Similin (sp?)

lelggren · #1 (**permalink**) 02-02-2006, 03:50 PM

My Doctor is planning on putting me on this new medication called similin (not sure if that is how it is spelled, but ok...lol) this fall. I have heard very little of it, but I do know that it is a hormone that most diabetics are either missing or their body doesn't give them enough of it. My dr. said that it is the hormone that tells your body when it is full from eating, causing many diabetics (both type 1 and 2, as far as I know), to over-eat or to not feel like they have eaten enough making them feel deprived. He said that it is a newer medication.

I was wondering if anyone else is on it or if you have any information on it. I want to learn a bit more about it before this fall when I start it. Thanks!

rzrbks · #2 (**permalink**) 02-02-2006, 04:20 PM

Googled it and only got 36 hits.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...n+%2B+Diabetes

koblenz · #3 (**permalink**) 02-02-2006, 05:13 PM

Spelled "Symlin".

I think you may have already stumbled accross the other post on this subject, but the web site of the manufacturer is www.symlin.com. Lots of information to read up on there.

lelggren · #4 (**permalink**) 02-03-2006, 08:16 AM

Yes, I found that post not long after I asked about this one. Thanks for the site though! I'll go explore

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Originally Posted by koblenz

Spelled "Symlin".

I think you may have already stumbled accross the other post on this subject, but the web site of the manufacturer is www.symlin.com. Lots of information to read up on there.

jamison41 · #5 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 06:51 AM

what's going on with similin. I am new to this.

JediSkipdogg · #6 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 08:08 AM

There are quite a few members on here using Symlin now. I'm not so sure about the part of it making you full though. The main purpose of Symlin is to eliminate the peaks caused by your food. When you eat, food reacts faster than the insulin can to cover it and therefore you run high for about an hour. Symlin eliminates that high and helps to bring your average BG down.

There are many side effects with Symlin and one has to be very good with using it as it is very dangerous and can make you drop extremely low. You may also feel many side effects until your body gets use to it and you will feel them each time you up your dosage (you up it a little at a time to get your body use to it.) It also does require an extra injection with each meal as it can't be mixed with insulin.

Hopefully you get on it, it is a great drug, just one that isn't for those that "just don't care" about their diabetes.

Cyborg · #7 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg

Hopefully you get on it, it is a great drug, just one that isn't for those that "just don't care" about their diabetes.

Huh???

JediSkipdogg · #8 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyborg

Huh???

The 17 year old that keeps an infusion set in for 2 weeks. Or the 24 year old that tests once a day for type 1 diabetes. Those kind of people.

ShaluShalom · #9 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 08:56 AM

I will start the drug this week. One of the reasons , well, two of the reasons are to lower my insulin requirements and to lose weight. I have such a difficult time getting full and my doctor says it is because of the amount of insulin I use. I am very much hoping that it will help with my insulin requirements because taking a large amount of insulin is something that carries with it more problems than I care to have again. I don't have a horrible time with post prandial numbers, especially since going on a pump eight years ago. Best wishes to you if you decide to try it.

Cyborg · #10 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg

The 17 year old that keeps an infusion set in for 2 weeks. Or the 24 year old that tests once a day for type 1 diabetes. Those kind of people.

I agree, you have to be careful with Symlin. I've worked up to the 20 unit dosage with approval from my endo. At 20 units I do get a tinge of nausea, but it goes away after starting to eat.