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Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi everyone, Denis with 1 n here On my third month on Byetta now, and still have the sickly periods but not so bad as when I first started, it does seem to help if you eat right after injectin. Anyway one question, from what I understand on Byetta it works by...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Why do we need to attend our diabetic clinics, when we have Dennis, :D who explains things much easier than my consultant or nurses put together, keep it up Dennis and thanks. PS my wife is complaining about me basking naked on the roof, she does'nt mind that part of...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Yes Dennis, the plunger is down as far as it will go, its putting more pressure on the blue button that seems to make more squirt out, (what was faulty on your pens, out of interest) Anyway I spoke to my diabetic nurse, she suggested I use different parts of my abdomen...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hey everyone I think I am having a problem with my pen, when I inject obviously turning the plunger to dose up then injectin, pushing the plunger down, counting slowly to 10, watching the arrow turn in the little window, then when I have finished I have found that if you...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi ken Yes you got the right Denis this time, trust you to bring currys into the equation, your talking to another curry addict, Maybe your lack of side effects is due to eating curry :lol: or is it the beer, well if not then it's a **** good excuse for a night out...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi julie Regarding the cold, I don't think its the losing weight side of Byetta, well not in the beginning anyway, as I started feeling colder within the 2nd to 3rd week on it, so I don't think I would have lost a significant amount of weight in that short time, so it's...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hey Dennis, Am I glad I joined this forum, I have learnt more in these past few weeks than I could have, even if I had spent a solid month talking to my consultant. To us newbies, the thourght of injectin and side effects of this drug can be quite...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Trust the americans, I wonder how much they charge over there for it, we should be thankfull we get it free. 8)

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi Steve Yes it certainly suppresses your appetite, when I started a month ago, the main thing I was concerned about was the injectin, but as your on insulin I suppose your well used to it, apart from the sickly feeling's, feeling full most of the time, and only wanting...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Thank you Dennis for simplifying things, Hi cugila, Yes how are you getting on with Byetta, as I said before I have just started on my 10 mg dose so would be interested on any side effects, mind you I don't want to complain about Byetta as it seems to be...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi cugila You got a bit mixed, the man with the answers is Dennis with 2 n's, I'm Denis also a newbie to this forum. I am also new to Byetta, been on it a month, just changed to the 10mg 2 day's ago, I was told by my consultant and diabetic clinic that because I am on...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi sussex If I were you I would stick to one of the specialist diabetic ins companies, I always take holiday insurance that way, you normally have to go through a screening process, but at least you know you have told them everything and would be properly covered, also...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi everyone Just started on my 10mg of Byetta, after a month on 5mg, hope the side effects won't be as bad, had the normal nausea sickness feeling etc, but they soon subsided after a few day's on the 5mg, However one thing I have noticed, does everyone go through the...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hello Humph My BS levels started reducing within days, only been on it for 3 weeks now, and BS coming down nicely, and appitite reduced, course it reacts differently on people, ( :D you sure your standing close enough to the needle :D lol) Try a few practice squirts...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Thanks candy I was hopeing the dreaded sickness would not return in such a vengence, when I eventually move up to the 10m dose in about 2 weeks time, but it seems Im wrong, funny you should mention the cold, Now I dont usually feel the cold and I know we have had a...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Thanks Hibby65, Well if anything, its a fantastic excuse for a drink, now what shall I chose, water, cider, or a beer ????? I wonder. Did you find much change in moving up to 10m, nausea or anything, or does a month on 5m cushing the jump up.

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi everyone Im new to this forum, been type 2 for over 12 years, started on metformin then gliclazide as well, However now on BYETTA, my consultant 's been trying to put me on it for a year now, but Ive been refusing each time mainly cause of the side effects and of...

Hello out there, :D I,ve been type 2 for about 15 years on metformin, and later on gliclazide as well as a few more drugs, however within the last couple of weeks just been put on Byetta, and it seems to be working a treat, anyone else using this