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Permalink Reply by sophiaofthrace on September 3, 2012 at 10:48am

I have found that the only time I get the nausea is if I take Victoza before eating. If i wait a while after, I'm fine. Mid afternoon seems to work well for me, especially since I'm a late night snacker.

Permalink Reply by Diagnosed-in-2001 on September 3, 2012 at 11:20am

Thanks. I've been taking it in the early evening, roughly circa when I had been taking Actos. Depending upon how things play out, I may end up experimenting with the timing.

Permalink Reply by Debra Lee on September 3, 2012 at 11:33am

I tried it for about a month and I finally said enough was enough.. I think it even put into depression and very lethargic. My sleep pattern has gotten all messed up, I felt indigestion, bloated, nauseaus, constipated. It did help me to lose approximately 5 lbs during that time, but I don't feel the feelings of sickness substitutes the benefits of losing the weight. I have been off it almost 2 weeks now and I have not gotten much of an appetite back yet. I played around taking it at different times, and bedtime was the best time to take for me for the heartburn. I'm afraid this is going to be one of those drugs months or years down the road they are going to be suing the drug company for the ill effects it has caused people. I say NO to Victoza!!!! I wish you luck in your quest with it.

Permalink Reply by Diagnosed-in-2001 on September 3, 2012 at 11:51am

Thanks. I have a follow-up appt with my endocrinologist in a few months, and don't know now if I'll stay on Victoza until then.

Regarding possible lawsuits, the guild of trial lawyers apparently is already pretty active on this front. For example:

http://www.schmidtlaw.com/victoza-lawsuit/

http://fightforvictims.com/defective-drugs/victoza-lawsuit

Permalink Reply by sophiaofthrace on September 3, 2012 at 12:14pm

Be careful going off. It can affect your insulin requirements quite a bit. I would stay on until your next appointment if you can. I got the most benefit from it in the first 6 months. Then I hit a plateau. That seems to be a common issue. People lose weight for a while and then have a hard time losing more.

Permalink Reply by Diagnosed-in-2001 on September 3, 2012 at 1:33pm

Thanks. If I find that I can't tolerate Victoza, I'd certainly be in communication with my endocrinologist before changing things. If I were to stop taking it, one approach, I think, would be to start taking Actos again (and try to deal with those extra pounds some other way). The Actos + Metformin combination manages my blood sugar levels very well, with no need to take insulin.

Permalink Reply by Ellie on September 3, 2012 at 1:13pm

I was told when I went on Victoza to stop eating the minute I felt full, which happens earlier. I do that, and I think it avoids the nausea, because when I do keep eating my usual amount, then I do feel it.

Permalink Reply by Diagnosed-in-2001 on September 3, 2012 at 1:35pm

Thanks. While I don't think I've been 'stuffing' myself, I probably should try to calibrate things a bit better when eating and stop as soon as that 'full' feeling arrives.

Permalink Reply by Dee on September 3, 2012 at 7:20pm

I have found this second time around trying to take it has gone much better than the first. I stayed with the .06 for several weeks, then moved to up to the next level and stayed there for a couple of weeks and so on. I take mine usually at 8:30 at night about a half hour before I take my nightly insulin shot. I also keep in in the refregorator also. I've only lost about seven lbs on it all together but it still make me fill full when I eat a meal and can never finish one. Which of course will keep your sugar numbers down. My Dr. was hoping it would help me to lose more weight but not working out like that. I does keep my numbers down through.
Dee

Permalink Reply by Diagnosed-in-2001 on September 3, 2012 at 7:49pm

Thanks. My endocrinologist has prescribed that I bump up the dosage after week 1 and then again after week 2, ending up at 1.8mg at the start of week 3. This seems to be the standard plan. He did say that, if things feel uncomfortable after increasing the dosage, I should perhaps push it down a bit.

Permalink Reply by sophiaofthrace on September 3, 2012 at 8:12pm

I think I was on the lower dose for at least 2 weeks before I went up to the 2nd level. And longer than that before the third. My doc wasn't pushing to move the dosage up. He probably would have kept me at the lowest dose if I hadn't stopped losing weight. The blood sugar lowering seems to last but the appetite control and weight loss, not so much.

Permalink Reply by Ellie on September 4, 2012 at 7:17am

I have never gone up to a bigger dose, as the lowest seems to work. I wouldn't go up unless you feel you need to.

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