Byetta SubQ

Byetta SubQ Interactions

Your healthcare professionals (e.g., doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop or change dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.

Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of:

• anti-diabetic drugs (e.g., sulfonylureas such as glipizide, glyburide, chlorpropamide)
• birth control pills (see also How To Use section)
• oral antibiotics
• warfarin

Beta-blocker medications (e.g., metoprolol, propranolol, glaucoma eye drops such as timolol) may prevent the fast/pounding heartbeat you would usually feel when your blood sugar level falls too low (hypoglycemia). Other symptoms of low blood sugar such as dizziness, hunger, or sweating are unaffected by these drugs.

While exenatide does not cause low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) itself, it may increase the risk of low blood sugar when used in combination with certain other diabetes medications (pioglitazone, rosiglitazone, sulfonylureas such as chlorpropamide, glipizide, glyburide).

Be sure you are aware of the signs of low blood sugar and how to prevent and treat it (see your other diabetes medication leaflet for more details). Talk with you doctor or pharmacist about whether your dose of sulfonylurea needs to be lowered or not.

This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.