This message was edited on Jun-04-08 at 12:30 PM (EST)
"I have completed over two years on Byetta and I have been able to keep my weight down and BG down in the nondiabetic range. I am waiting anxiously for the XR Byetta that is injected once a week. I am also taking metformin, and avandia. So far no issues with the avandia. It has been a very long time since I posted on this forum but it is always good to read some of the current posts. There is a great deal of research going on in the search for a cure for this illness and the internet allows you to follow much of the research on your own. I was a little concerned about the bad rap that avandia was receiving but my endo explained that many of the heart problems that have been developing are within the first year of use and they may have had a heart problem previous to taking the medication. I have been taking avandia for over seven years and it appears to be working well. I hope that everyone here is doing the best they can to maintain normalized BS. My best to all. "
Patrick,
Glad to hear your doing so good on the byetta. I just returned to using it, I had to stop it and the lantus because of esophagel spasms and a stricture that would often at most meals wouldn't allow me to swallow food after the first bite. It would stay stuck for as short of time as a few minutes or until the next day. I had that balooned a week ago, for the second time. Just a few of days later I had it stick for hours over the first bites of an orange.
With esophagel spasms, they keep balooning the stricture, over many procedures, until eventually they actually rupture the esophagus and repair it surgically by removing the scarred area and reconnecting the two ends.
I to am taking Avandia and like your Endo I beleive that the only heart related problems associated with it are those that pre-existed.
