BYDUREON BCise may cause serious side effects,
including:
- POSSIBLE THYROID TUMORS, INCLUDING CANCER Tell your
healthcare provider if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, hoarseness, trouble
swallowing, or shortness of breath. These may be symptoms of thyroid cancer. In animal
studies, BYDUREON and medicines that work like it caused thyroid tumors, including thyroid
cancer. It is not known if BYDUREON BCise will cause thyroid tumors or a type of thyroid
cancer called medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in people
- Do not use BYDUREON BCise if you or any of your family members have
ever had MTC or if you have an endocrine system condition called Multiple Endocrine
Neoplasia syndrome type 2
(MEN 2)
- Do not use BYDUREON BCise if you have a history of low blood
platelet count from using exenatide medicines (drug-induced
thrombocytopenia)
- Do not use BYDUREON BCise if you have had an allergic reaction to
exenatide or any of the other ingredients in BYDUREON BCise
- Inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) Stop
using BYDUREON BCise and call your healthcare provider right away if you have severe pain in
your stomach area (abdomen) that will not go away, with or without vomiting. You may feel the
pain from your abdomen to your back
- Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) Your risk for
getting low blood sugar may be higher if you use BYDUREON BCise with another medicine that can
cause low blood sugar, such as a sulfonylurea or insulin. Tell your healthcare provider if you
take other diabetes medicines. Talk to your healthcare provider about managing low blood sugar.
dizziness or lightheadedness, sweating, confusion or drowsiness, headache, blurred
vision, slurred speech, shakiness, fast heartbeat, anxiety, irritability, mood changes, hunger,
weakness, or feeling jittery
- Kidney problems Tell your healthcare provider if
you have or had kidney problems. In people who have kidney problems, diarrhea, nausea, and
vomiting may cause a loss of fluids (dehydration), which may cause kidney problems to get worse
or kidney failure
- Stomach problems Tell your healthcare provider if
you have severe stomach problems, such as slowed emptying of your stomach (gastroparesis) or
problems digesting food. Other medicines like BYDUREON BCise may cause severe stomach problems.
It is not known if BYDUREON BCise causes or worsens stomach problems
- Low blood platelet count BYDUREON BCise may cause
the number of platelets in your blood to be reduced. When your platelet count is too low, your
body cannot form blood clots. You could have serious bleeding that could lead to death. Stop
using BYDUREON BCise and call your healthcare provider right away if you have unusual bleeding
or bruising
- Serious allergic reactions Stop using BYDUREON
BCise and get medical help right away if you have any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction,
including itching, rash, or difficulty breathing
- Injection-site
reactions Serious injection-site reactions, with or without bumps (nodules), have
happened in some people who use BYDUREON BCise. Some of these injection-site reactions have
required surgery. Call your healthcare provider if you have any symptoms of injection-site
reactions, including severe pain, swelling, blisters, an open wound, or a dark scab
- Gallbladder problems have happened in some people
who take BYDUREON or other medicines like it. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you
get symptoms of gallbladder problems including pain in the right or middle upper stomach area,
nausea and vomiting, fever, or your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow
The most common side effects with BYDUREON BCise may
include a bump at the injection site and/or nausea. Nausea is most common when you
first start using BYDUREON BCise, but decreases over time in most people as their body gets used
to the medicine.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines
you take, including prescription and over-the-counter
medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, as taking them with BYDUREON
BCise may affect how each medicine works.
Before using BYDUREON BCise, tell your healthcare provider
if you are pregnant, nursing, or plan to become pregnant or nurse. BYDUREON BCise may
harm your
unborn baby.
APPROVED USES
- BYDUREON BCise is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar (glucose)
in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and should be used along with diet and exercise
- BYDUREON BCise is not recommended as the first choice of medicine for treating diabetes
- BYDUREON BCise is not for people with type 1 diabetes
- Do not use BYDUREON, BYDUREON BCise, BYETTA or other medicines
containing exenatide together
- It is not known if BYDUREON BCise can be used in people with a history of pancreatitis
Please click here for Medication Guide, and click here for Full Prescribing Information for BYDUREON BCise.
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