further reactions to "Byetta"

A nicely worded study of BYETTA^®exenatide injection by a group of unidentified writers who really sling the words!

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My first reaction to reading of this was "Wow! I can control my blood sugar by injecting

myself with this and still use the metformin!" I won't have to use insulin.

Obviously, I'd misplaced my fear of "going on the needle"! After all, what is "Byetta" but another
substance that has to be injected? Somehow, this doesn't sound as scary as insulin. I was wrong.

"Byetta" is far more "scary" than insulin!

Why?

Too damn expensive! Without medical insurance, this drug costs (an estimated)
US$200/month!

It has to be taken an hour before eating a meal (breakfast or dinner) and an hour after taking
my metformin. Suppose that I get off work at 11 pm and rack out at midnight and plan on getting
up around 8:30 am. My drug regumant would be:

1. Get up at 6:30 to take the metformin with a small amount of food. Try to go back
to sleep.
2. Get up at 7:30 am, go to the kitchen, take the "pencil" out of the refer and inject.
Then, listen to my wife say you're not going back to bed, are you?"
3. Go back to bed, not get to sleep, get out of bed, wait till the hour is up and be grumpy for the
rest of the day from getting 6 hours of sleep vice 8!

I suppose I could get up at 8:30 and swallow the metformin, inject the "lizard
spit" at 9:30 am and eat breakfast at 10:30 am. I would lose weight as I'd not be inclined to get
lunch only two hours after breakfast!

If, on the other hand, I stuck with the dreaded insulin
injection, I wouldn't have to do any of this crap an hour and two hours prior. That sounds like a
good idea to me.

Finally, my blood sugar levels have been relatively "good" lately and
certainly not so high as to require another drug to regulate my blood sugar. So, I can be happy the
downsides of "Byetta" are so severe. This way, I don't have to experience the physical side effects
of this drug.