User Reviews for Byetta (exenatide)

I have been on byetta for one week and have not felt this good for over 9 years. I read all the reviews prior to my first injection and followed the advice. I have had no nausea and abdominal distention and bloating went away almost immediately! I am very happy that my Dr. suggested this drug.

How can I descride Byetta?. The medicine itself works well, it's the side effects tha is unbearable. I having been taking this medicine almost a month now. But after awhile, I started to get these welts and itchy spots all over my body. I am not 100% sure these symptons are results of the Byetta. The itchy was so bad, I had to get emergency medical assistance. Have any one experienced any allegic reactions to Byetta? Please let me know. I woukd let to continue but right now I am taking Benadryl and 20mg Perisdone for welts & itching. Please provide some feedback? Thanks,Read More Read Less

i lost 20 pounds after starting byetta. this was an enormous benefit to me as it helped me better control my blood pressure and my glucose levels. i take one injection daily of 10 mcg.

This medicine has been easy for me to use. During the 1 year that I have been on it I have lost over 60 pounds.

lost 35 lbs in 3 months, type 2 now under control. i have been trying to loose weight for 10 years with no luck. Ask your doctor, don't wait. This is one drug that saved my life.

makes me sick to my stomach

the first time i used this medicine i ate right after the injection, i vomitted like i was in a contest to see who could hit the furthest. i changed to eat at the latest time to get under the 60 minutes and that has ceaced. lightheaded, tired, heartburn, and something i don't notice here is some slight loss of memory such as my phone number when i needed to give it to someone. this has me the most worried. has anyone experience any mamory loss at all??? my appetite is much less. only one 1 week. i have lost weight before on a up and down scale. i want to feel and be healthy, but if i continue to feel this way i will not continue. by improving my diabetes stastics i want to feel better not worse. AGAIN, ANYONE HAVE ANY MEMORY LOSSRead More Read Less

Been using for 3 weeks with no side effects other thatn decreased appetite. That wont hurt since I am way overweight. No problems at all

I have been on byetta for 3 weeks. The only side effect is no appetite. My sugars are controlled much better!

mildly sick after taking, going to try leg.Worried about internal side efects

I have been on byetta for the past three weeks, my sugars are still not that great, my doctor now wants me to up it too 10 instead of 5 twice a day. Have any idea's please let me know. I also haad some pretty bad side effects so far.

very happy when I use it right

I tried Byetta for six months. I vomited daily for 2 months, was lightheaded, massive headaches, terrible heart burn, lost 20 pounds in 6 weeks now I have PANCREATIC CANCER!!! DONT USE

Took Byetta for 3 months - had to discontinue due to headaches. Saw better BG numbers at first but not consistently low. Took a while for the headaches to go away too once I discontinued it's use. Best of luck to all who try it. Hope it works for you.

I was prescribed a cocktail of meds to treat type II DM one of them being glucophage (metformin). I was not compliant with this med because of very uncomfortable GI S.E.'s. I was instructed by my MD to continue taking the med because there was no other med with the same mechanism of action. After changing Doc's and getting an initial office visit HGB A1C at 10.8 the Doc prescribed Byetta 5 mcg twice daily SQ 3 mo. later my HGB A1C was 7.3 WOW!!!! The initiation of therapy can be difficult to tolerate...I stuck with it because I was told those unsaviory S.E.'s go away....Initially I had to take other anti hyperglycemics with caution because my BS crashed---I must eat within an hour of injection. The other SE is Nausea and feeling hypoglycemic I usually had to lye down for 15-20 minutes when the nausea hit. However that symptom would last al most exactly for 1 hour then go away as fast as it came on ...I opted not to increase to 10 Mcg as suggested right away due to these S.E.'s...I found I started to skip the morning injection and would only take the evening dose and go to bed to sleep through the nausea ( for 2 wks). This worked great for me because my body became tolerant. ( Literature states nausea lasts through the first month of therpy) Well--this is correct I now can tolerate taking this med morning and night and DO NOT have nausea mixed with feelings of hypoglycemia any longer..But a S.E., I have noticed is Constipation. I have never had had issues with irregularity..Because this med slows down stomach empty-ing I certanly can understand why this happens. So I have to drink more water throughout the day. Stick with it all....it does get better. Having controlled B.S.'s is absolutely neccessary for a life of qaulity. Read More Read Less

Initially I had a great deal of nausea with Byetta. It has really helped cut my appetite and I have lost 17 pounds in 5 months. Still feel queasy on occassion, but I am so happy with the weight loss, that I will live with it!

When i have taken this medication as reccomened for one thourgh 1.5 weeks I become sick. sometimes i feel that i need to faint (therefore, if the space permits i will lay down and pass out) other times i feel i can not breath or get enough air. in other situations i feel that queezy in my stomach. i am considering throwing all of my medication away, because i think it is killing me.

Hello, Byetta has worked for me, at first a little tired and an unwell feeling, But now after 2 months I am on top of the world, I have lost weight, and my sugar levels are as near to normal as they will ever be, one thing it has made me eat more sensible, better than a gastric band lol Thank you Alan Beaton, South Wales UK.