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Byetta Pen Community Rating

Category: Injection Prescription

Inject 2 x's a day and eat your meal within 1 hour of it. Painless usally. It has kept my ALC numbers going down. I started at 7 and now stays about 5.7 or so. It also helps my weight.

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US331242
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October 8, 2009 4:15 PM

It didn't really work for blood sugars but, it was great at suppressing appetite. Not sure this is for everyone.

Pros:

-- Convenient
-- I'm not very hungry using this

Cons:

-- Very, very expensive
-- Didn't do anything for blood sugars
-- Doctor kept forgetting to write script for the needle/tips
-- Pens are not recyclable so it's a lot of waste in the landfills.

Does Not Work/Has Not Worked

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US331242
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October 8, 2009 4:14 PM

It didn't really work for blood sugars but, it was great at suppressing appetite. Not sure this is for everyone.

Pros:

-- Convenient
-- I'm not very hungry using this

Cons:

-- Very, very expensive
-- Didn't do anything for blood sugars
-- Doctor kept forgetting to write script for the needle/tips
-- Pens are not recyclable so it's a lot of waste in the landfills.

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Sheree At Heart
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October 5, 2009 9:18 PM

Have used this for a few months and has helped me in my numbers and weight loss

Pros:

keeps numbers down, weight loss

Cons:

very expensive

Works/Has Worked

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MzSu
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September 12, 2009 1:38 PM

I have been on this medication for 2 months now, my numbers are slowly coming down, willing to give it more time

Pros:

I have lost 12 pounds in the 2 months. Lessens your desire to eat, way to go

Cons:

none to date

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chaparral13
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July 4, 2009 11:27 PM

used this in the trials and i pleased to be using it again.

Pros:

Cuts your desire to eat and you feel full and eat less.
Lose weight
easy to use

Cons:

non that i have com across in three yrs of use

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Kendra Stevens
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July 4, 2009 6:02 PM

I have just started this. I have to say the needle gauge I'm using is sooo small that I don't even feel the needle stick ! I'm anxious to see my ATC score in a few weeks.

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patb
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June 24, 2009 6:29 PM

My Hubby was on byetta pen for about 1 & 1/2 year. We saw a slight improvement with his numbers to start with but then it leveled off. Showing us no overall improvement to his conditions. Finally his doc recommended stopping it, as it wasn't helping him. We saw no great change in his numbers after stopping the Betta.

Pros:

Well for me (since I am the one preparing the medicines) I found it to be convenient to use.

Does Not Work/Has Not Worked

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Drdee
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May 10, 2009 3:24 AM

I took this for over a year and, frankly,
did not see any improvement in my A1C results.

It also did nothing to improve my weight. I actually fained weight while I was on it.

Pros:

I didnt see any

Cons:

weight gain

Does Not Work/Has Not Worked

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jaymierp
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May 6, 2009 6:08 PM

I've been on it almost a month, I've lost 6 pounds and am seeing great numbers, I'm very excited about this medicine!

Pros:

Helps with weight loss, great with my blood sugar and staves off hunger

Cons:

Nausea!

Works/Has Worked

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MzScorpS
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May 6, 2009 5:58 PM

wish it came in a pill form, hate needles!!

Pros:

Helps keep my bs in check & has lowered my A1c. Have had some weight loss.

Cons:

nausea & it's an injection.

Works/Has Worked

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