As my honeymoon period wound down and my blood sugars started to rise, my doctor put me on Byetta. The idea was to use Byetta to control the post meal spikes rather than go on insulin right away.
He indicated that in some studies in mice, Byetta restored Beta cells. He stressed that in no way have these results shown to be true in humans.
But, as a diabetic newbie, I was willing to try this approach.
I was on Byetta for about 6-9 months and it did lower my post b-fast and post dinner numbers.
For me, a side effect of Byetta was that it made me mildy nauseous to certain types of foods. I compared it to my wife when she was pregnant-- there were just certain foods that I couldn't stand to look at.
Recently, I went off Byetta in favor of Lantus (insulin) because my pre- and post-meal readings were pretty low.
I hope that Byetta helped preserve some beta-cells.
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