Full Version: Victoza and insulin

From: Suzan [#1]
 25 Feb 22:40
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I know that Victoza is not for folks on insulin. That is true also for Byetta.
But there are folks taking both Byetta and Victoza. Is anyone taking both Victoza and insulin?

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From: Suzan [#3]
 26 Feb 17:24
To: Suzan [#1] 26 Feb 17:25

One of my sentences didn't make sense. It should have read that there are folks taking both Byetta and insulin. I want to know if anyone is taking both Victoza and insulin.

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From: Geri in Co:Byetta(3-06) (GERI) [#5]
 28 Feb 10:42
To: Suzan [#1] 28 Feb 13:41

I'm going to ask my endo when I see him next. Not sure when that is. Maybe I'll call him ahead of time to see how he feels about giving it a try.

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From: Suzan [#7]
 28 Feb 13:51
To: Geri in Co:Byetta(3-06) (GERI) [#5] 1 Mar 21:52

When I asked about it I was told that it hadn't been given much to folks on insulin, and that there was more history of insulin-using folks and Byetta. So I asked if Byetta is now now approved for insulin users, or is it still 'off label'?. No, it is still off label. Once again I was told that as there wasn't a lot of history of Byetta plus insulin they didn't want me to be a guinea pig. My reply----I went on Byetta shortly after it reached the market, so was I being used as a guinea pig then? I never heard back. Maybe I am too contentious.
I will be interested in what your endo says.

Suzan

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From: Angela in (IOWA) [#9]
 14 Jun 21:15
To: Suzan [#1] 15 Jun 0:37

Hello all I am now on Victoza the max strength no trouble at all switching over from Byetta did it in less than a week

I am also on
Levemir® FlexPen® at bed time
My only problem with the Levemir is I cannt seem to keep my numbers down to 120 as the doc has order I am up to 48 on the pen and one morning my fast blood sugars will be 115 and that is great and the next 155 I just dont understand my body seems to fight the insulin

But I really like the Victoza it seems that my body had gotten used to the Byetta after 5 years

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From: Geri in Co:Byetta(3-06) (GERI) [#11]
 15 Jun 14:06
To: Angela in (IOWA) [#9] unread

I never had any success with Levemir and it caused my knee to hurt even more than before so I switched to NPH. I take it in the am and before bed and my fbgs are a whole lot better with the combination of Victoza and NPH. Might be something to think about for you too.

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