Get your ringside seats, Folks! A while back I posted about the Merck's new Character 2 oral do drugs Januvia (What It Doesn't Do), explaining how it apparently trumps competitors in terms of patient "tolerability." No other post has always generated so much ongoing reader energy, both positive and negative. Nearly all day, several new commentors weigh in, duking it out over the relative merits of Januvia.

Most everyone seems to agree that Januvia reduces appetency, which is a obedient thing. Then again again, Byetta is renowned for that core As well. The key is question whether Januvia fulfills its core function of lowering blood glucose (BG) levels, and lives up to its no-side-effects promise.

As of nowadays, the sexual conquest stands jolly much tied, as such:

Total comments = 50

Positive = 10

Negative = 13

Mixed = 16 (liked some aspects of the drug but not others)

Neutral = 11 (those asking or responding to questions only)

Among the most vocal of the In favor of Team:

"I take Januvia and have for 6 months. I have atomic number 102 side personal effects. I have practiced a diminish in appetite. I have had no more headaches or metastasis problems. My BG has gone down. It is a great drug." — Mike

"Januvia has been a positive thing for me. My sugar levels dropped from 240+ to 110 +/- 10 after fasting. I have taken 100 Mg once per daytime for a month… I am not as hungry as before custom." — Jim K. L.

"I've been on Januvia for a little terminated three months and have lost over 15 pounds which I had position on with Actos. I've experienced no side effects, differently I am not hungry all of the time. For me it has been very effective…" — Bill

"I am well less starved then I have felt in years … and my BG hovers about 100 – 120 betwixt meals/fasting, and 120 – 160 for few hours after a heavy carb repast. The habitual BG spikes of 180 – 200+ are altogether absent." — Earl

Au contraire, says the Yardbird Team up, in so many a words:

"Prior to taking Januvia my BG was in the 160 to 180 crop. Now it has gone astir into the 260 to 300 range. I feel OK but this can't be right." — Tom Peck

"Januvia is No child's play — from the first time I took it mat up as if I had a fever would shiver atomic number 3 if I was freezing after a hebdomad added getting dizzy to the premix spent the day in the hospital my enzymes were all messed up simply got better as time went on within 2 days of stopping Januvia all symptoms went away." — Marty

"Januvia seems to have adorned my blood sugar to unacceptable levels. Although I was turn in it because my numbers were too heights, the Januvia seemed to raise them even higher, into the 300's. Not well-behaved! Dr. told Pine Tree State to stop it for few days and endeavor it again. I did. Numbers born way down to 80 to 110, although I was still having some high numbers pool in the 200's, in particular in the first light…" — Julie

"I ill-used Januvia for a month and a half. Information technology worked well at first. Then my right knee big, my left foot I could not walk connected. When I stopped pickings Januvia swelling went away. It worked well at dominant my blood sugar levels, but too much hurting. Oh… I ne'er raw my knee or foot." — Kathleen S.

Soh is there a Truth in here somewhere? Or is information technology real like pro sports, where the nigh raptorial team/contender is always right?

Line that a recent Johns Hopkins University depth psychology concluded that older, cheaper diabetes drugs are equally safe and effective equally the newer ones. How safe and utile is that? Ascending for consider, IT seems. The clear winner in the JH analysis was metformin, sold as Glucophage and generically for about $100 a year.