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This is a BRIEF SUMMARY of important information about Victoza®
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place of talking with your doctor about your medical condition or your treatment. If you have any questions about Victoza®
determine if Victoza® WARNING
During the drug testing process, the medicine in Victoza® caused rats and mice to develop tumors of the thyroid gland. Some of these tumors were cancers. It is not known if Victoza®
will cause thyroid tumors or a type
of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in people. If MTC occurs, it may lead to death if not detected and treated early. Do not take Victoza®
if you
or any of your family members have MTC, or if you have Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN 2). This is a disease where people have tumors in more than one gland in the body.
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