Inconsistancy
Has anyone noticed any inconsistancy in their Byetta? I have to order mine and
so I get 3 months supply at a time. When I started the last 3 months I thought
it must have stopped working for me. Not much full feeling, no upset tummy and
started wanting to eat everything in sight again. My numbers stayed pretty good
though so I just figured it must have stopped working for me as far as helping
with the food.
Now I’ve started the new 3 months supply and what a difference. Am full
immediately, started belching all the time again and have more energy back. Am
wondering if my last order could have gotten too cold during shipping or if it
just wasn’t a "good" batch.
December 25th, 2006 at 2:57 am
On 5/2/07, missust wrote:
<< Has anyone noticed any inconsistancy in their Byetta? I have to order
mine and so I get 3 months supply at a time. When I started the last 3
months I thought it must have stopped working for me. Not much full
feeling, no upset tummy and started wanting to eat everything in sight
again. My numbers stayed pretty good though so I just figured it must have
stopped working for me as far as helping with the food. >>
My Byetta has not been quite the *magic* this month that it had been the
previous three. I’ve had more problems dealing with hunger - however, like
you, my BG has been fine. So…. that would probably mean there is nothing
wrong with the medication itself. It is doing exactly what it was designed
to do - help keep our BG at a steady number. The rest of it is kind of like
a bonus - some people never get the bonus, some people get it all the time,
and some of us get it sometimes. I really think for some of us our body
needs periods of readjustment and ’settling’ and then, hopefully, the bonus
will start back again.
I was discouraged when I had my weigh-in at Curves this morning - my weight
stayed exactly the same as it was a month ago - but, I did lose 1/2" in my
waistline and 1/2" in my abdomen. I also know I didn’t get quite as much
exercise as usual - 3 days a week instead of 4; and there were times when I
was not as stringent with my eating plan as I have been. So, perhaps there
is a chance the Byetta does not benefit me as well when I am not quite as
cautious.
The reason I don’t think it is a bad pen is because I have two pens - one at
work and one at home and it is the same thing with both.
December 25th, 2006 at 6:04 am
nancy, try checking with the company to see if anyone else had that problem.
maybe they will replace it for you……i haven’t been on it long enough to tell
yet………………….baz
Now I’ve started the new 3 months supply and what a difference. Am full
immediately, started belching all the time again and have more energy back. Am
wondering if my last order could have gotten too cold during shipping or if it
just wasn’t a "good" batch.
Nancy
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December 25th, 2006 at 11:22 am
I have noticed that when I eat more carbs the I crave more and more. this is
true with or without Byetta. So maybe what you are eating is different. I
haven’t noticed a difference in different pens. I am on my first pen of the 3 I
got in the mail.
Pam
Has anyone noticed any inconsistancy in their Byetta? I have to order mine and
so I get 3 months supply at a time. When I started the last 3 months I thought
it must have stopped working for me. Not much full feeling, no upset tummy and
started wanting to eat everything in sight again. My numbers stayed pretty good
though so I just figured it must have stopped working for me as far as helping
with the food.
Now I’ve started the new 3 months supply and what a difference. Am full
immediately, started belching all the time again and have more energy back. Am
wondering if my last order could have gotten too cold during shipping or if it
just wasn’t a "good" batch.
Nancy
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December 25th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
On 5/2/07, Pam wrote:
<< I have noticed that when I eat more carbs the I crave more and
more. this is true with or without Byetta. So maybe what you are eating is
different. >>
*That is a good observation. I broke my *golden* rule several times this
month - always having protein being the first thing in my mouth whenever I
eat and to never eat carbs alone - even if they are complex. I will be back
on track tomorrow and we’ll see if that might be causing the problem.*
**
*The other thing I was thinking - Byetta is doing its job - my numbers are
low to mid-90’s almost all the time now - so maybe there is some property of
the drug that keeps it from giving us that bonus when we are so well
regulated? I don’t know - just thinking out loud.*
*But, regardless of the reason - that is why all of us must be careful not
to ‘outeat’ the Byetta benefits….. as in, eat what we want because Byetta
‘protects’ us by keeping our BG acceptable. Then if Byetta does not work as
well some time, you have no good habits to fall back on. Even though this
month I did not lose any weight, I worked hard at keeping my good habits -
or I would have gained weight.*