JANUVIA Reviews (SITAGLIPTIN PHOSPHATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (103 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare JANUVIA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR JANUVIA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | excellent no side effects at all perfect sugar control | M | 62 | 7 years 50mg 1X day | 4/18/2014 | 1 | Diabetes | I've never had trouble with my knees or leg now I have the most horrific left knee pain. It almost seems that something is knawing inside my knee and at times I want to give up. I cry a lot. It is so hard for me to walk and I've lost sleep due to this disgusting pain. My poor husband tries to help but their is nothing he can do for me. My fingers on my left hand are extremely painful, swollen and won't bend. I hate this. I just hate it. | F | 66 | 2 months 100MG | 12/30/2013 | 1 | Type 2 diebetic | No side effects until my 4 th day then... Sickness, nausea, severe leg and back pain in hip and knee Ankle pain Shakes Dilution and disphoria Irritability Depression Angsiety | F | 42 | 10 days 1 xd | 11/24/2013 | 4 | Type 2 Diabetes | I had no side effects from Januvia at all. | Adding Januvia to my other prescriptions (Metformin and Glipizide) had a great effect on my blood sugar levels and I was very pleased. However, when I read about the increased chances of pancreatitis and possibly pancreatic cancer, I stopped taking it. I am once again having problems regulating my sugar level so I would not be surprised to be on insulin soon. Some studies I have read indicate that Januvia is safer when taken with metformin but I don't know how true that is. I was very happy to get the effects I experienced, but I am very apprehensive about the possible risks. | M | 58 | 9 months 100 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 5 | diabetes 2 | None | HbA1C dropped from 7.2 to 5.9 with a little dietary change too. Lost a few pounds. No side effects, but expensive. It took a while to fully kick in - 3 months? | F | 68 | 180 days 100 1X day | 3/24/2013 | 3 | type 2 diabetes diagnosis recently | I can't really give an answer, as I have been on and stopped after 1 day. However, good things came from learning I was Diabetic, so there are many possitive side effects from that. | After finding that I am Diabetic & that my Dad (75) takes Januvia with great results,& finding that there is a Pancreatic Cancer risk, I decided that at my age of 46, that I best control my A1c level which was at 6.5, with diet changes instead of a pill. I eliminated McDonald's Sweet Tea, Dollar menu food, Ice Cream, I stopped going to fast food for lunch and started eating more Home cooked foods for lunch, along with lots of Cheese and wheat thin's and no longer drink the typical Diet Soda's. - These changes have dropped my A1c over the last 9 months to 6.2 & according to my Dr. will continue to drop. My weight has stayed at 250 lbs which is still very heavy, but I was at 263 lbs with no stop in sight. Now that I have my Blood sugar under control without Januvia (pancreaticcancerlawsuit.org/januvia/) and warnings of Lawsuits due to increased Pancreatic Cancer, I am so glad I opted out of this drug & decided after the classes on Diabetes and how it destroys your body, I was scared straight! - Also, with 3 Back Surgeries and Stabbing pain in my quads and lower back, Hip, Calf & Feet Pain, I am shortly going in for a 4th Back Surgery, after trying Nerve Cut Rhizotomy, which seemed to work initially but we found that I have so many underlying pains that Dr. Rao could perform these continually with the same poor result. The good news with Rhizotomy's is that the nerve grows back! in 6 months to 2 years. So I did a trial with the "Boston | M | 46 | 1 days ? 1X day | 3/24/2013 | 5 | type 2 | absolutly none,,lov it,,,i was on metformin and it nearly killed me,,no dr told me what was wrong,, a druggist at walgreens ask me how i was doin as drs kept giving more scripts,,i told her i wouldnt live thru winter,,she said tell your dr u want off metformin,,i did and she put me on janueva and with in 2 months i was back again,,could walk,,i had lost my hair,,constant diarrea,,,couldnt get out of a chair and left with diabetic neuropthy,,,now my sugar is always normal,,low carb and a walk everyday,,,i lov this med even with syptoms,,with metformin id be dead by now,,,, | F | 77 | 2 years 50mg 1X day | 2/8/2013 | 5 | I am a 72 year old woman with type 2 diabetes. When diagnosed I was put on the drug from hell--metforman. It was then changed to Januvia. I have had no side effects from this drug. Combined with a low carb diet it controls my Blood Glucose very well. I think anyone who relies only on medication no matter what the medication is and fails to limit carbs and doesn't exercise is asking for trouble. I feel better than I have in a long time. Dropping some weight has brought my blood pressure down and my low carb diet has lowered my cholesterol. In my opinion if your doctor just issues pills without telling you to diet and exercise he is doing you a disservice. If you don't take control of your own disease then heaven help you | F | 72 | 100MG 1X day | 2/3/2013 | 1 | type 2 diabeties | this caused severe sinus congestion, bloody noses, leg cramps, loss of appitite, rise in blood sugar levels and excessive sleepiness. given with metformin, these symptoms increased. and dizziness and fainting. | be very careful what you take these drugs with like cholersteral lowering drugs. they're time bombs! and make sure your doctor educates you on how to lower your sugar levels with diet and excercise too! | F | 63 | 2 days 1X day | 1/30/2013 | 1 | Diabetes Type 2 | Severe Migraine with Aura | Did not reduce my blood sugar levels when compared with treatment by Glipizide 5mg BID and Metformin 1000mg BID Actual Prescription was for Janumet 50/1000 BID | F | 31 | 75 days 50 mg 2X day | 10/3/2012 | 1 | TYPE 2 DIABETES | severe body pain, sore throat, fatique, naseau, constipation and off and on head aches and felt very drowsy. Yet could not have good sleep since body pain caused me to wakeup every 3 hours | I am a 63 year old type 2 diabtetes patient for the last 6 years. I also take medication for hypertension since 2001(lisnopril and Olmesezt). I have been taking amaryl(2mg) with Metformin(500mg) and Gilprimide for the last 5 years with good control of blood sugar levels. However my doctor prescribed 100 mg of Januvia with metformin-500mg made a veras a more efficient alternative to Amaryl. I started taking this Januvia since marhc of this year and I noted in the first 2 months some general tiredness and my fasting blood sugar was high -130 mg/dl compared with 90 mg/dl with amaryl. More importantly after 3 months of Januvia i started having intense body pain, constipation tiredness, headache, sore throat in the morning, nauseua and trouble concentrating. i was advised to take vitaminD-3-2000iu every day. I did that for the last 2 weeks and it has not reduced these symptoms. I stopped Genuvia since last monday and my tiredness and body pain has reduced considerably. I still do not have the energy I HAD before starting on Januvia. I switched back to Amaryl and my blood sugar is back under control. Is this a common experience to the side effect of Januvia. I am convinced that Merck introduced a dangerous drug in the market and someone should take this up with the FDA. I hope that I do not have permanent damage to my system due to 3 months of januvia. By profession, I am a synthetic organic chemist with a doctorate in organic chemistry and I also must tell you that januvia is lo | M | 63 | 3.5 months 100 MG 1X day | 7/29/2012 | 3 | Type UU | I almost got Stephen Johnson syndrome from this medication. Doctor told me I had come in just in time because of the major rash I got around my anal area. Another week and I would have been in deep trouble. | It helped me control my blood sugar. | M | 55 | 2 months 50 MG 1X day | 7/25/2012 | 1 | type 2 diabetes | severe side pain, back pain. fatigue. | at first it seemed ok then after a few months i started having pancreatitis symptoms. i wouldn't recommend this drug to anyone | F | 51 | 90 days 100 mg 1X day | 4/29/2012 | 4 | Type 2 Diabetes | none really | Taken Januvia for about 2 1/2 months with Metformin and seams to be lowering my blood sugar.Last A1C test was 6.7,down from 7.0 the last time.Will see next time i take the A1C in 3 months to make my final judgement on this medicine. | M | 39 | 2 months 100 mg. 1X day | 4/19/2012 | 3 | Type 2 Diabetes | First 4 weeks had bad heart burn, only Alkaseltzer fixed that. Then 3weeks of little side effect. Last 2 weeks of stomach pain. | Switched from Actos to this and energy improved but stomach pains were too much. Now on Glimepride 2mg. working good so far. Januvia worked well to control blood sugar levels but too much pain, and fear of pancretitis. | M | 45 | 8 weeks 100mg 1X day | 2/20/2012 | 1 | Type 2 Diabetes | Began taking drug inApril 2010 .After increasing unwellness was taken ill in night with vomiting and extreme pain. No warning this might happen. Taken to hospital urgently by ambulance. Diagnosed with pancreatitis. 5 days in Intensive care ward. Months to regain some strength. | I had checked side effects on-line. No mention of pancreatitis. Now there is, and a note that it "may lead to inflammation ,may be severe and lead to death." I would never have taken the tablets if I had read that before . Who in their rught mind would ??? | F | 80 | 10 weeks ? 1X day | 11/2/2011 | 1 | To reduce blood sugar. | Tingling and numbness in both legs and left arm. Extreme fatigue. Zero appetite. Tachycardia. | While taking this drug I felt terrible. After four weeks of being unable to sleep because of pain/tingling/numbness in legs which felt as if the blood flow had been cut off,I discontinued it. It took 2 weeks for symptoms to subside. It took many visits to the doctors investigating my symptoms before I myself decided to come off the drug. My Family Physician had no idea of these side effects. | F | 70 | 4 weeks 100 1X day | 2/24/2011 | 2 | Type 2 diabetes | After about 6 months, I began to have pain in my thighs, making it difficult to walk. After discontinuing Januvia, the pain disappeared in a couple of days. My sugar level did not change much | and remained at a satisfactory level with diet and exercise. However, my sugar levels are rising again and I am resuming Januvia, hoping the problem will not return. | M | 77 | 300 days 50 MG 1X day | 2/20/2011 | 1 | TYPE 2 DIABETES | Lots of pain and numbness, especially in the hands and joints. Hands become numb and very cold, seemed as if blood flow to hands decreased. very stuffy almost like i had a cold. | Sitagliptin (marketed as Januvia and Janumet) - acute pancreatitis Audience: Diabetes healthcare professionals, patients [Posted 09/25/2009] FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of revisions to the prescribing information for Januvia (sitagliptin) and Janumet (sitagliptin/metformin) to include information on reported cases of acute pancreatitis in patients using these products. Eighty-eight post-marketing cases of acute pancreatitis, including two cases of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis in patients using sitagliptin, were reported to the Agency between October 2006 and February 2009. It is recommended that healthcare professionals monitor patients carefully for the development of pancreatitis after initiation or dose increases of sitagliptin or sitagliptin/metformin. Sitagliptin has not been studied in patients with a history of pancreatitis. Therefore, it is not known whether these patients are at an increased risk for developing pancreatitis and the medication should be used with caution and with appropriate monitoring in patients with a history of pancreatitis. Considerations for healthcare professionals, information for patients, and a Data Summary are provided. [09/25/2009 - Information for Healthcare Professionals1 - FDA] | M | 48 | 8 months 100 MG 1X day | 2/18/2011 | 2 | T2 Diabetes | Completely stuffy nose and head for an entire month, which was so bad I could not sleep. This led to my taking all kinds of sudafed and other cold meds to try to counteract it. The stuffiness started to subside after a month, but by then I stopped taking the medication. | My blood sugars have been very high and januvia was added to the lantus and glucovance I was already taking. The medication had no effect on lowering my blood sugar, so I chose to stop taking it. With my insurance it still was a high co-pay. My doctor told me afterwards she was not surprised it did not lower my blood sugars that much. | M | 43 | 30 days 50 mg 1X day | 2/16/2011 |