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1,133 patients posts reported that Byetta helped them for Diabetes
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12,983 patients posts reported that Metformin helped them for Diabetes
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What patients are saying about Byetta vs. Metformin

5,341 patient discussions from healthcare websites and blogs
I am now just taking 2000 miligrams of metformin. I know...
01/24/2012
...alternative. I was on metformin and byetta for a while. Now ...trying to get pregnant, my doctor took me off of byetta and I am now just taking 2000 miligrams of metformin. I know this might sou...  (from www.soulcysters.net)  Read full post
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since 2004. On Metformin Glicaside and soon to start BYETTA...
05/15/2011
...Hi I'm Jon and T2 since 2004. On Metformin Glicaside and soon to start BYETTA. Currently BG at around 8.3....  (from www.diabetes.co.uk)  Read full post
as an addition to my metformin and gliclazide for a month...
11/26/2010
I was put on byetta as an addition to my metformin and gliclazide for a month , didn't register any noticable effect. nursey didn't renew the script as she reckoned it was...  (from www.lowcarbdiabetes.co.uk)  Read full post
with byetta. I went back to metformin because I did not...
...numbers were good with metformin and they were good with byetta. I went back to metformin because I did not experience the decrease in appetite but what I ...to my insurance plan, Byetta is one...  (from www.diabeteswith.com)  Read full post
He told me to stop taking metformin and to take byetta...
and yet another byetta question? I've been taking byetta for a week now (5mcg). I was taking 2 500mg metformin/day. I have good control but ...byetta. He told me to stop taking metformin and to ...  (from www.diabeteswith.com)  Read full post
entire year that I was on metformin. Taking it with food...
02/22/2012
I had near constant nausea with occasional vomiting for the entire year that I was on metformin. Taking it with food helped a little, taking at ...doctor switched me to Byetta, an injectable, and a...  (from www.disboards.com)  Read full post
byetta and dropped my metformin dose down a bit. Lot's...
03/29/2009
...added byetta and dropped my metformin dose down a bit. Lot's less problems with the metformin side effects now. The metformin side effects seem to be offset by the byetta side effects...  (from www.diabetesforums.com)  Read full post
took me OFF Metformin and put me on the Byetta. I think...
08/31/2009
My doc actually took me OFF Metformin and put me on the Byetta. I think my body \"outgrew\" the met (was on it 8 years). I don't think my body could handle BOTH. How bad are your AICs?...  (from www.soulcysters.net)  Read full post
for about a month and while it did help with controlling...
09/27/2011
I used Byetta for about a month and while it did help with controlling my levels and losing weight (14 ...effects. Doc switched me to metformin. Losing weight more slowly, but...  (from www.dailystrength.org)  Read full post
metformin and switched to byetta from insulin after losing...
06/16/2010
...metformin and switched to byetta from insulin after losing nearly 6 st . byetta makes me feel bloated for a...  (from www.diabetessupport.co.uk)  Read full post