{"id":19688,"date":"2011-09-12T09:02:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T13:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=19688"},"modified":"2015-12-28T07:38:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T12:38:48","slug":"type-2-drug-bydureon-proves-more-effective-than-other-common-diabetes-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=19688","title":{"rendered":"Type 2 Drug Bydureon Proves More Effective Than Other Common Diabetes Treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Amylin-Lilly-Logo-1.png\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19690 lazyload\" title=\"Amylin Lilly Logo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Amylin-Lilly-Logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a>Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Alkermes announced new analyses from the DURATION-3 and\u00a0DURATION-4 trials demonstrating patients treated with the investigational medication<a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/in-the-news\/type-2-in-the-news\/new-type-2-diabetes-drug-bydureon-shows-positive-effect-on-a1c-and-weight\/17446\/\"> Bydureon<\/a> (exenatide extended-release for injectable suspension) experienced significant improvements in select cardiovascular risk factors, in comparison to patients who received commonly prescribed diabetes treatments. The analyses showed that patients receiving\u00a0Bydureon\u00a0for the treatment of type 2 diabetes experienced improvements in composite endpoints related to body weight, abnormal blood pressure and abnormal lipid levels. These findings will be presented at the 47th European Association for the Study of Diabetes\u00a0(EASD) 2011\u00a0Annual Meeting \u00a0in Lisbon, Portugal.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the\u00a0DURATION-3\u00a0study results patients who received Bydureon demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in body weight, A1c levels, blood pressure and LDL cholestral compared to patients treated with Lantus\u00ae (insulin glargine). In the\u00a0DURATION-4 study\u00a0post-hoc analyses showed patients treated with\u00a0Bydureon\u00a0or metformin were more likely to achieve clinically relevant composite goals than patients treated with Actos or Januvia.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Alkermes announced new analyses from the DURATION-3 and DURATION-4 trials demonstrating patients treated with the investigational medication Bydureon (exenatide extended-release for injectable suspension) experienced significant improvements in select cardiovascular risk factors, in comparison to patients who received commonly prescribed diabetes 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