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From: Peter C on 8 Sep 2008 13:18 It's about exenitide/byetta ... "It may be possible to replace twice a day jabs to control type 2 diabetes with a shot given just once a week, research suggests. Scientists found a new formulation of the drug exenatide gave better control of blood sugar levels than the current twice-daily regimen." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7603676.stm
From: Tiger_Lily on 9 Sep 2008 22:30 Peter C wrote: > It's about exenitide/byetta ... > "It may be possible to replace twice a day jabs to control type 2 diabetes > with a shot given just once a week, research suggests. > > Scientists found a new formulation of the drug exenatide gave better control > of blood sugar levels than the current twice-daily regimen." > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7603676.stm > > > > and i wonder.......... what is the death ratio using this 'improved weekly byetta injection?' -- kate type 1 since 1987 www.diabetic-chat.org www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/newly%20diagnosed.html
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia on 10 Sep 2008 02:20 Tiger_Lily wrote: > Peter C wrote: >> It's about exenitide/byetta ... >> "It may be possible to replace twice a day jabs to control type 2 >> diabetes with a shot given just once a week, research suggests. >> >> Scientists found a new formulation of the drug exenatide gave better >> control of blood sugar levels than the current twice-daily regimen." >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7603676.stm >> >> >> >> > and i wonder.......... what is the death ratio using this 'improved > weekly byetta injection?' > Does anyone remember Ultra-Lente? About 36 hours? For a Type 2 who uses mostly lifestyle control and only needs a bit of extra insulin, that could work. And for a careless regime such as the 'test every few days' that came out of that awful, awful paper the PCT's are quoting when recommending strip prescriptions, it could be workable. My workign assumption is that with injections, you want to be able to counter surprises and want a fast-acting insulin available.
From: VBH on 10 Sep 2008 15:37 So you only get one opportunity a week to adjust your dose? Wow thats tempting. CLANG! (irony alert) -- VBH 37/m/uk T2 dx oct-2003 last A1c 6.0 (oops) usually to be found posting nonsense on: http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk "Peter C" <espresso(a)europe.com> wrote in message news:ga3n3n$osh$1(a)aioe.org... > It's about exenitide/byetta ... > "It may be possible to replace twice a day jabs to control type 2 diabetes > with a shot given just once a week, research suggests. > > Scientists found a new formulation of the drug exenatide gave better > control of blood sugar levels than the current twice-daily regimen." > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7603676.stm > > > >
From: Tiger_Lily on 10 Sep 2008 23:29
Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > Tiger_Lily wrote: >> Peter C wrote: >>> It's about exenitide/byetta ... >>> "It may be possible to replace twice a day jabs to control type 2 >>> diabetes with a shot given just once a week, research suggests. >>> >>> Scientists found a new formulation of the drug exenatide gave better >>> control of blood sugar levels than the current twice-daily regimen." >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7603676.stm >>> >>> >>> >>> >> and i wonder.......... what is the death ratio using this 'improved >> weekly byetta injection?' >> > > Does anyone remember Ultra-Lente? About 36 hours? > > For a Type 2 who uses mostly lifestyle control and only needs a bit of > extra insulin, that could work. And for a careless regime such as the > 'test every few days' that came out of that awful, awful paper the PCT's > are quoting when recommending strip prescriptions, it could be workable. > > My workign assumption is that with injections, you want to be able to > counter surprises and want a fast-acting insulin available. unfortunately, Ultra Lente was discontinued 3 years ago, and all remaining 'stores' of it were gone 2 years ago i forget which manufacturer that was the other manufacturer discontinued UL 2 years prior, and again, stocks were depleted within a year of the announcement of the date they would no longer make it............ sigh -- kate type 1 since 1987 www.diabetic-chat.org www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/newly%20diagnosed.html |