[Diabetes-Talk] Questions regarding Victoza and ending treatment

Sat Jun 15 01:17:27 UTC 2019

do agree with Bridget I have been on insulin for 18 months now and 
long-term and short-term and my A1C Zara blue seven couple of the ones that 
I had in the past 6 months they've been between 6.7 and 7.0 as far as my 
A1C goes I do agree having an insolent regiment does impact and help 
glucose levels with with type cheese I am a type 2 I'm on Zen pick NovoLog 
and tresiba does of the three insulin that I'm on and they do their job as 
they're supposed to so I do agree starting an insulin regimen even if your 
type 2 is worth it. In the long run. If not then you'll have issues down 
the road where the

On June 14, 2019 3:23:54 PM Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk 
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> And to back this up, study after study shows that the sooner most type 2s 
> go on insulin, usually the better management they have over glucose levels. 
> It can take some trial and error with carb/insulin ratios to figure out 
> what works for you, similar to trial and error with antidepressants, but it 
> often results in better glucose control for type 2s.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Eileen 
> Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 3:49 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Eileen Scrivani <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Questions regarding Victoza and ending treatment
>
> Hi Terri,
>
> While I have never used Victoza since I am a type 1 diabetic, I can relate 
> to your not wanting to be nauseous to the point of throwing up on a daily 
> basis. And since BG’s over 400 are very high, I wonder if you & your doctor 
> might consider going on insulin of one type or the other to control the 
> blood sugars? Right now I am using an insulin pump so don’t have to inject 
> myself multiple times the way I was before the pump, but even when I took 
> insulin injections I always said I prefered the injections to my finger 
> sticks. I’m only telling you that because I think when some diabetics here 
> insulin injections they are horrified by the thought of them. Its 
> important, as you already know, to get the BG numbers down.
>
> Good luck with this.
>
> Eileen
>
> From: Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 4:29 PM
> To: Diabetes-talk
> Cc: Terri Stimmel
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Questions regarding Victoza and ending treatment
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> As my subject says, I have some questions regarding Victoza. I have been 
> taking this medication for at least three years now. Maybe a little bit 
> longer. I have been taking 1.8 units for quite a while now. Not long after 
> I started it actually. In the beginning, for about the first two or three 
> weeks of starting it, it made me very ill! I almost quit taking it. That’s 
> how bad it was. I was extremely nauseated, and was throwing up almost every 
> morning. Anyway, I have stuck with it over the years. It did help me lose a 
> little weight. And it did help control my blood sugar pretty well.
> However, it has always seemed to make me pretty constipated, and I could 
> still have nausea. But I think part of that is due to being so constipated. 
> I got tired of feeling this way. Plus, anytime I have ended up in the 
> hospital, they don’t have this medication. So then I am off of it for a few 
> days. Which is never helpful when you have to restart it. So after a lot of 
> consideration, and talking it out with my boyfriend, I decided to stop the 
> Victoza. I did not want to be nauseated anymore, or constipated. Which now 
> this does seem a lot better.
>
> However, my blood sugar is quite high now. I do not eat a diabetic diet. I 
> never really have. But I do try to watch what I eat to a point. Anyway, I 
> have an appointment set up with my doctor for the 20th of this month. 
> Already had an appointment toward the end of this month anyway. But, I did 
> call them and told them that I stopped the medication. So they tried to get 
> me in a little earlier. I know he is not going to be thrilled about this. I 
> want him to understand that I did not do this to be noncompliant. And also, 
> in my last couple visits, I did try to explain to him why I wanted to stop 
> the medication. I wanted to get back on the Met Forman. But he did not feel 
> this was a good choice for me again. He said it was too dangerous. So in a 
> way I felt like he wasn’t hearing me. Which is usually not the case with 
> him. So I really think I just need to express myself more.
>
> With all that said though, I have noticed that along with my blood sugar 
> being high, sometimes over 400, my legs and feet have been swollen. Now I 
> can deal with this every once in a while, or maybe a day or so. But usually 
> it is not an ongoing thing. So this be a strange result, or reaction from 
> stopping the Victoza? Or is this just a coincidence most likely?
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated. I would just like to know 
> others experiences who have maybe had to stop this medication. I want to 
> find out what alternatives might be out there besides a medicine that can 
> make you feel so awful!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Terri
>
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