Comments on: Byetta Lawsuit

By: Margie

Margie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:07:14 +0000

I too took Byetta for a while as a Type II Diabetic. That is untill I found out it might be the cause of my stomach aches. The Dr. did some blood work and called me on a Sunday and told me to get off the Byetta right away and meet her at the Emerg. Room at the local hospital. She said my pancreatic enzymes were out of control and I should be hospitalized! I stopped the byetta and later tests said pancreas was ok.
This past week I had a surgery to repair hernia and tear in my stomach muscles, incidental finding by my surgeon that my liver looked horrible so he took two biopsies. Pathology results was non alcoholic Cirrhosis of the Liver! Isn’t that great, age 52, not a drinker and Cirrhosis of the Liver to deal with. Heading to the Gastroentolgy Dept to see a HEPATOLOGIST in SF in the next few weeks…could this be connected? I am betting on it! By the way, the every 6 month complete blood work i take never showed any problems with my liver! Would not of know this if I had not needed the surgery for the hernia…we consider ourselves very lucky to have found this!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:11 +0000

Comment by Tamara on 8 March 2010: These excessive diarrhea, and G.I. conditions and are not side effects from diabetes!

No – I got them from Metformin! Still do occasionally. The first three months on Metformin were terrible. Metformin + excersize + diet could not get my A1C below 7.

I have been on Byetta 10mcg since Feb 2007 – no real problems except occasional nausia – but my A1C is consistantly in the high 5’s! For me its no contest – Byetta is great.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:00:19 +0000

@Steve who posted FEB 20, 2010: These excessive diarrhea, and G.I. conditions and are not side effects from diabetes!

By: Monty

Monty — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:03 +0000

I started using Byetta March 2009. My dr said it would help me loose some weight that would assist with my diabetes. Upon taking it I noticed I began going to the bathroom excessively which was told to me by the dr. I started with the 5mg pen and by the second pen refill I was unable to keep food in due to the diarrhea. I told my dr. in June , but unlike many of your stories my dr. didn’t stop it he upped the dosage to 10mcg. I began having severe rectum pain from excessive diarrhea and went to walk-in end result I had severe stomach pain, several test. colonoscopy, endoscopy, and now they say I have Chron’s disease. Just spent 4 days in the hopital due to severe inflammation of my colon. The pain was unbearable. All this began when I started taking Byetta which does cause damage to the G.I. tract. Bottm Line…This is not just a coincidence. It can’t be look at all of these stories from different people across the country this drug is bad for the G.I. Tract System and causes irreversible damage.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:45:47 +0000

Last posting for us (January 1, 2010) Jim has been in out of hospital since November 1, 2009. We are up to 60 days out of 109 days of being in hospital. Jim has a very large cyst that has formed around his pancreas. Doctors drained five 1 liter bottles of fluid from his abdominal cavity due to the cyst leaking. Now he has a tube connected to the cyst to the outside of his body so the cyst can drain. He will have an Endoscopic Procedure in a few days. Maybe a stent will be put in. Surgery will happen soon. His pancreas has necrotized. Byetta has fried his pancreas. Please do NOT take this drug… This is the sole culprit of my husbands illness. He is now depended on insulin. It’s been a long grueling four months and we aren’t out of the woods yet. I’ll keep updating.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:38:05 +0000

sounds like a bunch of people trying to get free money most of the problems that people have listed seem to be related more to what diabetes and high blood sugar leaves and being obsessed can cause
law suit are the reason this country is falling apart

By: mdebernardi

mdebernardi — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:52:10 +0000

My father started taking BYETTA about 2 years ago. He has not lost any wieght, in fact he gained about 25 lbs since taking this drug.
He has also developed anemia, AFTER having an endoscopy and colonoscopy; we still have no answers. NOW, the doctor is questioning BYETTA…….lets hope its not too late.

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:44:30 +0000

My mother took Byetta for about 2 or 3 yrs. She started having the stomach problems, etc. tired all the time. Pain in her abdomin going through to her back. she would get nausiated and throw up sometimes. She went to several doctors they ran colonoscopy, endoscopy, blood work etc. “found nothing” she was constipated, dark stools, doctors though it was her gall bladder and on Febuary 16th of 2009 she was dx with Pancreatic Cancer. She passed away on August 27th, 2009. STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG!!! My mother never had any problems until she started taking Byetta.

By: claudia

claudia — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:07:57 +0000

I have been on Byetta since Sept of 09. I had increased nasal congestion and severe cough. I began having welts on my stomach that itched and were hard. I discontinued the injections last week and my nose and severe cough are about gone. Welts have not returned. My endo is out on permenent sick leave. They are looking to replace him. The air base does not prescribe this drug. Byetta’s needles many times hurt when injecting and are crooked. I also have pain between my shoulder blades now and wonder if this is a result of the Byetta or something else.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:56:07 +0000

I took 5 mg for 1 month and then went to 10 mg. I began having upper rt quadrant pain and extreme acid reflux. I toughed it out for three months and then told my dr about my problems. He took me off the Byetta immediately. Since then, I have had recurrent loose stools, and pain. Have had colonoscopy, endoscopy and other tests. Had my gall bladder removed on 12/24/09. I still have pain and loose stools. I would not recommend this drug to anyone.