can we get prescribed Victoza if we are on an insulin pump

ronialive

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I have a bad back and hence a weight problem. I am a pump user and I wondered if we can be prescribed Victoza if we are on a pump. what do we need to do to qualify for the prescription and how does it work? can anyone advise please?
 

tim2000s

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Victoza isn't licensed for Type 1s. There are a couple of recent articles (one of which is here: http://diatribe.org/novo-nordisk-wont-be-pursuing-victoza-type-1-diabetes , http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/825713#vp_1) stating that the outcome of the clinical trials weren't good enough for Novo Nordisk to pursue it as a T1 "add-on". What the trials did show was a significant reduction in weight versus placebo, but to get hold of it as a T1 for weight loss, you'd have to get it "off license".

The outcome of the clinical trials doesn't appear to show any significant risk from taking it (although there was an increased incidence of hypoglycaemia and the trial data suggests that it does reduce insulin dosage) but neither did Novo think it provided enough of a benefit to pursue the licensing. Read into that what you will. I suspect without a license you will need to discuss it with a Specialist Endocrinologist and be fully armed with what you can glean from the web regarding the trials that took place. Given the aversion to an increased risk of hypos, it will still be a hard fight.

I presume you've tried other mechanisms to reduce your weight, such as eating a lower carb diet, which typically will reduce your insulin needs and as a result help to reduce weight, and controlling calories?
 

CarbsRok

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I found this as well

Victoza not to be used in Type 1 diabetes with insulin


Novo Nordisk has been carrying out trials of Type 2 drug, Victoza (liraglutide)

with insulin in people with Type 1 diabetes. However, although HbA1cs were

not better or worse, the number of severe hypos was greater and there was

a higher rate of symptomatic hypoglycaemia in people taking Victoza and

insulin compared to those taking insulin alone. So in August 2015, Novo Nordisk

announced that it is not going to apply for approval for use of this combination.

IDDT Note: We have received quite a few concerned calls from people with Type

1 diabetes who have been prescribed Victoza in addition to their insulin. This

confirms that Victoza is not approved for use in people with Type 1.

http://iddt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IDDTNewsletter-Dec2015.pdf