Catwoman76
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Yippeeeee got my victoza
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mcdonagh47
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Hello Steffie,
Victoza is pretty new and still being investigated for side effects.
Pancreatitis and thyroid cancer seem to be what they are worried about in relation to it but the FDA says the benefit outweighs the risk at the moment.
But current users are basically guinea pigs.
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety...ormationforPatientsandProviders/ucm198543.htm
there is also another drug awaiting FDA approval in the same byetta/victoza family which is a once a WEEK injection.
Victoza is pretty new and still being investigated for side effects.
Pancreatitis and thyroid cancer seem to be what they are worried about in relation to it but the FDA says the benefit outweighs the risk at the moment.
But current users are basically guinea pigs.
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety...ormationforPatientsandProviders/ucm198543.htm
there is also another drug awaiting FDA approval in the same byetta/victoza family which is a once a WEEK injection.
Steff
Little Miss Chatterbox
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- Type 2
Going well ty Nikki, abit of nausea thats it, yeah got told my weight will be monitered closely got to lose a certain amount, feel abit pressurised if im honest but ill give it my best shot... my hbA has gone down significantly last week it was 6.7 previous 6.4 so she said my hbA was not to much of a worry at present.
mcdonagh47
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- Type 2
Its called Bydureon but the FDa want more tests on it.
There are other long acting GLP1 drugs in development as well.
http://www.thepharmaletter.com/file...or-more-clinical-data-3rd-qtr-sales-data.html
Steff
Little Miss Chatterbox
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- Type 2
Thank you kindly for that mcdo...
mcdonagh47
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- Type 2
...and there is yet another GLP1 agonist (byetta-like drug) called albiglutide to be marketed as Syncria, which can be injected fortnightly or monthly and has the same results as byetta.
Its just moved up to Phase 3 tests, it causes nausea for up to 8 weeks which then subsides, they are working on reducing the starting nausea.
A monthly injection might make Type 2 a doddle ....as if !!
AlisonM
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It's good it's going well Steff, I'm pleased for you.
The Byetta seems to be making a difference for me, but not as much as I'd hoped. I'm still in double figures most of the time I'm waking up quite high, often in the mid teens but falling lower during the day, got down to 8.7 yesterday tea time. The BG pattern seems very different with the highest readings early in the day and lowest in the early evening, before Byetta it was the other way round. Confusing.
The worst of it is the nausea, I'm feeling really sick most of the time and have horrid indigestion and a very sore tummy. I find the symptoms are worse in the mornings and I can't manage to eat breakfast at all.
The Byetta seems to be making a difference for me, but not as much as I'd hoped. I'm still in double figures most of the time I'm waking up quite high, often in the mid teens but falling lower during the day, got down to 8.7 yesterday tea time. The BG pattern seems very different with the highest readings early in the day and lowest in the early evening, before Byetta it was the other way round. Confusing.
The worst of it is the nausea, I'm feeling really sick most of the time and have horrid indigestion and a very sore tummy. I find the symptoms are worse in the mornings and I can't manage to eat breakfast at all.
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