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Byetta for weightloss?
by sleelee, Dec 03, 2006 12:00AM
I am new to this site and am anxiously waiting for my doctor appointment on the 13th to talk about Byetta for weightloss. It is a medicine prescribed to diabetics but it is becoming popular as a weightloss drug for non diabetics. Is anyone out there taking this for weightloss and not a diabetic?
I am not diabetic and am hoping my dr. will prescribe it to me. I have heard good things about this medicine and hoping it will work for me.
:)
I am not diabetic and am hoping my dr. will prescribe it to me. I have heard good things about this medicine and hoping it will work for me.
:)
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by nitramog, Dec 13, 2006 12:00AM
To: sleeslee
please tell me what he sed I am diabetic and its helping me louse wate and use less insalin,, it took me a month fore my stomic not to get upset by, it I didnt now it was fore none diabetics also
by sleelee, Dec 17, 2006 12:00AM
Well, I went to my appointment and my Dr. would not prescribe it to me. She said it was only for diabetics. I was very disappointed. She said I should take vitamins. Ya right.......So now I am looking into the LapBand.
by Nina_1269, Sep 13, 2007 01:37AM
I know all about being overweight, AND being a diabetic. I think if you do NOT have to take medicine for Diabetes, you should consider yourself lucky. Follow your doctors advice. If I had followed mine sooner, I would not have diabetes now! One thing you MUST take into consideration, though it does help with weight loss, one side effect is LOW blood sugar, and that can be dangerous, if you are NOT diabetic and have no training to control it. I agree with your doctor, you should seek other HEALTHY strategies. My doctor had for many years told me to eat six small meals a day, nutritional foods, guess what? It does WORK! As part of my diabetes, I now HAVE to do that in order to keep my insulin levels steady. And I have lost weight with exercise and diet BEFORE I started using Byetta. The only reason my doctor prescribed it to me is that my previous medication was causing more severe side effects than that of Byetta. Do not use medication if you don't need to, it is not fun.
by christiewh, Jan 22, 2009 05:27AM
my husband was on byetta for 1 year for diabetes , he lost 60 pounds in about 5 months... but we also had to change our eating habits.
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