Carolyn
I am a nurse but also the mother of an overweight daughter who was recently diagnosed with Diabetes. I am sorry to tell you that meds for diabetes will not reduce weight. If extra weight is due to a hypothyroid, it MAY drop your weight SOME once you go on the meds, but not all of it. The truth of weight is that you put it on by eating too much, even if its due a medical problem, and the only way to get it off is to cut back on how much you eat now, which is what people call a "diet". Please get a good diet from a dietician, not a doctor, to lose the weight in a steady and healthy way, This will help you to KEEP the weight off because you change the WAY you eat.