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What is Byetta?

Byetta, a brand name for the drug exenatide, is used for the management (adjunctive) of type 2 diabetes mellitus (noninsulin dependent, NIDDM) in patients receiving a sulfonylurea, thiazolidinedione, or metformin (or a combination of these agents).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Diabetes Type 2 13 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Weight loss 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Weight gain 1 0
General health 1 0

See all 27 patients currently taking Byetta

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 3

Reported Dosages

  5 mg daily 10 daily 10 mg daily 20 daily 10 mcg/0.04 mL daily 5 mcg/0.02 mL daily 2 x 5 mcg/0.02 mL daily 2 x 10 mcg/0.04 mL daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 12 Number of Patients: 12  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Byetta (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 40%
Other 2   Other: 40%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 20%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Byetta

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Byetta

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Byetta

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 2 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Byetta

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 50%
A little
 1 25%
Not at all
 1 25%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Byetta

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 50%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 50%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.