Based on the comments I’ve received on using Symlin, there are a lot of questions and interest in it. I’ll post a bit about it periodically, just hoping to keep the posts somewhat short and digestible.
I’ve done a few posts on Symlin already, and I’ll round them up here so you can take a peek at them if you wish.
– Does that have something to do with it?
– A New Variable and Mixed Feelings
– Symlin So Far
– It feels like THE MISSING LINK
– Pumping Symlin (part 1)
– It seems almost magical
– Pumping Symlin (part 2)
– Pumping Symlin (part 3)
– Pumping Symlin (part 4)
Those links cover most of the posts where Symlin played the starring role. There have also been a handful of others where it played a contributing part.
Here’s a very quick and basic rundown of my understanding of Symlin. It slows digestion (therefore slowing down carbs effect on blood sugar), sends a subtle signal to the brain that you are satiated (you feel full with less food), and turns off the release of glucose from the liver (because there is food present).
Before my next post on Symlin, I’d like you to think about how those things might be helpful for you and your blood sugar management, and how those things might be bad for you and your blood sugar management.
Hi Darlene – I’m not 100% sure. There is a similar drug called Byetta, which is used for type 2. From what I understand, it offers a lot of the same benefits.
Bill – That’s frustrating. Maybe some of the folks in the forums here at Diabetes Daily can offer their thoughts? Or another great forum is over at TuDiabetes.org. Start a thread in either forum and see what sort of questions and/or ideas come up. We can’t offer any direct medical advice, but maybe some thoughts/ideas can help you get an idea of what’s going on.
Well, I do not fell any difference in food cravings, and I am not overweight, 5’7″, 150 pounds, exercise forty minutes a day on NordicTrack and situps with no days off-my endo told me now to stop taking the Symlin in the AM since I was getting lows but I don’t think he understands the whole picture since the lows happen sometimes BEFORE the exercising and sometimes AFTER. ARGHHHH!!!
Can Symlin work for type 2 diabetics?
I was put on Symlin back in May in addition to using a pump wiht Humalog. It seems to keep my suagr levels steadier but still my Ha1c has not really changed after being on it for three months. doctors don;t know what’s up and today my sugars didin;t go over 100 and I didin’t use any Symlin-it’s maddening and this is after being ont he pump for over six years now.
Question: Have you incorporated your Symlin usage into your Excel logbook?