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Duration of Usage for Victoza

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Does anyone have any idea the average amount of time someone can remain on Victoza? While the results seem very good, they seem to come with a period of time of pretty ugly side effects. If one can remain on this drug for years, it's worth it. But read somewhere this stops working for a lot of people after 6 months, and that seems less worth the side effects as well as the potentially scary longer term issues. Any thoughts would be really welcome, thanks in advance
 
Hi @researchsaves and welcome to the forum.

Are you a diabetic or, as your name suggests, a researcher?

Whilst you are waiting for replies it is worth doing a search on the forum for Victoza and you will get a load of posts that come up. (The search facility is at the top on the R.hand side)
 
Hi @catherinecherub, and thank you for your welcome and your suggestion.

I am a parent, and we chose the name as a reminder that it is our whole family's responsibility to get as smart as we can ourselves and not just rely on our medical team...we are the lynchpin of our treatment.

I will check out that forum, I appreciate the lead...I did spend some time on it (as well as on other forums) but while I found anecdotal stories, I wasn't able to find anything more than that. I have been impressed not just by the openness of the participants on these forums but also their knowledge, so was hoping maybe someone had come across something as it seems that we are not alone in realizing we all have a responsibility to get and remain as smart as we can as we march forward.

Of course, I have to ask you...are you an angel as your name suggests? :):)
 
I was on victoza for 18 mths and it was fantastic for prob the first 12 mths, then although i was still getting HBA1c of around 5.5 the weight was coming back on and i was constipated all the time, i am now back on metofrmin and gliclazide and although my numbers are not as low i feel better at the moment for being off it. I must say though that the drug did keep my blood sugar level but my doc thought that cos my level was always between 4-5 it was a little bit too low but once i stopped it my bs shot back up to 14 - 17 after meals as tried a week break with no meds !
 
carnabychick said:
I was on victoza for 18 mths and it was fantastic for prob the first 12 mths, then although i was still getting HBA1c of around 5.5 the weight was coming back on and i was constipated all the time, i am now back on metofrmin and gliclazide and although my numbers are not as low i feel better at the moment for being off it. I must say though that the drug did keep my blood sugar level but my doc thought that cos my level was always between 4-5 it was a little bit too low but once i stopped it my bs shot back up to 14 - 17 after meals as tried a week break with no meds !
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have you tried low carb higher fat diet?
you may be able to get you BG to rise only 2mm after a meal
it’s a long page and a few good video’s
http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
For me, the more carbs we eat the more carbs we want. they don’t give up easy
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/firstweek.htm
 
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