Diabetes & Byetta

As others have mentioned the slow release form of byetta is lar. To answer
some who asked, the full paper is online but it is not free to
non-subscribers. The abstract is however. The policy of the ‘diabetes’
journal is to retain articles for 6 months after which it is free online.

If you live near a university with a medical school or even a large
hospital they are likely to have the print version for public use. Many
libraries participate in interlibrary loan and a photocopy of the paper
might be gotten that way.

The paper to find the abstract or find the full version is:

‘Effects of Once-Weekly Dosing of a Long-Acting Release Formulation of
Exenatide on Glucose Control and Body Weight in Subjects With Type 2
Diabetes’

Is taking Byetta with other oral meds and/or insulin a real
requirement? If it is, that is just the opposite of what I was told by
my Endo. Over the last year he has put over 50 people on Byetta and
several of them have been taken off all oral medications. He advised
me that it may be possible for me to reduce or completely come off my
oral meds at some point.

Two days ago I transitioned from 5mcg to 10mcg. I have had a few lows
that I began to get the shakes and sweats. I start to feel the lows
when I get near 80. The lowest I have had is 60. I cannot imagine a
low in the 20’s. The biggest problem I have is high fasting bG
levels. Seems my liver is releasing allot of glucose. I have been
told that there could be some control on that by eating a late night
snack, which I usually avoid. Apparently, the body begins to think it
is hungry for fuel and then signals the liver to release glucose.
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Can anyone tell me what we need to do to comply with Fed regs if
we’re
taking an airline flight?

Thanks,
Brian

1a.
Painless shots and the longer needle theory . From:
kalydaskope13
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It is working too good for you that is for sure!
Always keep that kind of stuff around for emergencies.
My doctor tells me too, to drink a lot of water…when I get a low and a
high…I am not sure what this does? Does anyone??? I awoke with a high of
200 on Wed. NEVER has this happened to me. When I went to bed, it was 88. So
I called, and he told me to up my Humalog 6 units.

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From: BAZ560
Date: 6/2/2007 12:02:10 AM
To: BYETTA GROUP
Subject: [Diabetes_And_Byetta] more severe lows………………

well, it happened again…….tonight i got a low of 27 after i ate 2 pieces
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well, it happened again…….tonight i got a low of 27 after i ate 2 pieces of
pizza for supper. i thought i was going to die. i took a can of regular coke,
some ice cream and a hard candy. got it up to 83. got very cold and sleepy and
had to go to sleep. slept about an hour and bs was 99. i think the byetta is too
strong for me or something. so far i have had lows of 36, 51, 28, and
27………i do not want to go through this again! this one was the worst!!!!!
i go see the endo on june 7th. and i am telling him i do not want the byetta
anymore……… please tell me your thoughts…………………baz

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Liraglutide, the slow release form of byetta that is done once per week, is
reported upon in the current ‘diabetes’ journal.

Because it has a 24 hour presence and not the episodic twice per day
presence of byetta there are some differences in effect. The fasting and
post meal glucose leveles have on average twice the improvement of byetta
as did the weight loss.

There are the same side effects but there is some hint that constant
presence and not come and go presence might have fewer of them or at a
lower level. This seems particularly the case with lows.

There was also seen for the first time an effect on lowering blood
pressure.

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Hi all. I hope it is ok to post this in this group. Many of you are
already in another group called "byettaweightloss." If not, and are
currently on Byetta and have some weight to lose, we are starting a
Summer Challenge in that group and I encourage you to join in for the
motivation! The more the merrier!

The Challenge will be more about adding healthy habits to your routine
and taking care of yourself, than about actual pounds lost. The
Challenge starts this coming Monday and runs through Labor Day.

Hi All I haven’t been keeping up with the emails because we are packing and
have been moving to TN for the last two years and we are going for a
trip up this Saturday.

I am just turning 60 and have been giving myself injections of some
sort since about the age of 10. My asthma injections went into the
thigh and the arm…the B-12 into the rump and the Novlin into the
stomach.

For Less Painful Injections:
I was trained by the nurses to just pull the skin very taut were the
shots were about to go with one hand and then inject with the other.
Once in awhile when in a hurry…I just jab the needle in, and then I
wished I hadn’t been so lazy and just did the old routine of pulling
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source: DiabetesToday

FDA Study Said to Show Avandia Risk

The government’s own preliminary evaluation of the diabetes pill Avandia
confirms the heart risks reported in a study earlier this week and suggests
that as many as 60,000 to 100,000 heart attacks might be linked to its use
since it came on the market eight years ago, a leading member of Congress
said Thursday.

In a floor statement placed in the Senate record, Sen. Charles Grassley also
said that safety watchdogs within the federal Food and Drug Administration
"several months ago" recommended a "black box" on the drug’s label - the
strongest possible warning.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating nopales along with a traditional Mexican
breakfast can help people with diabetes keep their blood sugar under
control, a new study shows.

Nopales are prickly pear cactus pads, and are common fare among people
living in southern and central Mexico, available at any food market, Dr.
Montserrat Bacardi-Gascon and colleagues from the Universidad Autonoma de
Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico write in the May issue of Diabetes Care.

They sought to determine whether eating nopales, which have a very low
glycemic index and are high in fiber, would reduce the post-meal rise in
blood sugar among people with diabetes eating typical Mexican breakfasts.

The glycemic index is a measure of how quickly blood sugar (glucose) rises
after meals. In general, low-fiber foods containing simple starches, for
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