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Byetta (exenatide) was the first glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist medication introduced in 2005

They exhibited higher HbA1c, higher eGFR, higher BMI, and lower total cholesterol/LDL values

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12-14 Exenatide is available in pen form, potentially making dosing and administration more convenient ( TABLE 1 )

Both classes are resistant to the enzymatic degradation seen for native GLP-1, which is cleaved by the DPP-IV enzyme to generate inactive metabolites and intact GLP-1 forms with low affinity for the GLP-1R