Compare Victoza vs. Byetta
Head-to-head comparisons of medication uses, side effects, ratings, and more.
Lowers your blood sugar.
Victoza (liraglutide) is a medicine you inject once a day to control diabetes, but it can be expensive.
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4.7/ 5 average rating with 22 reviewsforVictoza
Lowers blood sugar.
Byetta (Exenatide) can lower your blood sugars in addition to metformin. It does not increase your appetite unlike some other anti-diabetics, but must be given by injection and usually causes upset stomach.
Upsides
- Lowers A1c (average blood sugar over time) up to 1.5%.
- Helps with weight loss and controls appetite.
- Only medicine in this class with proven heart health benefits.
- No limitation for people with kidney problems, but close monitoring is recommended.
- Medicine is ready to use, without need to mix.
- Can lower your A1c (average blood sugar over time) by 1%.
- Not as likely to cause very low blood sugar as glyburine or insulin.
- Does not increase your appetite like other anti-diabetic medicines.
- Pen is dialed to a single dose for easy injections.
Downsides
- Only available as an injection.
- Brand name medicine and can be expensive.
- Compared to other similar medicines, you have to inject this every day.
- Byetta (Exenatide) must be injected twice a day. Other medicines like it can be injected once daily or even weekly.
- It commonly causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, or indigestion.
- Can affect how well your antibiotics and birth control pills work. Take them no sooner than one hour after your injections.
Used for
Dosage forms
- Injection
- Injection
Price
Lowest price
$995.89
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Reviews
22 reviews so far
73%
saidit'sworth it
91%
saiditworked well
27%
saidit'sa big hassle
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Side effects
2possible side effects
- Low blood sugar - self-treatable27%
- Injection site reactions2%
Risks and risk factors
- Thyroid cancer
- History of MTC
- History of MEN 2
- inflammation of pancreas (pancreatitis)
- History of pancreatitis
- History of gallstones
- alcoholism
- Elevated triglycerides
- Severe allergic reactions
- Kidney damage
- Kidney problems
- dehydration
- Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
- Use of insulin(s)
- Use of insulin-secreting medicines.
- Severe stomach problems
- Stomach or digestive tract disease
- Gastroparesis
- Loss of medication effectiveness
- Pancreatitis
- Kidney problems
- Severe renal impairment
- End-stage renal disease
- Serious stomach problems
- Severe gastrointestinal disease
- Gastroparesis
- Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)