| The Byetta can cause you to go low if you're not eating enough carbs. I take the 5 mcg dose, and a very low carb meal puts me in the 70-80 range.
If the 5 mcg does is causing you to drop in the 40 range, you may not be able to tolerate the Byetta, esp. if you're only eating 15 carbs/meal. Byetta is not insulin, but it can cause lows. I had to stop metformin when I started Byetta, as it made me go lower.
I have found if I wait 30-45 minutes after my injection before I eat, I feel full earlier and eat less.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  | 
