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I don;t inject so am not up to date, but a weekly jab must be progress Don;t know how you are able to monitor the effects over such a long time
Weekly injection replaces daily jabs ordeal in breakthrough for 2.5million diabetes sufferers
£18-a-week slow-release drug to be available on NHS
By ROB COOPER
Last updated at 12:24 PM on 13th January 2012
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Weekly jab: New injection could bring relief to millions of type 2 diabetes sufferers in Britain
A weekly diabetes jab has been approved for use on the NHS - replacing the need for twice-a-day injections for millions of diabetes sufferers.
Today the UK's Health Service rationing body confirmed initial guidance given in October, that doctors can prescribe Bydureon - a slow-release form of the generic drug exenatide.
In final draft guidance, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) said the £18-a-week jab could be given in combination with certain other drugs in obese patients, or those for whom insulin injections wouldn't be suitable.
It could spell the end of sufferers having to inject themselves with exenatide twice a day.
Although Primary Care Trusts were able to start issuing the drug from October, it is likely to be far more widely prescribed when NICE publishes the final guidance in February.
Bydureon provides the first treatment for type 2 diabetes which can be administered just once a week.
Professor Carole Longson, NICE's health technology evaluation center director, said: '2.25 million people in the U.K. are now affected by Type 2 diabetes, therefore it is important that there are a range of effective treatment options, such as prolonged-release exenatide, available to them.
'Type 2 diabetes is a serious, progressive disease; I am sure all those affected will welcome this positive final draft recommendation.'
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Bydureon works in the same way as exenatide but is released much more slowly so the number of injections needed is reduced dramatically.
When blood sugar levels are high, the drug induces the pancreas to produce more insulin. This stops so much glucose being produced and released into the bloodstream.
Type 2 diabetes often hits people aged over 40. The number of sufferers is expected to rise significantly in the coming years because of unhealthy diets.
Gila monster: Drug replicates hormone found in the Mexican lizard
It can be treated through injections along with a healthy diet and exercise.
Bydureon works by recreating a hormone found in the Gila Monster lizard which limits the amount of sugar in the blood.
The reptile, found in Mexico, eats just four meals per year but digests them very slowly.
An estimated 850,000 people in Britain have type 2 diabetes which has not been diagnosed.
Around a quarter of people given the once a week Bydureon injections suffer from nausea as a side effect.
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Weekly injection replaces daily jabs ordeal in breakthrough for 2.5million diabetes sufferers
£18-a-week slow-release drug to be available on NHS
By ROB COOPER
Last updated at 12:24 PM on 13th January 2012
Comments (28)
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Weekly jab: New injection could bring relief to millions of type 2 diabetes sufferers in Britain
A weekly diabetes jab has been approved for use on the NHS - replacing the need for twice-a-day injections for millions of diabetes sufferers.
Today the UK's Health Service rationing body confirmed initial guidance given in October, that doctors can prescribe Bydureon - a slow-release form of the generic drug exenatide.
In final draft guidance, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) said the £18-a-week jab could be given in combination with certain other drugs in obese patients, or those for whom insulin injections wouldn't be suitable.
It could spell the end of sufferers having to inject themselves with exenatide twice a day.
Although Primary Care Trusts were able to start issuing the drug from October, it is likely to be far more widely prescribed when NICE publishes the final guidance in February.
Bydureon provides the first treatment for type 2 diabetes which can be administered just once a week.
Professor Carole Longson, NICE's health technology evaluation center director, said: '2.25 million people in the U.K. are now affected by Type 2 diabetes, therefore it is important that there are a range of effective treatment options, such as prolonged-release exenatide, available to them.
'Type 2 diabetes is a serious, progressive disease; I am sure all those affected will welcome this positive final draft recommendation.'
More...
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Bydureon works in the same way as exenatide but is released much more slowly so the number of injections needed is reduced dramatically.
When blood sugar levels are high, the drug induces the pancreas to produce more insulin. This stops so much glucose being produced and released into the bloodstream.
Type 2 diabetes often hits people aged over 40. The number of sufferers is expected to rise significantly in the coming years because of unhealthy diets.
Gila monster: Drug replicates hormone found in the Mexican lizard
It can be treated through injections along with a healthy diet and exercise.
Bydureon works by recreating a hormone found in the Gila Monster lizard which limits the amount of sugar in the blood.
The reptile, found in Mexico, eats just four meals per year but digests them very slowly.
An estimated 850,000 people in Britain have type 2 diabetes which has not been diagnosed.
Around a quarter of people given the once a week Bydureon injections suffer from nausea as a side effect.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2086055/Diabetes-Weekly-jab-Bydureon-replaces-need-2-injections-day.html#ixzz1jNiJaixz
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My sister will love this if it passes muster in the US :-))
Lesa
Good to see that they are giving the shrimp and mice a break! Poor lizards!
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