Bydureon and Castor Oil

• Generic Name: exenatide
• Dosage Forms: injection, suspension, extended release
• Other Brand Names: Bydureon, Bydureon BCise, Bydureon Pen, Bydureon Tray, Byetta Prefilled Pen

Bydureon is an extended release injectable diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This medication helps your pancreas produce insulin more efficiently. Bydureon is a long-acting form of exenatide.

Bydureon is used together with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This medicine is not for treating type 1 diabetes.

This medication guide provides information about the Bydureon brand of exenatide. Byetta is another brand of exenatide that is not covered in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: castor oil
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Chloraseptic, Emulsoil, Neoloid, Purge

Has been used as a stimulant laxative to relieve occasional constipation. However, castor oil usually is avoided for simple constipation because it produces violent purgation.

Use of stimulant laxatives for simple constipation is seldom necessary or desirable.

If a stimulant laxative is used, senna derivatives are preferred.

Stimulant laxatives have been used to treat constipation that occurs following prolonged bed rest or hospitalization.

Stimulant laxatives have been used to treat constipation resulting from diminished colonic motor response in geriatric patients but, because this type of constipation is frequently due to psychological or physical laxative dependence, the bulk-forming laxatives are preferred.

Stimulant laxatives are used to treat constipation occurring secondary to idiopathic slowing of transit time, to constipating drugs, or to irritable bowel or spastic colon syndrome.

Stimulant laxatives have been used to treat constipation in patients with neurologic constipation.

Used orally to empty the bowel prior to surgery or radiologic, proctoscopic, or sigmoidoscopic procedures, when thorough evacuation is essential.

Usually supplemented with administration of rectal evacuants, such as saline, stimulant, or soapsuds enemas, immediately before radiologic procedures.