Blood Sugar 110 Should I Take Byetta
Pronounced: (ex-EN-a-tide)
Uses
Exenatide is used along with other oral diabetes medications (e.g., metformin, chlorpropamide, glipizide, glyburide) and a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent diabetes). Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent kidney damage, blindness, nerve problems, loss of limbs, and sexual function problems. Proper control of diabetes may also lessen your risk...
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Diabetes drug Victoza shows great promise: experts
A head-to-head comparison of the experimental diabetes med Victoza (liraglutide) and Byetta suggests that the new drug may be better at reducing... Read more »
Clinical trial: Avandia, Byetta+metformin for glycemic control...
This is a study to determine the effects of adding Avandia, Byetta, or both to a regimen of metformin in patients who do not have adequate blood... Read more »
FDA says Byetta can be used with other diabetes drugs
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Could Byetta be used by people trying to lose weight?
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