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Hi I am after some ideas on what my mum can eat for breakfast. She is on oral medication and 0.6 of Victoza and her blood sugar levels have been rising quite a bit, firstly on waking up and also 2 hours after eating breakfast. She has tried bran flakes, porridge (recently porridge with...

Hi Everyone, Well, my mum started on 0.6 of Victoza (im still a bit hesistant over her taking this) anyway the doctor has stopped a few of her tablets so now she is taking just the Victoza and metformin, however when she was on just the tablets her blood sugar levels after testing were pretty...

Thanks for your replies. My mum has an appointment tomorrow. The thing is she tests her blood before breakfast and it is generally around 5 after lunch it is around 4.5- 5.5 and before bed it is around 3.5 surely this is too low and wont victoza lower it even more??

My mum is really undecided and I feel really bad for causing her indecision, as I was the one who researched Victoza on the internet and found the articles stating the long term possible risks. At the moment I think she may go ahead and try it, but obviously the potential long term diseases...

Yes it appears some people love the results and some people have really bad side effects (though I believe they tend to go after a few weeks). I still dont understand why Victoza is recommended and not insulin though. Is insulin harder to administer? or is it purely because Victoza aids...

Hi My mum has had Diabetes Type 2 for around 30 years, she is, at the moment, on metformin and other oral medication. However, she has been advised to go on to Victoza. I have been researching this drug online and I am still- after trawling the internet- unsure whether this is a wonder drug or...