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    How long does Insulin take to drop levels?

    Hi again, i just wanted to update my position and even though I don't reply, I do read and take on board your comments. This past year has been a bit of a nightmare, the Levamir really did nothing for me and so last October, I was put on Humulin M3 and the Gliclazide stopped all together. All...
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    How long does Insulin take to drop levels?

    I wonder if you can offer any advice. I am a 52 year old overweight guy who is still fairly active, I’m fat but not floppy (if you know what I mean), I go to the gym and do my bit three times a week but have stayed a fairly constant 220kg for over 30 years. I was first diagnosed type 2 in 1999...
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    Is anyone NOT getting positive effects from Byetta?

    I had a change of pen last weekend but nothing has changed. My diabetese nurse has referred me to the surgury dietician but I'm still waiting (after a month) to hear from them. I agree my diet could be better (they always can) but hardly from a calory point of view it's vey good, so I still...
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    Is anyone NOT getting positive effects from Byetta?

    Apologies but the Byetta thread has become too long to have to troll all the way through and this is a slightly different subject anyway. I've been on Byetta for over 4 months now, at the start there was some sign of improvement with HBa1C down from 9.2 to 8.4 but this last 3 weeks my bs has...
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    BYETTA

    Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi again everyone. It's been a few months since I last posted and I went through a month of the 5µg and now i'm into the 10th week of the 10µg. I’m getting a bit worried after reading a few recent posts though. I’m on 4 x 80mg Gliclazide and 4 x 500mg Metformin slow...
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    BYETTA

    Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi everybody, I've been type 2 Diabetic for 12 years or so and on a mixture of slow release Metformine and Gliclazide, I started on Byetta yeaterday and am slowly getting used to it - I never fancied injecting but to be fair, it's a lot wosrs in the mind than it is in...