Bydureon BCise for Type 2 Diabetes User Reviews

• Glo...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 1, 2021

"So far I cannot get this to inject. Three shots in and twice it deploys after I pull the needle out. Today's third try - same story. Needle goes in and meds stay in the pen. I am beyond frustrated. Why they discontinued the manual injection is beyond me. At least I could actually take the injection! Bydureon works great if you can actually take the injection. It gets one star from me because I simply cannot get BCise to work!"

• Mor...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 3, 2020

"You’ll be lucky if the Bydureon pens work half the time. Just got done puncturing myself again and watching as the delivery device failed to move. Holding the pen, stuck in me, but none of the medicine moving. What to do? Pull it out, blood spurts out again, and medicine now fires out everywhere. Stop the bleeding, clean up the medicine. Total waste again. They need to redesign the pen!"

• Bul...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 18, 2021

"On three occasions, the injection didn’t work and medicine spilled out after I had held the pen to my skin for 15 seconds. This is frustrating because there is no way to stop this once it has been engaged."

• Use...
• July 6, 2021

"I get so frustrated with these pens I almost feel like crying at times! I'm trying so hard to work with my doctor and am fully willing to deal with some side effects with this med in order to give it a fair attempt. But I've gone through so many pens these past 3 months where I follow the instructions exactly as they provide... only for the dang pens to get stuck. The needle's injected, but the plunger does not budge. No (or very little) liquid gets injected. I move the pen around, tap on it, push it further into myself... nothing. And it's not like I can just take it out and re-inject myself. The moment I do so, the liquid then starts to shoot out of the needle and the dose is completely wasted. I feel so defeated! :( I once broke one of the pens apart to gain access to the liquid and tried using my own syringe... however, the liquid is way too thick for my syringes and only clogged the needles, rendering them useless. 3 months in and I've missed 4 or 5 weekly doses. :( :("

• Pil...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 7, 2020

"I have used Bydureon BCise for 5 weeks, and so far I have had 3 pins malfunction. Very annoying. I spend 30 minutes on the phone answering the same questions, and then they send an envelope to put the pin in and mail it back by FedEx. I have to go to the nearest FedEx to mail it back and then to the pharmacy to pick up a new pack. This needs to be fixed."

• GGi...
• July 28, 2019

"I wouldn't know if the medication works or not because after trying to use four different pens from two separate boxes, I have yet to get a pen to work. The medicine either comes out when I take the orange lid off, or it is all over my stomach when I remove the pen. The cost is too exorbitant to have this waste."

• Smi...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 1, 2019

"Love the medication when I can use it. I have had 6 pens malfunction in the last month, four in the last week. I have been without my meds for two weeks. They keep replacing them, but the new ones don't work either. Been injecting myself for years, it's not operator error."

• kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 2, 2019

"I did a review on 2019-09-02 under the same name (kathyonobx), and this is my update. Bydureon BCise was used for several months. I began to suspect that it had contributed to or caused a deep depression as well as daily migraine headaches, which began almost immediately upon use. Update 09-02-2019: My last Bydureon BCise injection was on Aug 5, 2019. My first Ozempic .25 mg injection was on Aug 12, 2019. I was told it would take 2 weeks for the Bydureon to leave my system. At almost exactly the 2-week mark, my depression stopped, and the migraines stopped! I still have an occasional headache, but not migraine strength and not daily."

• mag...
• July 29, 2018

"Started taking Bydureon BCise in February 2018, 7 months in and nothing short of miraculous and has changed my life in so many positive ways. A1C at the start was 8.0 after my first blood test, it dropped to 5.9 and I've lost approx. 43 lbs. I take Metformin 500 mg twice a day, my fasting sugar varies, from low 80s to 115. On two occasions, I experienced lows at 70 and 80, it was a new experience for me, but a chocolate candy bar and good to go. I, like others, have read scary reviews about side effects, so apprehensive at first, but after my 3rd month, I noticed nothing bad and began to get comfortable with the injection part. I've found taking the pen out of the refrigerator 30 min prior to injection helps with mixing and comfort when injecting, and it works best if you inject into fatty tissue in your lower abdomen and alternate weekly. Also, it is my courage as I've changed my lifestyle to healthy eating, as the medication will punish you if you make a bad choice, trust me on this one!"

• Cin...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 7, 2021

"Been using Bcise for 10 weeks. 3 times it has not fully injected, so I only got a partial dose. Unlike the old Bydureon, you can't move this to find a different spot or change needles to try again. Yes, it's easier to work with, but I find it unreliable."

• Tra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 9, 2020

"On my fourth week of Bydureon BCise, no side effects that I have noticed other than the injection site. All four sites have a hard lump under the skin, and burn and itch (mild irritation, I would say 3 on a scale of 1-10)."

• GA ...
• December 3, 2018

"I wanted to successfully use this medication to control my elevated blood glucose. Initially, it lowered my blood glucose, but with each weekly injection, a new side effect would present. Finally, after #9, vomiting started along with the other side effects. I asked my MD to please stop the medication. I wanted it to work, but I couldn’t tolerate it any longer."

• Ren...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 9, 2018

"I hate this pen. Half of the solution leaks out. It makes me bleed a lot. The mechanism pushes back, so it's like having to fight with it to do its job. I'm so tired of it. I can't wait to run out to get something different."

• 1st...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 4, 2023

"Just had a first malfunction of a BCise pen. Took the pen out of the fridge, let it sit for 1/2 hour. I then unlocked the pen and shook it to mix the meds. Pressed the pen to my belly area and I heard the click indicating the injector is functioning. The orange indicator never displayed! I waited a few minutes, then removed the pen and the medicine spewed out of the pen. This is very expensive medicine. One more failure like this and I will move on to an alternative."

• Ron...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 7, 2019

"I got off Metformin as that caused a lactic acidosis reaction for me and went onto Bydureon BCise at the recommendation of my doctor and a diabetes education consultant. I have been on this medication for 9 months and the once-a-week shot is easy to use with only the small bump at the injection site being the only downside I have experienced. Have not had any upset stomach issues. My A1C went from 7.2 to 5.9 with no change in diet."

• Med...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 6, 2019

"This medication is backordered half of the time, leaving me with no shot when it is time to take the weekly shot. This is NOT helpful to someone who relies on this medication to keep blood sugar in check. What is the point of taking it if it is backordered all the time!"

• Lan...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 8, 2021

"Terrible product design. I've been in practice 30 years and struggle to get this injector to dispense the product correctly. The company needs to start over and simplify. It's expensive for patients and heartbreaking when they can't get a dose administered."

• Cap...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 10, 2019

"Using Bydureon BCise for 6 months without any issues. It appears to have only kept my type 2 diabetes with very small change at this time. I did have 2 pens that malfunctioned by jamming and were unable to get the pen to depress and inject the dosage, even with hard pressure against the skin. I'm in the process of getting a replacement for these Bydureon BCise faulty or defective pens since they're very costly."

• Coo...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 11, 2019

"I had been on Victoza for a couple of years with great results but switched to Bydureon BCise on the advice of a drug rep. I have been using it for 5 months. My A1C went from 6 to 12.6, and my fasting glucose was 442. I am now back on Victoza and will be starting a few other pills tomorrow. I hadn't been checking my blood sugars because Victoza had kept it so regulated, but now I have to make sure it doesn't get too low. My doctor told me this morning that it is a wonder I wasn't in a diabetic coma with an insulin drip. Needless to say, from this day forward, this girl is checking her blood sugars."

• DMa...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 27, 2018

"I started taking Bydureon 15 weeks ago with an A1C of 9. Today it is 6.1. The beginning side effects were mild and tolerable, the injections are not painful at all. Those are the positive things. Unfortunately, this past week I have had extreme headaches, lethargy, abdominal pain, and nausea/vomiting. All of my lab tests are perfectly normal, my doctor wants me to continue the medication. My pharmacist wants me to stop. I cannot directly correlate how I feel with the medication, but I have no other logical explanation. If anyone has any information or suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. Good luck to everyone!!"

• St...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 9, 2021

"This stuff is worthless. I managed 1 successful injection out of 4 in the box. My sugars are in high 300s now. The pen does not inject. Spent 41 minutes on the phone. They replaced it with a new box today, so I read instructions 4 more times and tried again. Nope. 4 sticks later, I am pressing on the green part, and it works all over my hand! I opened another pen. 6 sticks with no results. I moved to my thigh and tried again. I had to press hard against my thigh and manipulate the green piece at the same time to get a successful injection. 6 auto injection pens used to accomplish 2 successful injections. I am beyond fed up. This is utter rubbish."

• SPF...
• January 16, 2021

"When I first began using Bydureon BCise, it worked great. I didn't have any side effects until after taking it for several months. Sometimes the nausea was mild, and other times it made me feel like I was near death, but after I began eating Greek yogurt before my injections, it definitely helped with the nausea. My biggest complaint is, after using Bydureon BCise over a year, I began having problems with just about every injection. I dealt with faulty injections for several months and finally decided to have my doctor switch me to something else."

• 703...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• January 22, 2021

"Drug works very well for me. Low readings and no side effects. Like many, I have been getting injection pen failures where the plunger fails to activate until the needle is pulled out. It was maybe a once or twice per year occurrence. Now it is one in every 4 packs of pens. Asking my doctor for a different prescription."

• Ava...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 24, 2021

"The frequency of faulty pens is getting worse. I’ve been using the Bydureon BCise 2 mg pen 1x per week for several years and know how to use it. Used to get a bad pen about once every 6 months. Have had 3 faulty pens in the last 6 months plus 2 today. Same problem with all: needle goes in but will not dispense medication. I pinch the skin while the needle is in and move it around trying to get it to work but without success. When I remove the pen from my skin, the medication ejects into the air. They do replace the pens and ask that I return the bad pens in an envelope they will provide, but they never send the envelopes. Seems to be a common issue experienced by others. This is not a new issue and has been going on for many years. Can’t believe they haven’t figured this out. Makes one wonder if they are making any effort to address this issue."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 27, 2021

"I feel so much better having read these reviews, as I now realize I am not an idiot, and it is not just me who has had problems using these awful pens. Following instructions to the letter, I have only successfully managed to inject myself twice without drama. The force you have to hold it in for 15 seconds is awful, and then for it not to work at all is frustrating, especially if you are away for the weekend, as I was, and didn’t have a spare! The injection site was bruised really badly for two weeks, and a month on, I still have pea-sized lumps under my skin. Would not recommend this at all until they sort the pens out, seeking alternatives now. I give up!"