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BYETTA SIDE EFFECTS
Byetta is a specific type of drug used for the treatment of
type 2 diabetes called incretin mimetics and exhibits many
of the same effects as the human incretin hormone glucagon-like
peptide-1 (GLP-1). The Food and Drugs Administration of
United States approved Byetta for the treatment of type 2
diabetes and not for the treatment of type 1 diabetes.
Byetta should be used with utmost caution in patients
receiving oral medications that require rapid
gastrointestinal absorption. The effect of Byetta to slow
gastric emptying may decrease the extent and rate of
absorption of orally administered drugs. For oral
medications that are dependent on threshold concentrations
for efficiency, such as contraceptives and antibiotics,
patients should be advised to take those drugs at least 1
hour before Byetta.
Byetta is not a substitute for insulin in patient’s
requiring-insulin. Byetta must be used with caution in
patients receiving oral medications that require rapid
gastrointestinal absorption. Patients is also advised that
treatment with Byetta may result in a reduction of food
intake, and/or body weight and that there is no need to
modify the dosing regimen due to such effects. Use of Byetta
is not suggested in patients with end-stage renal disease or
stern renal impairment, or in patients with severe
gastrointestinal disease. Byetta side effects include
vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, dizziness, headache, feeling
jittery, acid stomach, increased sweating, lack of strength,
appetite decreased and heartburn. Nausea is most common when
starting with Byetta but decreases over time in most
patients. Byetta may reduce your craving, the amount of food
you eat, and your weight. Byetta should not be used for
treatment in patients with type 1 diabetes or for the
treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis. Byetta causes some other
side affects, which in case should be properly diagnosed by
your physician.
With Byetta's demonstrated effects on blood sugar and its
safety profile, physicians and patients now have a new
approach to fight the growing diabetes outbreak. The effect
of Byetta to slow gastric emptying may decrease the extent
and rate of absorption of orally administered drugs.
Clinical trials suggest that Byetta decreases blood glucose
toward normal levels.
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