Posted on August 22, 2009 in Latest News
Byetta is an injection which keeps the blood sugar level in check in type 2 diabetic patients.Though accuracy of dosage and convenience in usage are its advantages,it can lead to low blood sugar apart from triggering a range of side effects in the user.This article tries to understand how the usage of this injection can cause low blood sugar.
How Byetta can cause low blood sugar level:
- The organ pancreas produces the hormone insulin in our body which keeps the blood sugar level in check.
- The region in the pancreas where insulin is produced is called The islets of Langerhans.
- Here there are number of cells which produce the hormone insulin.
- One of the important cells are the Beta cells which constitute 65-80% of the cells in The islets of Langerhans.
- Byetta improves the blood sugar level in the diabetic patients by increasing the release of insulin from these beta cells of the pancreas.
- It uses a Sulfonylurea called Metformin to do this task. Sulfonylurea are antidiabetic drugs which stimulate the beta cells in the pancreas.
- But Sulfonylurea’s usage leads to low blood sugar level as its possible side effect.
At the same time this injection comes with its own advantages apart from being a medicine to a disease as dreadful as diabetes.Clinical studies show impressive benefits of this injection.
Some of the features of this injection are:
- Improvement in the blood sugar level from the day one of its usage. People using this injection reported control over their blood sugar level 4 times higher than the non Byetta users.
- It is available in easy to use pens with premeasured doses.The user are relieved of measurement or adjustment of dosage.
- It’s users observed weight loss up to 5 pounds over a period of 30 weeks.
It is a known fact that no drug is immune from side effects.Byetta also has its share of side effects.But by gradually reducing the dose of Sulfonylurea, this injection can make life cheerful for the type 2 diabetes patients.
Happy Living !!!
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