[Diabetes-Talk] Questions regarding Victoza and ending treatment

[d m gina]

I tried it as well,
Where my heart went so fast it would wake me up in the middle of the night.
Even though my blanket was on high I was shivering because I was so cold.
The next morning I shared with the doctor what he could do with this 
medicine and I threw it away.
Now being a heart patient I wouldn't take it again.
Just my thoughts,
You made the rite choice.


Original message:
> 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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