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    Travelling abroad & storage of Insulin

    Local garage is selling these great water bottles, they have a cold stick inside which you freeze and then put inside the bottle and u can put a byetta pen in very easily - great for the travelling bits where you don't have a fridge. Also if you can't get fridge in room an ice bucket kept full...
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    byetta injection problem

    Very interesting to hear these experiences - Holding the pen in for a good count of ten or elephants or whatever seems to resolve the outleak. Kevin so sorry u feel so unwell. I also have been hormonal for years so the sweating is just part of the normal joys of life for me too - can't say any...
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    byetta injection problem

    thanks, Ken - was told to count to five - that could be the prob, will try ten. Definitely not just a tiny drop leaking, more a blob if u know what I mean.
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    byetta injection problem

    :?: Have just been injecting Byetta for a few days and think I'm doing it exactly as Nurse Practioner instructed, BUT when I withdraw needle a little byetta liquid leaks out - this shouldn't happen?? Am I losing some dose?
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    Hi, posted for the first time yesterday

    This time I'm introducing myself instead of just jumiping in.... Was diagnosed with type 2 nine months ago. Was very overweight, but Metformin and diet control, spurred on by being seriously scared and worried,helped to shift a couple of stone. Now trying Byetta, as Metformin no longer...
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    Does Metformin really help?

    I have tried six months on Metformin SR 500g x 3 originally, trying to increase to X4 but having to reduce to X 2 owing to horrendous gastric problems - prob exacerbated by underlying Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which my doctor seemed oblivious to. Eventually saw another partner and went in to...