The dosing schedule increases throughout the first four weeks, to make sure your body can tolerate the treatment and you don’t experience lots of side effects. 

The Saxenda dosing schedule is as follows: 

• Week 1 – 0.6mg daily 
• Week 2 – 1.2mg  daily 
• Week 3 – 1.8mg  daily  
• Week 4 – 2.4mg  daily 
• Week 5 – 3.0mg  daily 

If you can tolerate the 3.0mg dose you will then be kept on this dose for the duration of your time taking the treatment.

After 12 weeks of being on the 3.0mg dose, you'll be asked to check in with your clinician. This is because you’ll only be able to continue with the treatment if you’ve lost a certain amount of weight.