More Byetta News

A press release from Eli Lilly was released concerning Byetta LA.

This announcement was carried by Diabetes In Control.

We are increasingly pleased with our ability to control nausea with the twice a day Byetta and what we read about the new product seems to have better news.

Those individuals in our office who had testing to see if Byetta would work for them may have stopped Byetta use due to nausea. This positive report gives reason to consider Byetta LA or even retry the twice a day Byetta as we use new nausea prevention therapy.

Most patients who have nausea have underlying Autonomic Neuropathy but are unaware of it. I will discuss this soon but for now you could look it up on Wikipedia to get an understanding of what Autonomic Neuropathy is about and the symptoms that accompany the disorder.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Autonomic+Neuropathy&btnGNS=Search+wikipedia.org&oi=navquery_searchbox&sa=X&as_sitesearch=wikipedia.org&hl=en

Autonomic Neuropathy has been noted to occur in 50% of people with diabetes 1 or 2 but we have also seen it in a high percentage that have Metabolic Syndrome. Those individuals with Autonomic Neuropathy have a higher chance of having nausea.

The good news is we can reverse the autonomic neuropathy for most people in about 3 months and then diminish the treatment medications. So far there seems to be little chance of recurrent autonomic neuropathy.

Today my biggest concern is for those who have Metabolic Syndrome alone. This may be the precursor of diabetes, cardiovascular disease or Alzheimer’s Syndrome. Formerly these were thought to come from different sources and I believe this is still true. However there is a trigger for these disorders and the increased activity of the Metabolic Syndrome may just be that trigger. That “Brown fat” that is associated with the metabolic Syndrome is still growing around your waist and it is very resistant to diet alone.

Diabetes In Control, the same issue in the link above, reveals research on new drug that delays the progression of diabetes 1. For Diabetes 2 and Metabolic Syndrome, Byetta LA will surpass the very good control with twice a day injections. We are ever broadening all targets with these tools so now we can even use them for weight loss alone. Our patients have literally lost tons of weight.

It’s time to learn about where you fit in all these problems so that you can take charge of your health, own your health and discard all the thoughts that you have no control over these disorders that have you in their grip. It’s your time.

Dr Joe

All About Byetta

Endocrine Metabolic Medical Center will again be hosting a class on “all about Byetta”.

It will be on Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Please contact the office to RSVP.

Since it will involve a number of people who are thinking about Byetta as well as those who are long on Byetta, many are looking to have more perspective on Byetta after they have been using it for as long as two to four years.

We are going to try some new technology then as well. Hope to see you then.