well I really messup when I took my reading this mon. it was 211 and I
had gotten it really down to the 80 so I took my 5u. byetta and took 4u
of my novolog and will have a one pice of toast and a cup of green tea
until I can get it back down. I feel sick from eating to much I will
never do that again.brenda
source: ada
Experimental Diabetes Drugs Have New Strategy
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drugmakers are working on experimental diabetes drugs
using a novel mechanism to help flush excess blood sugar out of the body,
according to results of small studies presented at a medical meeting on
Sunday.
Bristol-Myers Squibb hopes their drug, known as dapagliflozin, will be the
first in a new class that seeks to block the reabsorption of glucose to
lower elevated blood sugar levels in diabetics. GlaxoSmithKline Plc is also
working on a drug using the same concept.
The drugs, known as SGLT-2, or sodium glucose uptake transporter 2
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Hi,
I’m new to group. got diagnosed feb 07. been taking byetta for 2-
1/2 months now (up to 10 this month, and yes had worse side effects
when i went from 5 to 10).
can sugar doesn’t spike me but enriched flour, pasta and rice do.
also i can’t have any artificial sweeteners because i have a bladder
problem (interstitial cystitis) which is making what i eat even more
difficult to manage. oh include allergies to some foods and it’s a
real challenge.
anyway… just wanted to know who else has been told no sugar?
thanks, lisette
I wrote a few weeks ago that my numbers had started creeping up and I didn’t
know how much longer I would just be able to do Byetta alone. Then I read
where somebody said they did their injections on the inside of their upper
arm and decided to try that. My numbers have gone back down to almost where
they were. I’ve actually had my first experiences with some nausea - but
not too bad. It has been enough to help me stop eating sooner. It was only
a problem once. Last week I did my injection and sat down to dinner and had
to force myself to eat a few bites. I was afraid if I didn’t that I might
get a low. My fasting BG is running 99-100 now.
Today was the first time I intentionally skipped my second dose. But we had
company all day for the holiday and I knew the eating would be spread out
and it would be hard to eat within an hour and not eat any more. So, at
9:00 AM I had my AM injection (late for me) and breakfast. At 1:30 our
guests arrived and I had appetizers with them while we chatted - a few cubes
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Ok, still a newbie. I know Byetta is supposed to be taken just *before* your
meal, and not after - but how long does "after" apply to? To be specific, I
woke up this morning and had my morming Byetta and then breakfast.
Then around noontime I went to my daughter-in-law’s parents house for a BBQ.
It was not a formal sit-down meal, but sort of a graze and nibble all
afternoon sort of thing. I had a couple slices of London broil here, a few
BBQ’s shrimp there, some steamed broccoli here, and then some steamed clams,
a few fresh cherries, etc.
Normally after all that I would not eat anything again for the rest of the
day! But that would mean skipping my evening dose of Byetta which I hate to
do, so trying to think of having a little "something". But I still feel so
full that I feel like I’d be taking Byetta *after* eating and not before. So
is there any rule of thumb for how long I should wait AFTER eating before
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i had my new a1c done today… wowowowow… i am sooooooo happy…..
in march my a1c was 380… which was about 11.5 ……
now it is down to 5.4………. about 120-140….
wooooooooohoooooooooooo…
i am relieved…
i am trying hard.. still takin byetta,metformin, and lantus… but i did talk
to my nurse about longer needles since i have to give my shots in my
stomach..coz i had a blood clot years ago so not using my legs or arms.. since
my belly is where most of my weight is.. we are gonna try longer needles.. for
two weeks.. and see how that goes.. the goal is to try and stop the lantus .. so
i can lose more..
but anyway .. i had to share with someone who knows what i am talkin about….
my nurse was telling everyone.. 
and gave me a hug….
oh and i lost 7 lbs in two weeks… and i have been walkin 2 miles every other
day .. 
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Hi! I just got done with my doctor visit. I have been on
Byetta for one month, and he is switching me to the "10." I lost no weight at
all, and didn’t really feel any effects of the "5." I didn’t gain weight either,
just stayed the same.
They did my full bloodwork last time, so I asked what my A1C was, since it was
my first time having that done. It was 7.1! I thought that was pretty good for
starting out, because i don’t have too far to go to get good numbers. That
bloodwork was for the two months prior to diagnosis and one month after
diagnosis, since it is a three month measurement - right?
Unfortunately my blood pressure was still too high, so he added another med for
that. Other than for a blood pressure check, I don’t go back for three months.
Yeah! I was kind of depressed before I went, but now I feel that things aren’t
as bad as?I thought. I asked about my morning BG being high (130-140) when the
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Thanks to everyone who sent me get well wishes following my recent knee
surgery. I thought I was going to be in and out but they ended up keeping
me for 48 hours of observation after my BP dropped during the procedure.
With my sleep apnea and the narcotics, they were worried I might stop
breathing with the low BP. The nursing staff at the hospital were very
helpful but no one there seemed very knowlegable regarding Byetta. They
first told me the hospital pharmacy didn’t have it and that I could have
someone bring in my own but then they sent it and some other meds they don’t
have to the pharmacist to verify what they were (even with labels on the
packages) before I was allowed to use any of them. By the time that process
was over, I’d already had my dinner and they wanted me to inject nearly two
hours post meal. I explained that Byetta needs food to work properly so
they let me skip that dose. The next moning my brekfast came and I called
the nurse so that she could supervise my injection before I ate. She was
busy and took nearly an hour to get to me because she didn’t understand the
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It’s hard trying to find that balance. What to eat, how much, what
pills I can stop taking, what I still need to. Nausea’s not too bad,
but still, I was hoping I would be one of the lucky ones, who never
got it.
I’ve heard about those who do and don’t lose weight. I’m thinking,
that just as with every other health tool (medication, surgery, etc.),
if you don’t use it wisely and combine it with a healthy lifestyle and
exercise, you can’t expect the weight fairy to come and poof off the
pounds overnight.
So how is today? I’m having to challenge my thinking about eating,
doing a lot more asking (am I REALLY hungry or just bored), and
shoving the stuff I don’t really want/need away. Eating when I am
already full tends to just make me sick.
Dear Fellow Byetta Users,
Thank you for the information and sharing this last few weeks I have
been a member. I learned a great deal that my doctor would have never
told me, and still probably would rather I did not know–LOL. But
after 6 months of the Metformin disaster and now these 2 months of
constant severe side-effects that are not lessening and results that
are no better than just watching my diet alone (A1c=7.4 and fasting
AM is 165-ish with or without any meds), I have decided to let God
handle this problem for me. I have never been so sick in my life as I
have been SINCE my doctor started treating me. I did not even know I
was sick before that. I do not believe I have diabetes, I believe I
have pancreatitis from Lupus and I think the meds are making it worse
not better.