{Disarmed} Re: [Diabetes_And_Byetta] Hello from the lurker :)
It is not that once a week version of Byetta. Do you take that?
I would not mind taking it once a week. The one now is the #10 and it works
great for me.
Metformin for me no longer works as I said. That is why he changed me. I
asked him if it was OK for me to continue taking Byetta and he said it was.
The study is for something that starts with an L I think.
Melissa~
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Exenetide LAR is the once-a-week version of Byetta that is currently in
April 12th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
No, that one hasn’t been released yet. I’m on the 10mcg Byetta along with
metformin and glyburide. Been on the spit since March and doing very well
with it. Don’t think I’d want to try to long acting version. Only had
minimal nausea with Byetta, nothing like when I started metformin, but since
I have a regime that works for me and I don’t mind the twice-daily
injections, I see no reason to change unless my current meds no longer work
for me.
> It is not that once a week version of Byetta. Do you take that?
April 14th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Michael…..you mentioned being sick on Metformin when you first started it so
it reminded me of how sick I was, too. The Dr. told me to take it at night,
after I had eaten dinner and now it doesn’t bother me anymore. But when I take
it at the beg. of the day, forget it! I’m still sick as a dog….it’s really
weird…….anyone else have problem w/it??
Kathleen
April 14th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Metformin didn’t make me nauseous but it gave me horrible diarrhea. That
only lasted about a week then my body got use to it. I hated it at first,
though.
April 15th, 2007 at 4:06 am
Michael…..you mentioned being sick on Metformin when you first started it so
it reminded me of how sick I was, too. The Dr. told me to take it at night,
after I had eaten dinner and now it doesn’t bother me anymore. But when I take
it at the beg. of the day, forget it! I’m still sick as a dog….it’s really
weird…….anyone else have problem w/it??
Kathleen
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April 16th, 2007 at 12:26 am
Pam, I still can’t take Metformin in the morning. I guess I just need more food
in my stomach, because it doesn’t bother me at night at all. It’s very strange.
I wonder what’s in these drugs to make us feel so sick?
Also, since I’m just borderline, I don’t have to test anything yet…..do you
guys mean you have to stick that needle in your finger several times a day?
That must be awful after awhile. How often do you have to do it?? Does Medicare
cover that machine, whatever it’s called.
Kathleen
April 19th, 2007 at 5:33 am
Metformin and all its combinations made me so sick I ended up in ER
three times. I am on Byetta now because I cannot tolerate metformin at
all. and metformin is on the safe list for drugs I am supposed to be
able to tolerate for my other problem(Porphyria)! Not me, I tried every
which way there was. I had projectile vomitting and what the doctors
called ‘aggressive’ diarrhea. I was sick for 6 months before my
insurance would allow Byetta.
Ravyn
April 19th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
OMG Ravyn that’s horrible!!!!!! You must have been a mess! I’m glad that you
finally got the Byetta! Too bad it took so gosh darn long to get it! Grrr!
Kathi
April 20th, 2007 at 3:19 am
Oh my gosh what horror stories! I guess it’s worth it if it helps, but gee
whiz!! You poor thing!
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Metformin didn’t make me nauseous but it gave me horrible diarrhea. That
only lasted about a week then my body got use to it. I hated it at first,
though.
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April 30th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Kathleen,
I don’t know if this ever got answered for you. There is a test kit. The meter
is smaller than a cell phone. You put a strip in it. Poke your finger and let
the strip wick up the blood. Then in a few seconds the meter tells you what you
blood sugar is.
Pam, I still can’t take Metformin in the morning. I guess I just need more
food in my stomach, because it doesn’t bother me at night at all. It’s very
strange. I wonder what’s in these drugs to make us feel so sick?
Also, since I’m just borderline, I don’t have to test anything yet…..do you
guys mean you have to stick that needle in your finger several times a day? That
must be awful after awhile. How often do you have to do it?? Does Medicare cover
that machine, whatever it’s called.
Kathleen
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May 1st, 2007 at 12:47 am
Pam,
Just a note…Mr. Mendosa of www.mendosa.com is NOT a doctor. And his wife
passed away just recently from complications of diabetes.
John Regan
a www.mendosa.com newsletter subscriber
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:48 am
Pam,
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:10 am
Pam,
I think there is a newsletter put out by a Doctor Bernstein who also writes
books on diabetes. Maybe he is the doctor you are thinking of.
Mr. Mendoza also has diabetes. He and his wife have had it for some years. He
started his newsletter because he was unhappy with the information available on
treatments for diabetes.
He writes it more as a blog now and has become a self-taught expert on diabetes.
John Regan
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:14 pm
With medicaid here in Indiana…I do not pay for strips, lancets, needles or
pen tips.
Melissa~
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Kathleen,
The meters can be gotten for free, or very cheaply, in one way or
another. (For example, check the advertising inserts from chain
drugstores in the Sunday newspaper.) It’s the test strips that cost
money. It’s the old story of Gillette giving away razors in order
to sell razor blades. The test strips and lancets can be bought
without a prescription. However, I think if your doc writes a
prescription for the test strips as being medically necessary,
within limits medicare and medicaid will pay for them.