[Diabetes-talk] Victosa

[Dmgina]

Please keep up the good work. It bothers me when insurance decides to run your life. I hope you can get more weight off. We are here to cheer you on. 
Dar 

On Mar 11, 2012, at 5:18 PM, "Susan and Quiz" <quellavan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, I am sorry I am so late in answering this. I am training with my new dog and just saw this message. I was taking Victosa and my numbers came down quite a bit. While I have been here, I have tested every morning, and my highest reading was 126. Now if anyone has been to the seeing eye, you know this is very good with all the temptations there are.I did have quite a struggle with my insurance to cover it though. There is another medicine they might want you to use called Bayetta. I am not sure of the spelling, but the pens are not as accessible as the Victosa pens. The physician's assistant wrote that in the documentation for why I should be allowed to have the medicine. They said the medication not being accessible was not a valid reason. She was not at all happy as she had spent quite a bit of time showing me how to use the pens. With the Bayetta, you have to do up to 4 injections a day while you only need to do one for Victoza. I ran out of the medication on Thursday. So I will be interested to see if my numbers go back up. I was told that I will be able to continue the medicine when I get home. I was told that if I didn't try this, I would have to start using insulin. If you use the Victoza and it works, that means that you still have enough beta cells to avoid insulin for a little longer. I still take the three other diabetes medications. But one has gone down to 1 per day. I am hoping that they will be cut even more if I can lose some weight. I did lose 8 pounds in the month I was taking it. Susan and Quiz 
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