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jwirr

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3. That sounds like it might be worth a try. My sister has been a dieter all her life and no matter

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Thu Mar 27, 2014, 11:46 AM

Mar 2014

what she did it came back.

With the Victoza if you are losing weight it can get so that you have lost too much weight. That is why my doctor suggested I get off it - that and I was upset about the cost. I did not have to pay for it but someone did. Now because of my weight gain we are thinking of going back on it at a lower dosage.

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New UK trial underway to see if 800-cal diet can cure Type II [View all] Nay Mar 2014 OP

Weight loss is definitely a help. I was taking Victoza and lost a lot of weight. My blood levels jwirr Mar 2014 #1

800 cals is a starvation diet, but you're only on it for 8 to 12 weeks. Not forever. Nay Mar 2014 #2

That sounds like it might be worth a try. My sister has been a dieter all her life and no matter jwirr Mar 2014 #3

Note that the diet is not for general weight loss, though that will occur. Nay Mar 2014 #4