This was in this morning from Dr. Joe, who writes frequently on diabetes. He comments here on use of Byetta in his 130 patients on the drug - 150 mg/dL as a ceiling for blood glucose is quite incredible, no?! Eight pounds down on average for ten weeks for n=130 is also quite something. Here is Dr. Joe's post in its entirety - if you want to subscribe to his musings, see http://www.endocrinemetabolic.com/programs/.
"As we enter the fourth month of Byetta, what do we see? The glucose excursions appear normal. Where has the diabetes gone?
Phone calls “I can't get my glucose up!” really represent the fact that it won't go over 150 no matter what you eat. That was from a person with zero C- peptide who was on 120 U of insulin daily when he started.
“ How much insulin are you on now?” I yelled into the phone. “4 Units” he replied. “Four? You’re just jerking my chain” I replied. “Cut in to one unit until we check your C - peptide” I said but I stopped worrying about him from that night on.
We will be measuring the C- peptide over the next 30 days. I can't “weight.” Of the 130 people on Byetta now, we have lost over 1.000 lbs in the last two and a half months. It is hard to believe."
Dr. Joe, The Diabetes Doctor
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