Drug details

Byetta (exenatide injection)

type of Antidiabetics, Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Agonists

Byetta (exenatide) is an injectable diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. Exenatide is used to treat type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes.

The drug is often used to treat Diabetes .

This drug may have the following side effects:

• hives,
• difficulty breathing,
• swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
• nausea,
• itching,
• vomiting,
• lightheadedness,
• shortness of breath,
• dizziness,
• headache,
• sweating,
• little or no urination,
• swelling in your feet or ankles,
• feeling tired,
• irritability,
• hunger,
• rapid heartbeats,
• severe pain in your upper stomach spreading to your back,
• anxiety, and
• painful or difficulty urination,
• fast heat rate,
• shaking

The following drugs are related to Byetta, either as a replacement or used together:

• Precose (acarbose)
• Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride)
• Avandaryl (rosiglitazone maleate and glimepiride)
• Cycloset (bromocriptine mesylate tablets)
• Bydureon (exenatide)
• Invokana (canagliflozin tablets)
• Capoten (captopril)
• Farxiga (dapagliflozin film-coated tablets)
• Duetact (pioglitazone hydrochloride and glimepiride tablets)
• Glyxambi (empagliflozin and linagliptin tablets)
• Synjardy XR Extended-release Tablets (empagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride extended-release)
• Jardiance (empagliflozin tablets)
• Monopril (fosinopril sodium)
• Glucotrol (glipizide)
• Glucotrol XL (glipizide extended release)
• Glucophage, Glucophage XR (metformin hcl)
• Glucovance (glyburide and metformin)
• Humalog 75-25 (75-25 insulin lispro suspension and 25 insulin lispro injection)
• Humulin R (insulin (human recombinant))
• NovoLog (insulin aspart [rdna origin] inj)
• NovoLog Mix 70/30 (insulin aspart protamine and insulin aspart (rdna origin))
• Janumet XR (sitagliptin and metformin hcl)
• Januvia (sitagliptin phosphate)
• Jentadueto (linagliptin and metformin hydrochloride)
• Starlix Tablet (nateglinide)
• NovoLog Mix 50/50 (50% insulin aspart protamine suspension and 50% insulin aspart injection)
• Onglyza (saxagliptin tablets)
• Symlin (pramlintide acetate injection)
• Prandimet (repaglinide and metformin hcl tablets)
• Prandin (repaglinide)

The following supplements are related to Byetta, and may be used together with the drug:

• Magnesium (s.)
• Acetyl-L-Carnitine (s.)
• Beer (s.)
• Wine (s.)
• Iodine (s.)
• Blond Psyllium (s.)
• Caffeine (s.)
• Capsicum (s.)
• Gamma Linolenic Acid (s.)
• Ginkgo (s.)
• Coffee (s.)
• Glucomannan (s.)
• Guar Gum (s.)
• Oats (s.)
• Soy (s.)
• Xanthan Gum (s.)
• Agaricus Mushroom (s.)
• Alpha-Lipoic Acid (s.)
• Chromium (s.)
• Ginseng, Panax (s.)
• Milk Thistle (s.)
• Prickly Pear Cactus (s.)