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<blockquote data-quote="Breck Lundin" data-source="post: 2025628" data-attributes="member: 503674"><p>I've been taking Victoza since it was first introduced. Wonder med for me. Back then i was able to get my a1c to 4.9 to about 5.6 which was much better than the 13 (all US numbers). </p><p></p><p>I had all the known early symptoms which subsided over the first month. I also did not note any difference in those effects as i was titrated up to the therapeutic dose for me, 1.8mg. So if someone has conerns that side effects increasing I wanted to share I personally did not sense them worsening. In fact before the end of that first month I actually bumped myself up to 1.8mg a week early as 1.2mg was only marginally effective but 1.8mg did the trick.</p><p></p><p>An added bit if anecdotal data is there came a point where Victoza stopped working. Turned out that is known to happen for more than a few patients. The solution my doc came up with was to stop the Victoza for about 6 weeks switching to Byetta in effort to maintain some effectiveness. Back then only Victoza and Byetta were available to me. That switch did the trick and the numbers got better over the following month. And yup those irritating, but temporary, side effects return and went away. I've only had to take that step twice in 10yrs.</p><p></p><p>I'm now on combo therapy with Novolog in a Flexipen.</p><p></p><p>Victoza has been of great value to me. If you can try and tough out those early side effects but should they be too much talk to you doc for a solution. </p><p></p><p>And for clarity remember these events, successes and disappointments were only for me. I can answer questions about my experience with Victoza but answers may differ for someone else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Breck Lundin, post: 2025628, member: 503674"] I've been taking Victoza since it was first introduced. Wonder med for me. Back then i was able to get my a1c to 4.9 to about 5.6 which was much better than the 13 (all US numbers). I had all the known early symptoms which subsided over the first month. I also did not note any difference in those effects as i was titrated up to the therapeutic dose for me, 1.8mg. So if someone has conerns that side effects increasing I wanted to share I personally did not sense them worsening. In fact before the end of that first month I actually bumped myself up to 1.8mg a week early as 1.2mg was only marginally effective but 1.8mg did the trick. An added bit if anecdotal data is there came a point where Victoza stopped working. Turned out that is known to happen for more than a few patients. The solution my doc came up with was to stop the Victoza for about 6 weeks switching to Byetta in effort to maintain some effectiveness. Back then only Victoza and Byetta were available to me. That switch did the trick and the numbers got better over the following month. And yup those irritating, but temporary, side effects return and went away. I've only had to take that step twice in 10yrs. I'm now on combo therapy with Novolog in a Flexipen. Victoza has been of great value to me. If you can try and tough out those early side effects but should they be too much talk to you doc for a solution. And for clarity remember these events, successes and disappointments were only for me. I can answer questions about my experience with Victoza but answers may differ for someone else. [/QUOTE]
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