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Exercise, education and awareness Info on incretins
To date, people diagnosed with type 2 who want to get more exercise into their Exenatide, marketed as Byetta,
initially get told to lose weight through lives and learn a little more about food. Bydureon, is a glucagon-like
diet and exercise. many Primary care as it says on their website under the peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1 agonist)
trusts now have dedicated education question, What is change for Life, “these medication, belonging to the group
and exercise programmes for people days, ‘modern life’ can mean that we’re of incretin mimetics, approved
who need to lose weight, sometimes a lot less active…. which means that 9 in April 2005 for the treatment of
with sessions at your local gym available out of 10 kids today could grow up with diabetes mellitus type 2. Exenatide
on prescription from your gP or the dangerous amounts of fat in their bodies. in its Byetta form is administered
chance to gain some nHs training in this can cause life-threatening diseases as a subcutaneous injection (under
DaFne or DesmonD [Dose adjustment like cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart the skin) of the abdomen, thigh, or
for normal eating (more for those on disease - so it’s really important that we arm, any time within the 60 minutes
insulin), or Diabetes education and self- do something about it.” There rest of the before the first and last meal of the
management for ongoing and newly site contains information on where to join day. A once-weekly injection has
Diagnosed]. What is available varies from in activities in your local area and a tool been approved as of January 27,
area to area so you need to query what kit of information, posters, leaflets, guides 2012 under the trademark Bydureon.
is available with your gP or Diabetes and wall charts. it’s certainly worth a try, It is manufactured by Amylin
specialist nurse. Don’t be shy, if you don’t but you might not succeed and even if Pharmaceuticals.
ask, you don’t get! you do shed some kilos or stones, you Liraglutide, marketed under the
the government-led change 4 Life may still be diabetic and need to monitor brand name Victoza, is a long-acting
project is a useful resource for people and maybe also medicate the condition. glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist
(GLP-1 agonist) developed by Novo
Nordisk for the treatment of type 2
diabetes. The product is approved
by the European Medicines Agency
and by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). Phase I trials
of an oral variant of Victoza started
in 2010.
Liraglutide may have advantages
over other current therapies: it acts in a
glucose-dependent manner, meaning
it will stimulate insulin secretion only
when blood glucose levels are higher
than normal, reducing the risk of
hypos.and it decreases appetite and
maintains body weight.