BYDUREON

[KIPGIB]

Hi,recently taken off Empagliflozine by DN who thought said medication was not working-fasting bloods 7--10.Since then fasting bloods 12---16.Now want to introduce BYDUREON injection once a week.Anybody had any experience of this drug and any problems.On a whole host of other meds--Atenolol-Simvastatin-Rivaroxoban-Gliclazide and was on Pioglitazone till recently.

 

[Chook]

When I was concerned about trying new meds and how my meds work together I popped in to see my local Pharmacist (on a quiet day) . She was absolutely brilliant and really helped me with two meds I'd been prescribed that I was having dreadful side affects with and another two meds that didn't work well together. It's what they are trained for. She even phoned my doctor to discuss it while I was there and a new prescription was waiting for me when I walked round to the surgery.

 

[lessci]

My DN tried me on it a few years ago as gliclazide made me gain a lot of weight very quickly, but unfortunately it didn't work for me, the drugs just sat under my skin in a lump and weren't absorbed by my body, ended up switching back to dapagliflozin, & sitagliptin very quickly, as I was running at 10-12 mmol and feeling absolutely rotten because of it

 

[Daibell]

Hi. Can you tell us more about your diet and BMI? It sounds like you may have some excess weight and if so having a low-carb diet is essential. If you do have excess weight and hence some insulin resistance I might query the Gliclazide as it could be adding more insulin when you have too much already. I don't know what your other drugs do, apart from the statin, so these may be involved as well but be careful you don't keep adding additional drugs without a discussion with the GP about what each is intended to do. Do give the right diet priority.