BYETTA Reviews (EXENATIDE SYNTHETIC)Average Rating: 3.6 (206 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BYETTA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BYETTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Type II Diabetes | I have experienced some nausea about 1/2 hour after the injection which lasts approximately an hour. It eventually goes away. I've also noticed I've been tired during the day, which is unusual for me. | I take my injections before lunch and dinner. I have found the lunch time dose bothers me more so than the dinner time dose. I'm not sure why there would be a difference but I have less nausea at night. It has definitely helped with my appetite. I'm a night time eater. I now come home and have a light meal and have no desire to eat anymore the rest of the evening. I'm extremely pleased with this side effect. I'm hoping the appetite suppressing continues and the nausea goes away eventually. | F | 46 | 3 days 5 mg 2X day | 2/10/2011 | 4 | PCOS/Increased HgbA1C | Feeling weak and tired for about the first 2 weeks (after eating) Has went away in the past week of continuing treatment | I have lost 6 pounds in 3 weeks. Loss of appetite is a good thing for me. I am having to make myself eat a majority of the time. I have an appointment with my endo in a week to check my A1C (was 5.7 on first visit). After the first 2 weeks the side effects I was having went away and I feel it has been good for me. | F | 30 | 3 weeks 5 mcg 2X day | 1/12/2011 | 3 | Type 11 Diabetes | Nausea real bad, have vomited with it also. Started on Byetta 5mg 3 months ago and have been increased to 10mg 1 month ago. Constipation often, hair loss getting real bad, really tired, only positive have lost 18kgs. Sometimes wonder if drug is slowly killing me lol | F | 44 | 4 weeks 10mg 2X day | 1/6/2011 | 3 | Diabetes Type II | Severe headaches, nausea, vomiting, pain at the site where byetta was injected and the pain lasted for a few hours. Tiredness and feeling weak. | The good thing is that it is helping my sugar levels but the side effects make me look for other options. Please email me if you know of other medicines that can be taken orally and work similarly like byetta. | F | 26 | 5 days 5mcg 2X day | 12/18/2010 | 4 | Type 2 | Blurred Vision, around the injection site hive/rash the size of a quater apear gets a little red around the injection site | Since I've been taking Byette I have lost 10 lbs | F | 46 | 35 days 10 mg 2X day | 12/16/2010 | 3 | Clinical Trials | Slight nausea,insomina,fatigue,diarrhea, | Bg running about 110,lost about 25 lbs since I started the LAR Byetta, can't sleep well and suffer from acid reflux lately. I thought it was just me until I came across this site. I don't feel that badly now that it is common with other people. Going to stick with it. | M | 59 | 29 days 1X W | 11/9/2010 | 5 | PCOS | The number one side effect that I had instantly was feeling tired, weak,sicl to my stomach and at times vomitting without warning.I did notice that my sense of smell went to the roof. I could smell things that noone else could. Almost like a pregnant woman. When I first started Byetta in Feb of this year the first two to three weeks were horrible. I talked to my GYN and said to take tums and if needed take Zofran for my stomach. After the medicine got used to my body, the side effects went away and was able to eat an hour prior to a meal, without problems. If you go off your dose for a while, you experience the side effects all over again. That's mainly why I took so long to get back in the groove of things. | Since February of 2010 I have lost 70lbs. I have PCOS and the Byetta helps a lot with my body making too much insulin. And since I have been taking Byetta I noticed I haven't had as much woman problems. The weight factor is awesome, just another perk. But I love the way the medicine works with my PCOS. I love Byetta! (Once the side effects are gone by week 3) | F | 23 | 10 mg 2X day | 11/3/2010 | 5 | Type II Diabetes | No drama whatsoever! :-) | Excellent appetite control! Don't feel hungry all the time anymore. A1c is near normal- and I've had diabetes 17 years. Avoided this drug a year due to scary comments from users in online groups, coupled with my fear of needles. Wish I'd begun it sooner. Feel great! No big weight loss (maybe 10 -15 pounds in over 2 years) but it's easy to be good when you're not starving. I already ate low carb before Byetta, now I still do... but can be bad every now and then without falling asleep. Yes, sometimes the shot stings a little, or I hit a tender spot... but for all the good this is doing for me, I can live with it. I hope like heck they never find anything really bad that this drug does to one's body, because sugar-wise and appetite-wise, this is a winner. | F | 50 | 2.5 years 10 mgs 2X day | 10/12/2010 | 3 | Type II Diabeties | Severe nausea, My muscles ache, my feet feel as though I'm walking on bare bone with no cushion. I do not have an appetite at all. Very thirsty, I also have a hard time with the smell of the Byetta, it too adds to my nausea. I'm going up to 10mg in a few weeks. | F | 47 | 30 days 5mg 2X day | 10/6/2010 | 3 | generally I feel unwell. nausea ,can not eat hardly anything and the worst side effect for me is that my heart is going very fast.on the upside my sugars are great and I have lost 12lbs in 15 days. | The wonder if lilly (makers)could do something about the ingredient that makes us all feel sick. | F | 56 | 12 days 5mg 2X day | 10/5/2010 | 4 | Side effects of Metformin | Nausea, diarrhea, stomach ache, feeling very tired at times, like I am walking through high water. | I have lost about 10 lbs so far, and this drug has really affected my appetite. Food doesn't taste the same, I feel full almost immediately. Sometimes I don't feel "well", and can't put my finger on it as to why. I must avoid high fat meals or food at all costs, because it causes major diarrhea. Once I adjust how/when I take this medication, I think I will do fine, and overall, it beats being on Metformin which caused me to have instant uncontrollable diarrhea. I don't mind taking the injections, and the pen is easy to use. It really helps to know that others are experiencing the same/similar side effects. | F | 62 | 60 days 10 mcg 2X day | 9/26/2010 | 3 | High Blood Sugars | Severe headache, nausea, vomiting, hot/cold flashes, jittery feeling, tiredness. | I've taken Byetta for 6 days. I dislike it very much! I have not had one good day since being on it. I have had a horribly upset stomach since the very first time taking it with severe vomiting and nausea. I am going to ask my doctor to change it. I also don't have insurance so paying $250/month plus needles really isn't fun either. | F | 39 | 6 days 5 mcg 2X day | 8/28/2010 | 1 | replacing GLP-1 hormone | nausea, headache, extreme exhaustion, general unwell feeling | I am a RN, so I work with this medication all the time, but I wasn't prepared for the side effects it would have on myself. I had my ilieum removed in a surgery, so I do not produce GLP-1, which regulates insulin. I started out using Victoza to see if the replacement would work (I got samples through my endocrinologist). It did, but my insurance wouldn't cover it, so I had to switch to Byetta which is twice a day and you cannot "play" with the doseage amounts. It has made me feel absolutely AWFUL. I am going to follow up with my insurance company and see about going back to Victoza. It is once a day and you can personalize the doseage much better. It isn't set to either 5 or 10, you can titrate it much easier. | F | 36 | 3 days 50 2X day | 8/26/2010 | 1 | Early diagnosis Type II diabetes | Extreme nausea, diarrhea, reduced urination, lower back pain, muscle aches, dizziness | I felt like I had been poisoned during the few days that I used this drug. 3 days after ceasing use of the drug I was back to normal - felt good again. | F | 62 | 5 days 5 mg 2X day | 8/12/2010 | 3 | Type 2 Diabetes | Like most people, I started with some nausea and occasionally experience it still. But, just last week after being on antibiotics and prednisone for an upper respiratory infection, I started getting small red bumps that itch like new mosquito bites however, with what seems like a little boil on them. These started on my stomach and over the last few days have erupted on my inside left thigh, then my lower left leg, my upper left arm, and tonight on the inside of my left forearm. I think that former injection sites on my stomach are reddening and beginning to swell, but clearly, many of the blisters are not injection sites. I see my doctor in a week, but I wonder if I'll be able to wait that long. On the positive side, Byetta has noticeably reduced my appetite, and I've lost 24 pounds since I started taking it. Until about a month ago, my BG numbers also looked good; however, with the UR infection and then the prednisone, those numbers have been wildly fluctuating. As the itching has g | I'd like to be able to continue on Byetta, but I realize that other meds are out there. Does anyone who experienced similar side-effects have a better history with Victoza? | M | 58 | 4 months 10mg 2X day | 8/10/2010 | 4 | insulin resistance/PCOS | Feel full much faster while eating, nausea, vomiting, dizzy episodes | Have lost 9 lbs since starting byetta, this is day 2 on the 10 mcg, started on 5 twice a day. Also take 1000mg metformin twice daily. Byetta was added to metformin due to beginning to gain weight again. Will stick with it and find my niche with timing on shot and eating and food choices. | F | 42 | 5 weeks 10 mcg 2X day | 7/9/2010 | 1 | Diabetes | none yet | Im about to start 07/08/2010 will keep posted on how things are | M | 44 | 5mg 2X day | 7/7/2010 | 3 | type 2 | neausa, vomiting, headaches | Works good with helping to lose weight, first 6 weeks lost about 6 lbs. started with 5 mg along with Advania and metformin then went to 10 and left Advania off. BS running a little high in the mornings, about 160, I am due for a A1C test next month have lost a total of 12 lbs. Will have to see what A1C is to determine continue usage. | F | 66 | 3 months 10 2X day | 6/21/2010 | 4 | insulin resistance | When I started the first month with 5 mcg twice per day, I had no side effects that I knew of. With the start of the second month on 10 mcg twice per day, I did experience nausea, but never enough to vomit. Now the nausea has subsided for the most part; it only occurs every now and then when I don't eat enough after the injection. | F | 32 | 2.5 months 10 mcg 2X day | 6/15/2010 | 3 | Day 1 only side effect decreased appetite. BS decreased Day 2 After breakfast projectile vomit. Trying to drink H2o. No appetite. I will stay with it. | F | 52 | 2 days 5 2X day | 6/14/2010 |