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Bydureon...intense Lightheadedness!!

A DiabetesTeam Member asked a question 💭
South Devon, uk

Hi everyone, i was put on to the Bydureon weekly injection last month, as my Metformin wasn't bringing my sugars down enough. The first 4 weeks i only experienced nausea and feeling jittery for the first day but it then wore off, my sugars came down lovely. So i thought.. Result
However i took my 5th injection Thursday afternoon, soon enough as expected i felt nauseous and jittery, but its just got worst and worst. Luckily i had my D review Friday morning, i felt just dreadful, dizzy, faint,… read more

January 15, 2017
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A DiabetesTeam Member

All that is caused by lower blood sugars. Test blood sugars if it's below 4 mmol eat something. Always try to stay in the 4 to 6 region😆

January 24, 2017
A DiabetesTeam Member

Well, the side effects could have low blood sugar levels, as that is what @Bydureon does, as well as nausea and sometimes vomiting and lightheadedness. You would know that anyway if you were regularly checking your blood sugar 4 or 5 times a day which is a good idea when being put on a new medication, especially one which has a direct affect of liwering your blood sugar.. isn't Budureon a weekly injection? That is difficult to regulate as you cannot do anything about the quantity injected once you have given youself a weekly shot. Whereas if it was a med with a daily shut you have the chance to skip a day if things are going too low all the time. I was n daily shots of @Victoza (a sinilar type of med, but the amounts prescribed were too high for me and i had a lot of nausea and feeling unwell, but i contacted the diabetes nurse and was told to take half a dose only, until i could tolerate a higher dose. Hope you find something that works for you.

February 5, 2017 (edited)
A DiabetesTeam Member

My sugars were abs fine ive been taken off it, my symptoms were of side effects not sugar levels, Thankyou anyhow

January 31, 2017
A DiabetesTeam Member

Ok to go to 10 after food. The bydoreon obviously did a good job of lowering your bloods sugars to the extent where u went hypo. Keep testing blood sugars. Anything under 4 u need to eat something even at work. Eat and get it back up then work 😃

January 31, 2017

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