Diabetes Type 2 Support Group

Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...

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jami46
jami46
Do not care if I eat or not.Is this normal for this drug and I want to sleep a lot.Did anyone else have trouble with this drug
mzizgayle
mzizgayle
I haven't heard anything but do check with your doctor, maybe get blood work for thyroid also, sounds a bit like that also. The two diseases tend to run hand in hand
SereneNature
SereneNature
Hi Jami ... I started on Victoza this past July. I was exhausted for the first little while. It does ease off, but can take a few weeks so hang tough.

I was also the same with not wanting to eat. It reduced my appetite A LOT.

The other side effects I had were nausea and some horrific headaches; however, as stated above these eased off after a few weeks.

The positive is that my sugar numbers fell to normal range within one week.

My other meds have had to be adjusted though as once I fell into normal range I started having a lot of incidents of hypoglycemia.

If you have any other questions, I'd be happy to answer if I know the answer, but as mizgayle says also check in with your doc.
TC40
TC40
Yeah, I felt like not eating, but I was also very nauseous and had diarrhea. I lost a little weight as a result, but I felt very ill.