New info on long lasting byetta
Liraglutide, the slow release form of byetta that is done once per week, is
reported upon in the current ‘diabetes’ journal.
Because it has a 24 hour presence and not the episodic twice per day
presence of byetta there are some differences in effect. The fasting and
post meal glucose leveles have on average twice the improvement of byetta
as did the weight loss.
There are the same side effects but there is some hint that constant
presence and not come and go presence might have fewer of them or at a
lower level. This seems particularly the case with lows.
There was also seen for the first time an effect on lowering blood
pressure.
The trials have a long way to go and it will be years and not months before
it is on the market, it appears to me.
March 13th, 2007 at 3:10 am
Liraglutide is not the long acting version of Byetta. It is a competing compound
now in trials in Europe. It is not being developed by Amylin Corporation. It
is a once daily injection.
Just goggle Liraglutide and there are lots of articles about the drug.
I do agree, however, that the long acting version of Byetta is years away.
John Regan