Re: Exenatide or Byetta

In article <gg1oad$ba4$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Pat Durkin" <durk183@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
wrote:

> Oops!  sent this private email to the group by mistake.
> Excuse, please.  I have a cousin who can't tolerate metformin, is on MA,

> and has trouble with statins and anti-depressants.  She is in deep 
> trouble.

You can pass on to your cousin that I had to go off metformin because I 
ended up not being able to tolerate it (chronic diarrhea), which is why 
I'm now on Byetta.  I wish I had the control now that I had when I was 
on metformin and low-carbing.  *sigh*  Maybe when I'm up to 10 mcg of 
the Byetta.

I won't take statins because of their bad side-effect profile and the 
fact that I doubt they're really much help to most folks.  Metformin and 
supplements helped raise my HDL, as did low-carbing.  I think there's 
too much unnuanced emphasis on reducing cholesterol.

I'm on Celexa as an antidepressant.  I bounce back and forth between 
Celexa and Zoloft due to "SSRI poop-out" which comes on about every year 
to 18 months.  I prefer Celexa, but Zoloft's OK.

I don't know what "on MA" means.

Hope this helps.

PP, T2