I just was recently diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic and since have changed my eating habits and my exercises.The doctor told me i should lose some weight and i'm trying however i hear that avandia makes you gain some weight. If any one has taken this could you please offer any suggestions. i just can't seem to lose weight.
2006-10-18 03:51:21 · 36 answers · asked by mullen s 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
Avandia is an insulin sensitizer, which means that it increases the effect that the insulin in your body (or the insulin your inject, the drug doesn't care) has on you. Now, one of the things that insulin does is tell your body to take sugar up from the blood into cells where it can be metabolized and stored rather than filtered out through the kidneys, so yes, you will be able to use more of the calories from the food you eat and will tend to gain weight compared to an uncontrolled diabetic who is peeing out sugar due to high levels in the blood.
It's also true that loosing weight can help type 2 diabetics control their blood sugar better. So why would be give a drug that seems to do something entirely opposite to the effect we would want? Well, because it also lowers serum glucose levels, which is the most important thing. First we try to get the blood sugar under control, then we worry about weight loss. So take your meds as your doctor prescribes them, talk to him about it, check your blood sugar to see how you're doing, and you can work with your doctor to adjust your diet and exercise regimen to loose weight even while on the meds.
2006-10-18 08:45:52 · answer #1 · answered by The Doc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took it for three days then my doctor relized he miss diagnosed me as a type 2 and I was really type 1. I was deathly ill so I don't know. However i have heard alot lately about it being used as a preventive drug with people that has a history of type 2 in their faily.
2006-10-18 07:18:46 · answer #2 · answered by BAR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My girlfriend has been diagnosed with diabetes and is currently on Avandia. Unfortunately, she has gained weight, and it seems to be hard to lose it on this medication, but she has to be on it.
Sorry....but that's just her experience with it, maybe yours will be different?
2006-10-18 08:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by BVC_asst 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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