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All right, let's get into the drug of the day today, and that is exenetide.

Brand name of this medication is bieta or by durium.

Now, if you haven't been in practice really long or your student,

you're probably not terribly familiar with Bietta

or you've probably never seen it.

I can tell you from my experience,

I can't recall the last time I've seen Biaetta,

but I did see it several years ago.

So, long story short, the big issue with Bayetta is dosing.

So, bieta is actually a sub-Q injection twice a day.

So as you could imagine, comparing that to by Durian and some of the other

GOP-1 agonus, that's a problem and a patient issue where they have to give an injection

twice a day versus where they can give an injection just once weekly. So just a little background on Bayetta, five micrograms twice a day, can go up to one

microgram twice a day after a month.

The other issue is that dose actually has to be given within 60 minutes or 60 minutes prior to morning and or evening

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