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A weekly diabetes shot called exenatide doesn’t lower the chance of ending up in the hospital for heart failure for the first time in people with type 2 diabetes — it’s basically neutral, even though...

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Effect of Once-Weekly Exenatide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes With and Without Heart Failure and Heart Failure-Related Outcomes: Insights From the EXSCEL Trial.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2019 Nov 12

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Effect of Once-Weekly Exenatide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes With and Without Heart Failure and Heart Failure-Related Outcomes: Insights From the EXSCEL Trial.

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DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041659

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Taking a weekly diabetes shot called exenatide doesn’t stop the first heart failure hospital stay, but it does cut down on how often people end up back in the hospital for heart problems by about 18%.

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Taking a weekly diabetes shot called exenatide may help lower the chance of dying or ending up in the hospital with heart failure for people with type 2 diabetes.

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If you have type 2 diabetes and already have heart failure, the weekly diabetes shot exenatide might not help you live longer or keep you out of the hospital for heart problems. But if your heart is healthy, it could lower your risk of dying by 21%.

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A weekly diabetes shot called exenatide may help people with type 2 diabetes live longer, especially if they don’t already have heart failure.

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