Remember that the information presented here is not intended to replace the care of your own doctor. Before making any changes in the management of
your own illness, you should consult your physician or other qualified medical professionals.
Question
I take a spinning class two mornings a week, and I am concerned about my
blood sugar dropping due to
Byetta. What will happen?
Answer
Byetta pushes the
beta cell
to release insulin in a glucose-dependent manner. What this means is that
Byetta only works
when blood glucose is elevated. If your blood glucose level drops during
exercise, even if you have injected Byetta,
hypoglycemia
should not develop.
In clinical trials, subjects on sulfonylureas
along with Byetta did need to drop the doses of those drugs when
they were given Byetta. If this is true in your case, and you are fearful
of hypoglycemia during exercise, speak with your physician about reducing
the dose of sulfonylureas.
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