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Weekly Exenatide Similar to Daily Liraglutide


 

From the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes

Dr. Diamant noted that even marginally different treatments in terms of efficacy and safety could help tailor diabetes therapy more specifically to the individual. “It's like with insulin,” she said. “We have different insulins for [different] patients.

'Modest weight loss' was achieved with both agents, but liraglutide patients had more GI side effects.

Source DR. BUSE

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