    5%
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2possible side effects
  • Low blood sugar - self-treatable
    27%
  • Injection site reactions
    2%
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Risks and risk factors
  • Inflammation of pancreas (pancreatitis)
    • Alcoholism
    • Elevated triglycerides
    • History of pancreatitis
  • Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
    • Alcoholism
    • Exercising more than you usually do
    • Insulin
    • Other antidiabetic medications
  • Severe allergic reactions
  • Severe joint pain
  • Fluid-filled blisters on the skin (bullous pemphigoid)
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  • Thyroid cancer
    • History of MTC
    • History of MEN 2
  • inflammation of pancreas (pancreatitis)
    • History of pancreatitis
    • History of gallstones
    • alcoholism
    • Elevated triglycerides
  • Severe allergic reactions
  • Kidney damage
    • Kidney problems
    • dehydration
  • Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
    • Use of insulin(s)
    • Use of insulin-secreting medicines.
  • Severe stomach problems
    • Stomach or digestive tract disease
    • Gastroparesis
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