Seen that? - Non Diabetics Abuse Diabetic Drug

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Non Diabetics Abuse Diabetic Drug at Daily Diabetic

The insulin controlling drug Byetta, nicknamed Lizzy and Gilly because the active ingredient was discovered in lizard venom, has both diabetics and non-diabetics raving. Although the drug is inconvenient to take, requiring refrigeration and two injections a day, its weight-loss side effect has caused a surge in prescriptions. However, medical professionals are cautious. The side effect of Byetta have not been well-researched, and weight loss occurs only in a minority of cases. [...] Read More


Poison Lizard-Derived Drug BYETTA, Launched in the UK at Daily Diabetic

Approved in the EU in November 2006 and in the US since April 2005 (as an adjunct therapy to metformin and/or a sulfonylurea) for type 2 diabetes - BYETTA - have been launched in the UK for the treatment the following diabetes-related ailments: heart disease, kidney failure and blindness. BYETTA is said to have been developed from the spit of a poisonous lizard. Contrary to how other diabetes drugs and insulin work, [...] Read More


Victoza: New Diabetes Drug, Better Than Byetta? at Daily Diabetic

Media Novo Nordisk has a new diabetes drug under clinical trials - Victoza (liraglutide) - that is proving much better than Byetta (exenatide). From WebMD: Byetta is the first of the class of type 2 diabetes drugs called GLP-1 analogs. The drug takes advantage of the body's own signaling system to increase insulin output in response to meals. Byetta is a popular drug, and it's helped many patients. But liraglutide - soon [...] Read More


Chromium Picolinate + Diabetes Drug = Low Sugar Level + Low Weight Gain in Diabetics at Straightfromthedoc

Chromium, an essential trace mineral naturally present in some foods (including brewer's yeast, lean meat, cheese, pork kidney and whole grain bread and cereals), that though poorly absorbed by the human body, is known to play an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrate, fat and protein. Last April, in a study presented at a meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in San Diego, suggested that [...] Read More


18 Diabetics Get RFID Implants in VeriChip Trial at The Wireless Weblog

Silicon.com's Jo Best reports today that VeriChip has implanted its VeriMed RFID chips in 18 diabetics at the Atlanta Diabetes Expo. "The diabetics will now be added to the database for VeriChip's patient identification system," Best writes. "Should chipped patients turn up at hospital unconscious or unable to communicate, the RFID tags they carry inside their bodies can be scanned using an RFID reader and their details called up from a [...] Read More