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BYETTA—PRESCRIPTION FOR KIDNEY FAILURE AND ACUTE PANCREATITIS
Posted by: Darrell Castle
December 31, 2009
Topic: Personal Injury
Patients with type 2 diabetes who have been prescribed Byetta should be aware of recent FDA warnings of potentially fatal health risks related to kidney failure and pancreatitis associated with that drug. The FDA has required warning revisions for the drug and even issued alerts to healthcare providers and patients.
Byetta was introduced to the market in 2005 and since then more than 6.6 million prescriptions have been written. The type of pancreatitis experienced by Byetta patients appears to be a different, more lethal form than ordinary pancreatitis. Hemorrhagic pancreatitis or necrotizing pancreatitis where pancreatic cells are actually destroyed by the disease rather than only damaged is statistically elevated among Byetta uses over the population at large.
Byetta patients should look for symptoms of : persistent, severe abdominal pain without other explanation; accompanied by vomiting but not in every case; swelling in the extremities without other explanation; dull ache in mid to lower region of the back; changes in urine color, frequency, or amount of urination; changes in blood pressure. Patients should seek medical attention for these symptoms especially if using Byetta.
If you have suffered acute pancreatitis or kidney failure caused by Byetta, you may be entitled to compensation. Consult the advice of an experienced legal professional such as those at Darrell Castle and Associates.
