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What time should you take the shot?

Started by Tracey. Last reply by Ellie 12 hours ago. 16 Replies 0 Likes

Hello all...I am new here and am so happy to have found others like me. I have been taking Victoza for nearly 4 weeks now and have not lost any weight, though I walk daily and have decreased my calorie intake.... I also take 2000 of Metformin,…Continue

Queasy Rider!

Started by bikette. Last reply by bikette 12 hours ago. 11 Replies 0 Likes

From what I've read here, a number of you folks have experienced the nausea "as advertised" with Victoza and I'm wondering what you did to counteract that? I presume Gravol but that has a sedative affect on me and I thought it might be nice to stay…Continue

This ain't cheap!

Started by SweetPee. Last reply by marty on Sunday. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Sorry; I didn't know how to post and 'e' mailed this discussion to the whole group.Hello everybody;I have a wishy-washy insurance plan. Dr. put me on Victoza today. It's going to cost me $150 per month after my insurance coverage. I'm on a tight…Continue

How to deal with side effects? is it worth it?

Started by Elizamew. Last reply by Laura Anne Kilpatrick May 3. 15 Replies 0 Likes

Hi, this is my first time posting.I just started victoza (o.6) on feb 3rd 2012. on feb 14 i started Vomiting. I thought at first it was something i ate that had gone off. Now i can't eat anything with out vomiting. they said it would help with wight…Continue

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For those of us Victoza users that inject straight from the fridge.... Do you find it hurts more?

Started by Brigitte. Last reply by Laura Anne Kilpatrick Apr 23. 5 Replies 0 Likes

The very first time I injected it was straight from the fridge and it hurt like heck. Since that time I have always kept my Victoza in the cupboard once opened. I have been reading that people think it is more effective kept in the fridge.…Continue

Victoza and Insulin?

Started by gwenny415. Last reply by Gayle Kodimer Mckenna Apr 19. 5 Replies 0 Likes

I'm going to be seeing my endo next week and have heard so much good about victoza...but can you take it if you're on insulin? I'm currently taking novolog and lantus...Had been taking Symlin but couldn't afford it...My boss has been taking it about…Continue

Victoza Newbies, anyone?

Started by Tony S.. Last reply by Jeff Apr 18. 21 Replies 0 Likes

Wow...getting results in just a few days that Byetta never delivered in two years...5 lbs. lost, numbers in near-normal range. Have to have a bedtime snack to not go hypo. Just hope this progress is for real and that Victoza won't lose effectiveness…Continue

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Comment by marty 16 hours ago: But I was below 120 and then it just went up one day and is staying in this range.

Comment by BikeCommuter 16 hours ago: These morning numbers seem pretty good to me.

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Comment by marty 17 hours ago: Last week i was put on metformin 2000 mg a day and victoza. I was on janumet. My morning number is still 135-146 same as before. Should i take victoza later in morning or break my metformin up and take the last one maybe closer to midnight? Any clues? Thanks

Comment by Ellie on May 16, 2012 at 10:39am: Victoza has been a miracle drug for me, amazing levels like I have never seen, but I read on a forum that it stops working after a couple of months. This has me terrified. Is this true for most people, that it will suddenly stop working and I'll be back to square 1 after only a few months? I really like what it's doing for me.

Comment by Ellie on May 1, 2012 at 6:15am: Thanks Leilani. That's a possibility, because my morning readings are so amazingly lower than they have been for at least 12 years. Wasn't so bad last night though, so maybe it was just a "thing" for a couple nights, you know, a couple nights of weird dreams for no reason except the life chaos of this particular weekend. But worth checking, for sure.

What's interesting is that though my sugars are so much lower than ever before since I've been measuring (that is, since my diagnosis), I don't feel "crashy." My regular doc kept saying the numbers I told her when I "crashed" on the lantus/levemir(80s to 100 in late afternoons) weren't really bad low, and I knew that, but it felt that way, because I charged down to them within an hour from 150 or more. I think calling them crashes as I did makes sense, because what made me so uncomfortable was the rapidity of the change. Now I am often at those numbers and feel fine.

Comment by Leilani on April 30, 2012 at 7:30pm: Vivid dreams during the night can sometimes be an indication of low blood sugar. It may be helpful to check your BG around 2:00 am to see if that may be a contributing factor?!

Comment by Ellie on April 30, 2012 at 7:20am: Anyone else having vivid, unpleasant dreams on Victoza? Last 2 nights, one after another, awake every hour after wild dreams. And if so, does it go away with time?

Comment by Jeff on April 28, 2012 at 3:00pm: one week on V and down 3-4Lbs i am happier combined the 8 weeks before V and the 1 week after total of 30-31 Lb Loss

Comment by Ellie on April 27, 2012 at 11:24am: For the past couple years my fasting numbers have been up, happened just suddenly, and they weren't terrific to start with, but acceptable.

First the doc kept increasing my glyburide (I also take metformin, the highest dose), then she wanted to try other drugs, and I was very leery, because I constantly fight side effects of everything she wants to try me on.

So I got her to prescribe Lantus. It was like being Alice down the rabbit hole weird--my sugars in AM and all day long were HIGHER than before, and I crashed seriously every afternoon (numbers themselves not so bad, but going down nearly 100 points in an hour was!). So we tried Levimir, same exact thing. I had thought that duh, taking insulin would be the answer. Not so much.

So when I broke into tears in her office this week, she decided it was time to get me to an endo. I had researched endos on my insurance plan but the wait period was over 4 months so I felt pretty hopeless. But--she got her referral person to look for someone I could get into as quick as possible and I actually got an appointment (due to cancellation) THAT afternoon about an hour away--worth the drive! This was a nurse practitioner who works with an endo and thus specializes in diabetes. And she didn't play the guessing games my general doc had done (not blaming her, she is terrific but not a specialist), and she started me on Victoza. But, she said, I wouldn't notice any difference as she was starting me on the lowest dose, but she wanted to see how I did nausea-wise.

THE NEXT morning my fasting was lower than it ever has been since my diagnosis 12 years ago. This is a miracle! She also said that because of the slower stomach emptying I would get full faster and to stop eating the minute I did. Starting with that first breakfast I can only eat about half what I usually have eaten, and my sugars are amazing all day long, before and 2 hours after meals (I am testing like a maniac). Today I tried a higher-carb breakfast (I have been eating extremely low-carb breakfast because of my high fasting) and post-meal not so good, but still NOTHING like before. I just hope this continues to work this way. Would hope not to have to increase dose as I am going on Medicare in a very few years and worry about cost. But so far I am one happy camper!