Here’s another attempt at a continuous glucose monitoring device.
Glucon announced last week the recent trial results of its flagship product, Aprise, a continuous, non-invasive, glucose monitoring device. The data was presented by Glucon V.P. of R&D Dr. Benny Pesach at the Diabetes Technology Society Standards Workshop on November 10, 2005 at the Fifth Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in San Francisco.
Byetta will probably be a bigger money maker for Amylin since there is potential more patients for Byetta than Symlin (Symlin is for insuiln users, Byetta is being tested with oral medications).
BYETTA Shown to Reduce Blood Sugar Levels When Added to Patients Treated With TZDs
A1C, a measure of glucose control over the previous three months, improved by approximately 0.9 percentage points at the end of the 16-week study for subjects receiving twice daily 10 microgram subcutaneous injections of BYETTA in addition to their usual TZD or TZD plus metformin regimen, compared to those on their prior oral medications receiving placebo. At the beginning of the study, the average A1C of study participants was approximately 7.9 percent. Sixty-two percent of subjects receiving BYETTA who entered the study with an A1C greater than 7 percent achieved an A1C of 7 percent or less compared to sixteen percent of similar subjects on placebo. The American Diabetes Association recommends a target A1C of less than 7 percent.
Byetta will probably be a bigger money maker for Amylin since there is potential more patients for Byetta than Symlin (Symlin is for insuiln users, Byetta is being tested with oral medications).
BYETTA Shown to Reduce Blood Sugar Levels When Added to Patients Treated With TZDs
A1C, a measure of glucose control over the previous three months, improved by approximately 0.9 percentage points at the end of the 16-week study for subjects receiving twice daily 10 microgram subcutaneous injections of BYETTA in addition to their usual TZD or TZD plus metformin regimen, compared to those on their prior oral medications receiving placebo. At the beginning of the study, the average A1C of study participants was approximately 7.9 percent. Sixty-two percent of subjects receiving BYETTA who entered the study with an A1C greater than 7 percent achieved an A1C of 7 percent or less compared to sixteen percent of similar subjects on placebo. The American Diabetes Association recommends a target A1C of less than 7 percent.
I ordered another device and received it today. It is an eZwrap from Animas. It slides into your IR1250 (or 1200) pump and gives you a place to wrap up extra tubing.
I just installed it and it works well. The shortest length works well if I use my upper adbomen but I have to use the next longest lenth for my lower belly. However that means I end up with too much tubing.
Worth the cost.
I ordered another device and received it today. It is an eZwrap from Animas. It slides into your IR1250 (or 1200) pump and gives you a place to wrap up extra tubing.
I just installed it and it works well. The shortest length works well if I use my upper adbomen but I have to use the next longest lenth for my lower belly. However that means I end up with too much tubing.
Worth the cost.
First thing was to put Multiclick lancing devices in all my testing kits (3). No excuses now.
Second thing was to put new batteries in all my meters. I figure the batteries in them are over a year old, maybe older. It’s a little silly in my opinion to try to prolong battery life — they are what, $4.00 a set of batteries, when I am affecting my health.
My next goal is to get all the new Diet Gourmet food in my database so I’ll log food better.
I took a good look at my logs today and tweaked my bolus ratios. Hopefully that will help.
Today is World Diabetes Day (it’s the anniversary of Banting’s birth, I think), and was very surprised we weren’t doing “official” d-blogging today and someone picked a different day.
To mark World Diabetes Day, I urge everyone to take a moment and access their diabetes care and see if there is something you could be doing different to get better control. I know I can find something I can do better.
At the same time, plan your Thankgiving dinner in advance. My husband and I go out to dinner each year, usually Steak and Ale, and I know what I am going to eat and what I need to do to minimize the damage. It really does help.
My blood sugar is 110 so I did get the high fixed. I took some Sonata to help me sleep, as I often have trouble getting to sleep on Sunday nights and last night was no exception. I did wake up before 4:00, went to the bathroom and went almost right back to sleep, but my throat was burning.
Never did wake up enough to test my blood sugar.
Here’s to hoping I’m preventing the high tonight.
But it isn’t the site because I’ve gone down to 230. I finally gave up and ate something. And I’ve just turned my temporary basal up by 20%
One of my goals for tonight is go get to bed at a reasonable time, even though the Wizard of Oz is on. I’d love to stay up and watch it, but then that means I’ll be cranky all week.
I did break down and eat a sandwich at 8:00. Hopefully that won’t mess me up too much. And I think I’ll take my meter to bed with me, just in case I wake up.