•Lowers A1c (average blood sugar over time) up to 1%.
•Not as likely to cause very low blood sugar as glyburide or insulin.
•Adlyxin (lixisenatide) is injected once daily.
•Adlyxin (lixisenatide) comes as a pre-filled injectable pen that doesn't make you measure out the dose, so you may find this easier to use than other types of injections.
•Less likely to cause weight gain compared to other diabetic medications.
•Less risk of nausea compared to other glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists.
•There is an insulin and Adlyxin (lixisenatide) combination product available on the market.
•Not good enough by itself if you have really high blood sugars. It needs to be combined with other oral anti-diabetic medicines or insulin.
•Commonly causes upset stomach.
•Can make your birth control pills not work as well. Separate them by taking your birth control pill 1 hour before or 11 hours after injecting Adlyxin (lixisenatide).
•Oral diabetes medications can work just as well and are cheaper.
•There isn't a generic form of Adlyxin (lixisenatide) available, which means this drug may be pricey.
•You'll need to remember to take Adlyxin (lixisenatide) 1 hour before the 1st meal of the day.
•Only available as an injection.
•Slows stomach emptying which may affect how other medications are absorbed by your body.
