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<blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 48466" data-attributes="member: 1338"><p><strong>Re: Anyone use Byetta?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi Phil,</p><p></p><p>That's quite a cocktail you are on at the moment! Your doctor seems to have looked up every anti-diabetes and anti-cholesterol medicine currently produced and prescribed all of them!</p><p></p><p>You really don't need to worry about going onto Byetta. It is one of the newest diabetes drugs available and has been proved to be enormously successful. Unlike most diabetes drugs which do only one thing, Byetta provides 5 benefits:</p><p>- it triggers your pancreas into producing insulin in response to a meal</p><p>- it stops the liver from producing unwanted glucose</p><p>- it slows down the rate at which food is converted to blood sugar by slowing the digestive system</p><p>- it reduces appetite</p><p>- it reduces liver fat content (which encourages greater HDL (good cholesterol) and reduced triglycerides (bad cholesterol))</p><p></p><p>What I would warn about though is that the manufacturers say you should not take Byetta with the combination of gliclazide, pioglitazone and Lantus that you are currently on. If you do then you could end up with a massive hypo. You will need your doses of Lantus, pioglitazone and gliclazide reduced considerably.</p><p></p><p>One other thing is that the manufacturers say that Byetta should not be used in combination with other weight-reducing medication, which means either Byetta or Xenical, but not both. Also it is not recommended to use Byetta with ACE inhibitors (like Ramipril) because it reduces their effectiveness.</p><p></p><p>What you will find, as Dave has already mentioned, is that Byetta is great at stabilising blood sugars, great for weight loss, and can also help with your high cholesterol levels. So go for it - and keep us informed of how you get on.</p><p></p><p>Just realised, I should have mentioned that it is absolutely vital that you test your BS every day (and at least twice a day) especially while you are also taking other meds that cause hypos when used with Byetta.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dennis, post: 48466, member: 1338"] [b]Re: Anyone use Byetta?[/b] Hi Phil, That's quite a cocktail you are on at the moment! Your doctor seems to have looked up every anti-diabetes and anti-cholesterol medicine currently produced and prescribed all of them! You really don't need to worry about going onto Byetta. It is one of the newest diabetes drugs available and has been proved to be enormously successful. Unlike most diabetes drugs which do only one thing, Byetta provides 5 benefits: - it triggers your pancreas into producing insulin in response to a meal - it stops the liver from producing unwanted glucose - it slows down the rate at which food is converted to blood sugar by slowing the digestive system - it reduces appetite - it reduces liver fat content (which encourages greater HDL (good cholesterol) and reduced triglycerides (bad cholesterol)) What I would warn about though is that the manufacturers say you should not take Byetta with the combination of gliclazide, pioglitazone and Lantus that you are currently on. If you do then you could end up with a massive hypo. You will need your doses of Lantus, pioglitazone and gliclazide reduced considerably. One other thing is that the manufacturers say that Byetta should not be used in combination with other weight-reducing medication, which means either Byetta or Xenical, but not both. Also it is not recommended to use Byetta with ACE inhibitors (like Ramipril) because it reduces their effectiveness. What you will find, as Dave has already mentioned, is that Byetta is great at stabilising blood sugars, great for weight loss, and can also help with your high cholesterol levels. So go for it - and keep us informed of how you get on. Just realised, I should have mentioned that it is absolutely vital that you test your BS every day (and at least twice a day) especially while you are also taking other meds that cause hypos when used with Byetta. [/QUOTE]
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