10-Fold liraglutide overdose over 7 months resulted only in minor side-effects

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 785-786

  Bode, Sebastian Felix Nepomuk ^a   Egg, Monika ^b   Wallesch, Claus ^b   Hermanns Clausen, Maren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Centre for Neurological Rehabilitation   (Germany)

Author keywords

GLP 1 agonist; Glucagon like peptide 1 agonist; Liraglutide; Overdose

Indexed keywords

EXENDIN 4; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIRAGLUTIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SIDE EFFECT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; DRUG OVERDOSE; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84880278086     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcph.94     Document Type: Letter

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