Byetta for Type 2 Diabetes User Reviews (Page 3)

• bip...
• December 14, 2009

"I have been on Byetta for 10 days and have had excessive diarrhea. I take the medicine. I'll wait an hour, I'll eat, and then I have unending diarrhea until the next meal. I have lost weight, I can tell. I don't know if this is worth it."

• spi...
• November 16, 2009

"I started taking Byetta 5 mg exactly 2 weeks ago. I've lost 5 lbs, and my blood glucose is in the 80's every morning instead of the 170-200 range. I have experienced a little nausea in the morning, but it goes away after I eat. I go back to the doc after New Year and plan to ask him to keep me on 5 mg instead of 10 mg."

• JET...
• August 29, 2015

"I switched to Byetta just over a week ago from Novorapid insulin after some weight gain. From the start, I have had some nausea, but nothing I couldn't handle, and I can't eat as much as I always seem full, so I am starting to lose weight already, so that is a positive. The negatives are that my levels are too high, and this is causing my vision to be blurry, and it is making it difficult for me to drive. Also, in the morning, I feel really lethargic, which makes it difficult to concentrate at work. I have also noticed my skin feels dry, especially my lips. I am due to go back to my specialist after 4 weeks, but I am not sure if I will continue. I am currently on Byetta 5 mcg morning and night and Lantus 20 units plus Metformin 1000 twice a day."

• bes...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 2, 2018

"I tried Metformin, and that did NOT work for me! I tried it 6 different times. Same awful side effects each time! So, my doctor put me on Byetta. I've been on it for a month plus. I've been SO exhausted since I've started Byetta! I feel grouchy as heck and just weird! After reading that it may cause thyroid cancer and pancreatic cancer, I stopped!! It also gave me weird palpitations!! It has taken 3 days of being off of it, but I feel MUCH better!! My energy is returning, and I don't feel loopy and weird!! I will just stick with taking Chromium and Berberine (under my docs care). Those controlled my blood sugar just fine. They're expensive but zero side effects. I only had to pay $25 out of pocket for this. It's a $730 drug YIKES!"

• Anonymous
• September 13, 2009

"I've been on Byetta for over a year and am very pleased. I was one of the unusual ones, I couldn't tolerate Byetta 10, even without taking any other medicines. So I went back to Byetta 5 and have very good control. Can't wait for the once-a-week, then maybe I can tolerate Byetta 10."

• Ann...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 19, 2015

"I used Byetta just to lose weight in 2012. I lost 24 lbs then and really loved my size. After losing the weight, since I wasn't diabetic, I got off of it. So many months later, I started to gain the weight back. I decided to start back on it several times, but it didn't work with the weight loss. I'm back on it again for a month now, and I'm exercising with it, but hadn't dropped any weight. I'm on 10 mg. I don't have nausea, and when I did, it lasted only a couple of days. Anyone have any suggestions."

• mno...
• May 16, 2015

"Today was my first day on Byetta. I can't stand the nausea. Feel carsick, have a headache, and jittery. I am on 5 mcg hoping it gets better. I'm supposed to take my metformin and glyburide too, but sick. Not sure how I'm going to be able to work like this. If it doesn't get better in a day or two, I will talk to my Dr."

• aus...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 30, 2016

"I have been on Byetta 5 mcg and Lantus for 3 months. I've had constant nausea, which varies in severity. I haven't had a reduction of BGL; they are still quite high. I am not at all sure whether both meds have really worked for me over the past 3 months, and my diabetic educator thinks the same, and my endocrinologist will most likely change my meds altogether next review. In one week, I'm going on 10 mcg. I hope that it works but I'm not holding my breath. I've never had the brilliant results that others on here have had. The nausea has never gone away, but the earlier dizziness did. Although it hasn't worked for me, I believe that it's worth trying. I did have hopes that it would work for me. There are other meds, and I will get my BGLs in a normal range and lower my HbA1c."

• Mic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 10, 2020

"Took Byetta after the miracle drug Victoza when insurance wouldn't cover it anymore, was on Byetta 2 weeks, my breathing got harder to where I couldn't sit up without hesitation, had to stand or lay on my chest. 3 years later, I still have troubles."

• Deb...
• May 26, 2022

"Started only two days now. I see numbers coming down from 16 to 8 last night, then 11 after fasting, so it's up and down. I feel tired and have no appetite, forcing myself to eat small meals. Let's talk again after a month. Nausea not unbearable. I realize I was feeling nausea before using Byetta anyways, so no real difference there. Feel shaky at times. Holding thumbs it works."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 10 years or more
• December 17, 2014

"Been on it for ten years, sugars are normal now. Plus, the first seven months I lost 100 lbs. In the 10 years since, weight has stabilized at 90 lbs loss. NEVER came back. 5'7'', 148 lbs, can eat too!"

• His...
• June 30, 2008

"I've been on Byetta for a month now and have lost 15 lbs. This is great. My sugars have gone down as well. My only problem right now is getting used to the nausea."

• Raq...
• October 1, 2007

"I am currently using Byetta 10 mg and experience nausea once I take the injection."

• LAK...
• September 8, 2008

"I used Byetta, it really took my huge appetite away."

• Anonymous
• August 16, 2008

"I have been on Byetta for one month, and my blood sugars are great. I have also lost 18 pounds. At first, the nausea was pretty bad. I have to make myself eat, I never get hungry."

• Anonymous
• August 14, 2008

"My husband has been using Byetta in conjunction with Glucophage for 8 months and has lost 31 lbs and feels great. The drug dropped his blood sugar level to normal levels and decreased his appetite."

• Ali...
• June 29, 2013

"Brought my A1C's down, as well as weight loss gradually."

• Gen...
• February 14, 2009

"UPDATE: Returned to doctor for first appointment since starting Byetta. Lost 20 pounds and my A1C has dropped from 6.6 to 5.7. No nausea."

• Big...
• December 1, 2018

"Dry lips only side effect, but that could also be from the weather. Went from 304 pounds to 260 pounds since April 15th of 2018. Hope to lose at least another 60 pounds or more. Works great for me!"

• Sea...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 24, 2018

"I was put on Byetta about two years ago. It had helped lower my blood sugar as well as my A1C level, not to mention it's helped me lose a lot of weight."

• pip...
• December 30, 2008

"Very effective for diabetes. Blood sugars are lower, and am losing weight."

• bob...
• May 18, 2017

"This drug put me in the hospital with pancreatitis - twice. I felt like I was dying. I talked my doctor into prescribing it, wish it would have worked, it was good for weight loss."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 15, 2017

"10 months and 36 kilos lighter, sugar controlled, HbA1c 5.8, amazing medicine, take Byetta and metformin."

• Anonymous
• March 4, 2009

"Controlled blood sugar fairly well, but I'm going bald using this medication. I know that others have noticed thinning hair while on it, but other medicines have not caused such dramatic hair loss."

• Anonymous
• September 28, 2010

"5 mg did not keep my numbers down. 10 mg works wonders, however, I am dizzy every day on 10 mg."