Hello from the lurker :)
Hi Everyone!
I went to the doctor today, and it went pretty well I think! For now, I am
going off insulin, and going one one pill once a day. It is a new medication
called Januvia. And in Septemeber, I am going to be in a diabetes study for
a new drug that you inject.
I also started on a drug called Lyrica…which was suggested to me by my
April 11th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Melissa, forgive my ignorance but I’m confused by what you stated. Are you
taking Januvia, Byetta (Lizard Spit) or both? I would assume that the
September study is the new exenatide LAR. If you find that Januvia works
well for you, why change medication again? Seems by discontinuing the
metformin and glucatrol, it would be harder for your body to adjust to
further changes so soon.
For now, I am going off insulin, and going one one pill once a day. It is a
new medication called Januvia. And in Septemeber, I am going to be in a
diabetes study for a new drug that you inject.
I am happy that I no longer have to take 4 different meds for my diabetes.
Now I only have to take two. The Lyrica and Lizard Spit. The Metformin and
Glucatrol did not help very much.
April 12th, 2007 at 4:34 am
I take now Byetta and Januvia now. It is to see if it will work better for
me than GlucXL and Metformin.
My sugars tend to get high during the night and this study is something to
help with that. I forget what it is called. I did not write it down. For
some reason, medications work for me only for a while then I have to try
something new, that’s why I discontinued GlucXL and Metformin. It stopped
working for me…just like Actos did and a few others I can’t remember.
What is LAR?
Melissa~
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Melissa, forgive my ignorance but I’m confused by what you stated. Are you
taking Januvia, Byetta (Lizard Spit) or both? I would assume that the
September study is the new exenatide LAR. If you find that Januvia works
well for you, why change medication again? Seems by discontinuing the
metformin and glucatrol, it would be harder for your body to adjust to
further changes so soon.
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April 12th, 2007 at 6:51 am
Exenetide LAR is the once-a-week version of Byetta that is currently in
testing. Just surprised you would be on both of these drugs together since
they were designed to work with other oral meds such as metformin.