I used Byetta for a long time and I am not an expert or medical person. You are best to get the information from your doctor. Before I started using Byetta, I had to take classes from a nurse on how I had to inject Byetta into my stomach. It was prescribed by my Doctor. Byetta has side effects reported by some people but I had no problems with it other than the expense. It does give you a feeling of fullness and it has a nickname (Spit).
I would really like some help with this. Byetta has been wonderful so far, and I've lost 30 lbs, yay! But now I've developed insomnia - terrible, only 3 hours of sleep a night insomnia, which has never bothered me before. If I skip my second Byetta shot for the day, I can usually get a full night's sleep. So that's certainly a clue that I may not be able to take the full two doses of Byetta a day.
I see that this is under juvenile diabetes, which I know even less about. But, Byetta is remarkable for a lot of folks, and there are two newer, similar, products available also.
I actually started on Victoza about 3 months ago. I had to change to Byetta in about 2 weeks (finished Victoza sample and insurance would only pay for Byetta). I developed nausea at the smaller dose of Victoza, and never used the larger dose. The nausea was unchanged with the change of meds.....and I have lost a LOT of weight (29 pounds). But the nausea started within a day or two of starting it. At least for me.
I often do oral reports on the educating the public of Type 1 diabetes and I am to do my next oral report on the use of the glucagon emergency kit. My brother has had to use it a few times but we don't have any written material on it and I was hoping someone can direct me to the right place to get this information for my report.
My fasting glucose level has increased in the last month. I've been taking my meds as directed and my diet has remained the same. I've been injecting Byetta for nearly two years (twice a day). My husband saw that there is a class action suit against the manufacturer because of side effects, damage to the pancreas. I did some reserch on line and found there are all kinds of side effects, damage to the kidneys, liver and G.I. issues.
I have been sick with a cold/flu for three weeks. Two days ago, I developed diarrhea. It seemed to occur immediately after eating. Today, the diarrhea was bright yellow and I passed something the size of a small grape (also yellow in color). I'm currently on synthroid (for hypothyroidism), effexor (for depression), and metformin & byetta (for insulin resistence). I've been on the Byetta for nearly a month, but have not suffered any side effects to date.
I was diagnosed with type II diabetes 3 months ago. I was started on byetta at the routine initial dose which was increased 2 months ago. I am only taking byetta, and no oral hypoglycemics (metformin, etc.)I have lost 29 lbs in that length of time, primarily due to decreased appetite, nausea, and vomiting. I understand that this is in all likelyhood due to delayed gastric emptying. My question: Is this ever going to get better???
I didn't respond to your question. I don't know anything about Byetta.
i gave my mom a glucagon injection the other night and tonight when she dropped to 36 i had none to give her. i can hardly open the gels,and drinks because of my oa in my hands. she was not able to eat anything whatis the next best thing to use?
The other possible explanation that comes to mind about why his glucose levels do not rise much after glucagon is that the liver may not respond properly to the stimulus provided by the glucagon.
So my suggestion is that the next time he does this, first try to get some juice or a glucose tablet into him OR keep a glucagon kit handy so you can give him glucagon to help him recover (more about glucagon in a moment), and then even before he recovers, quickly do a finger ***** on him to see what his glucose levels are right at that moment. That's really the only way you will know for sure if he is dropping low.
Now, one more suggestion.
Are you a type 1 or type 2 diabetic? He is type 2 he started taking a new medication called byetta. You inject in your arm before you meals. My husband has lost 40 lbs in the last 6 months. He just can't eat like he used to since he has been on the byetta. It curves your appetite and apparently helps your body produce it's own insulin. It might be something you want to run by your endo doctor. Let me know.
Smokray,
What a terrifying night!
We are volunteers with lots of experience with diabetes, but none of us is a medical professional, so be sure to review what you learn with hubby's endocrinologist.
First, talk to the endo about a presecription for Glucagon. Glucagon is safer & quicker to use than forcing sugar in an unconscious person. Glucagon is given by injection and works by causing the liver to dump its stores of glucose into the bloodstream, quicker than it would otherwise.
My 19 year old son was diagnosed at age 13 with type 1 diabetes. He has overall good blood sugar control. He's an athlete -- trains for marathons and bikes at least 30 miles a day and has for the past couple of years. The problem is, (when you least expect it), we can't wake him up in the morning because of extemely low blood sugar.
Now please don't tell me the reasons this may happen -- we know them all.
He was showing that he knows nothing about Glucagon OR Heroin, for that matter, when he made that comment. Glucagon gives no 'high' like what illicit drug users get when they take them, doesn't change your behavior, etc. It is not addicting, either. All it does is to stimulate your liver to dump some of its reserves of emergency sugars to help you recover from a severe hypoglycemic reaction.
i have 15 byetta prefilled pens 10mg for sale as i no longer need them maybe their some one what them and they are all store in cooler/fridge.
I am 55, severe obs sleep apnea- non compliance CPAP, now growth hormones came at severe critical low level at stimulation tests// Insuline tolerance test and Glucagon stimulation test done on two different days. already taking Synthroid, for thyroid, belly weight. weakness,tired,confused,blurry,center head pain. sleep is not sound.
cortisol is also not normal with glucagon stimulation test. IGF-1 is low.
Can I be a candidate for growth hormone replacement therapy with immediate effect.
Glucagon is not an absolute fix. You run the risk of becoming hyperglycemic if glucagon becomes your fix-all. If he is able to communicate at all, get him to eat or drink, if he is unconscious, then resort to the glucagon. Remember, his body has its own ways of handling lows, i.e. dropping adrenaline, or glucose stores from the liver. If you begin piggy-backing on that with glucagon, he ends up hyperglycemic and you enter the dreaded hi-low extremes.
The pancreas produces insulin and glucagon. Insulin lowers blood sugar, glucagon raises blood sugar. An enzyme (HMGCoA) controls the production of cholesterol in your liver. The hormones glucagon and insulin control the release of this enzyme. To control cholesterol production, you want to increase glucagon and decrease insulin. This is what statin drugs do.
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If nothing else she should have glucose tablets handy (brings up the lows) or a glucagon injection kit (in case of a coma). The glucagon injection kit is for when/if she would go into a coma, you hit her with an injection and lay her on her side. The glucagon tells the liver to release all its sugar it is storing and it then releases it into the body and she will get sick and vomit. That is why you lay her on her side.
Thank you for your reply, I'm aware of Symlin and Byetta, but neither My Dr. and what information I can gather on the web works as well as Victoza. I understand Byetta is coming out with a medication that lasts much longer but it uses a larger needle and is truly an injection. Don't understand why these drug companies in the US price their product out of reach of most....
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