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Byetta (exenatide) injection [product information]
Check insurance coverage and explore savings options Brand-name GLP-1s may cost more than compounded GLP-1s
It's not currently licensed in the UK, so it can't be prescribed or purchased here yet
however, they act on different target organs and thus exert distinct physiological/pharmacologic effects
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doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2019.09.010 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 4.Shah M, Vella A
