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Comment by Karen on June 25, 2012 at 12:32pm Newbie here ! So glad to find this site. Diagnosed Sept 2011 with Type 2. Put on 1000mg Metformin. In Dec put on 2000 mg Metformin plus 5 mcg Byetta. Felt better and started losing weight. In April started having serious bathroom issues. Doc said, cut Metformin back to 1000 mg per day and keep taking Byetta. Well, it seems, now I am not losing weight even tho Byetta was prescribed solely for that reason. Anybody having any of these symptoms? Any advice? thanks.
Comment by Brigitte on February 28, 2012 at 7:36am Doug... I just came across your posts... Curious to know how you are doing!?
Phil, Thanks so much. I am finding out that I need to check. When I stopped the Metformin and did Leve. 8 units it wasn't keeping my reading below 150. I increased to 10U and down to 130 fasting. I added a Metformin this AM and and going to use Leve 8U with another Metformin in PM. I'll watch this for a few days. I really appreciate your info.
You can take them all together. I take Lantus 50u, Byetta .5u and metformin 500mg all twice daily plus humalog R on a sliding scale. I have only started the Byetta and metformin in late November and have noticed no weight loss but no weight gain eaither. You have to be prepared to check your levels many times a day untill a balance is found.
Byetta, Levemir, Metformin, can all three be used together? See previous question. Hope someone has some answers.
Just switched from metformin to levemir. I was using Byetta once a day. Is it still OK to use it? It really helps me eat less. I am very hungry since starting the insulin and I don't want to gain weight. I have already gained 2 lbs in five days.
Hey : ) I just thought Id do a follow up on how I got on with taking Byetta.
The second pen (10micrograms) still didnt have an effect on me, but with the third one I asked if a longer needle would help I was using a 4mm, the nurse didnt seem to think it would make a difference but I badgered her for an 8mm, Low and behold Im now getting lower blood sugars and I find if I take make injection about 90mins before I eat a meal I only really want half of it! ive lost 7lbs in the first 2 weeks of doing this, Im so pleased I stuck with it and if its not working for someone else reading this, please just try and hang in there and try tweaking it a little. x
Comment by mybloodissweet on September 29, 2011 at 7:20pm Manny Hernandez(Co-Founder, Editor, has LADA)
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