going from the 5 pen to the 10
I will be going to the 10 pen next week. What changes can I expect, if
any?
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March 1st, 2005 at 5:56 am
I will be going to the 10 pen next week. What changes can I expect, if
any?
March 1st, 2005 at 5:51 pm
I will be going to the 10 pen next week. What changes can I expect, if
any?
I didn’t have any changes at all when I changed to the 10 pen. No side
effects and no problems. Janet
March 2nd, 2005 at 5:32 am
Thanks for responding Janet. I hope I don’t have any problems either. I have
felt sort of bloated lately and just out of sorts. I ate alot of lettuce salad
lately. Could that be it? I never had a problem with lettuce before Byetta. Has
anyone else been bothered by bloating and lettuce?
Kathy
I will be going to the 10 pen next week. What changes can I expect, if
any?
I didn’t have any changes at all when I changed to the 10 pen. No side
effects and no problems. Janet
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March 2nd, 2005 at 6:45 am
Has anyone else been bothered by bloating and lettuce?
I didn’t have a problem with bloating and lettuce, but when I first started
on Byetta I had some bloating but it didn’t last long. I just ate a little
less until it went away. Janet
March 2nd, 2005 at 1:10 pm
Hi, Kathy. The only changes I had moving up to the 10 was feeling tired
for a week or so. But then I needed the rest. <g>
I found my taste in food to change when starting byetta. I now love
hot-spiced foods, where I didn’t before. I eat more fruit than veggies,
though I should eat more veggies, I know. So there have been some
taste-bud changes, but not something I can’t handle.
March 2nd, 2005 at 4:48 pm
It seems to vary person to person. 5mcg byetta made
me hungrier. It helped my BG but I needed 10 mcg to
(largely) bring it under control.
I’m the opposite of Janie. I used to like very spicy
food - now I can’t tolerate it well - and I miss it.
I no longer have muscle spasms from injecting (around
the site) - they were never severe, just uncomfortable
and short lived.
10 mcg controls eating more than 5 mcg but it can’t
really stop me from eating - only makes me pay for it
later.
I never got sick from either of them unless I ate too
much. I don’t vomit easily, therefore I simply felt
March 3rd, 2005 at 12:55 am
Marsha,
I am so glad to here that you are hungrier as well. I have dropped a
couple of lbs., but it is probably because I was more aware of how much
I was eating. I eat fewer calories, but I still crave chocolate and ice
cream. I have 4 more refills on the 5 pen. I was wondering if the 10
would be better?
March 3rd, 2005 at 7:20 am
WOW My doctor told me to go to the 10 after one month of being on the 5. Why the
big difference? Anybody?
I am so glad to here that you are hungrier as well. I have dropped a
couple of lbs., but it is probably because I was more aware of how much
I was eating. I eat fewer calories, but I still crave chocolate and ice
cream. I have 4 more refills on the 5 pen. I was wondering if the 10
would be better?
March 3rd, 2005 at 9:31 am
Marsha,
Are you also taking oral meds? My doctor took me off the oral meds then
gave me a refill, almost makes one think, the Dr. is not sure how to
proceed. I will question him tomorrow. I only had the full feeling
maybe the first week now not as much. I also have started eating right
away, but only the past 2 days (after reading on this board that we may
need the wait time for meds to work properly (something to that affect))
have gone back to waiting 1/2 hour or more before eating.
My Ac1 panel(?) was 6.7 (i think as you can see, I really need to pay
more attention) it went a point for every 10lbs I gained back. Oy vay!
March 3rd, 2005 at 2:18 pm
I am on 1000 mg fortamet twice a day, Millie.
I won’t get a new A1c until August. Will know more then.
Marsha
March 3rd, 2005 at 6:36 pm
I went on the 10 after 2 weeks of being on 5 because 5 was not doing enough for
me. - Marsha
March 4th, 2005 at 2:43 am
If you name a food, someone has had trouble with it. It’s a really
individual thing. I haven’t found any food yet that causes a
problem, although I am careful not to get carried away with
quantity. Pat in ID
March 4th, 2005 at 7:29 am
Millie,
I’m not hungrier on 10 mcg. 5 mcg increased my appetite - one of those weird
reactions. I just took more hoodia to cut the hunger. On days when I am really
bothered by inappropriate hunger from insulin resistance I take one or sometimes
two of the 1000 mg hoodia extract capsuls from globalnutritions.com (disclaimer,
I do not make money from this site)
Craving carbs is normal for someone who is coming down off them. Heck, I still
In small doses. The
like chocolate, I just do good low-carb chocolate.
good stuff is pretty expensive, so small amounts is all I can afford. I tend to
miss the savory carbs more than the sweet ones - hence I will long for something
crunchy and salty more than sugary sweet.
I can’t handle sugar alcohols very well - which excludes most low-carb candy &
stuff. That also limits my use of the stuff as there is no point in having the
trots over the use of one alcohol sugar laden food bar. That means I use mostly
Atkins (no sugar alcohols) and Pure DeLite chocolates.
I only use the bars/drinks when I am away from home (in class, going to court,
etc.) because they are calorically dense. Pure DeLite - well, I don’t even have
any right now and won’t until the weather cools down since I don’t want to pay
shipping that includes charges for cooling packets and the extra weight. That’s
okay. I can live without chocolate (most of the time).
DH likes the Lindt 90% bitter chocolate (one square, no more). I can’t stand
the stuff (it reminds me of baking chocolate and I hate bitter flavors).
Be well!
Marsha
March 5th, 2005 at 2:15 am
I just went to the 10 pen yesterday after being on the 5 for 2months.
I had hardly any problems on the 5 (slight nausea) When I took the
first dose of the 10 yesterday, I got dizzy, nauseus, and got a
horrible headache. Today was better.
Hopefully, you wont have any problems….
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March 5th, 2005 at 10:55 am
Sarah,
I am so sorry you had a bad start with the 10 pen. I was like you….beginning
the 5, I had just a little nausea the first 4or 5 days. I take a dose before
breakfast and before supper. When do you take yours? Have you lost any weight?
I’ve lost 3-4 lbs and need to lose alot more. Let me know how you do on your 3rd
day of the 10…
Kathy
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March 5th, 2005 at 9:42 pm
I’ve been on the 10 pen for a little over 2 weeks. In two weeks, I’m
going back on the 5 pen. Eating the same food, living the same life,
doing the same amount of exercise, everything, for me, is better on
the 5 pen. More weight loss, better blood sugar levels, less tiredness.
March 6th, 2005 at 1:13 pm
i actually had a lessening of the adverse symptoms
March 6th, 2005 at 5:31 pm
i had a longterm ongoing battle with lettuce. it
really made me ill. now i am ok with it if i don’t
overdo it