Comments on: FDA Warns of Additional Byetta Pancreatitis Reports

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:28:01 +0000

I too used Byetta for a year and was sick the whole time. I finally ended up very ill and had hemorrhagic pancreatitis and was hospitalized. After getting out of the hospital I looked Byetta up and found that the FDA was involved. This was in Jan 08 when I became hospitalized. I talked to my DR and asked him to send in to the FDA that he too had a case of pancreatitis with a patient. He didnt know about it I brought the info to HIM. So for all of you that say your Drs are saying its ok, bring him the info on the internet. I dont trust Drs anymore and look everything up I can find on meds I take. I Dr myself better than my Dr. You also know when theres something wrong with you so dont settle of an “Its ok”. Drs are human they make mistakes and some just dont care enough to take the time. Im lucky Im here and so is everyone that took Byetta and had Pancreatitis. I still suffer with stomach problems that no one can explain and have been told I have to deal with it. Sad that our Government would ok a drug without correct testing that would kill its own people. But it happens more and more. Read up on everything thats prescribed to you and refuse it if you dont feel you need to take it. Its your body and your life. Take care of yourselves.

By: One day soon

One day soon — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:02:51 +0000

Hi I have been a diabete since I was 21, or before, I am now 32 and just started taking care of myself because my best friend died of diabetes. She was Type 1 as I am Type 2. I was going to talk to my Physician about Beyetta, to help with the weight loss. I am in the Medical Field so I know alot about health. Also be careful when taking Actos. I took Actos for one month, I started at 219lb, then I went to 222 and after work one day I felt tired, feet hurting, and I got home and got on the scale it said 230lb, over night, feet swollening, I rushed myself to the ER, I explained everything and they told me not to take the actos, the next day went to the Doc and told him and he stoped it right away. My swollen feet went down, my weight didnot change. I can tell you my AC1 changed with Actos from 11 to 9. Difference medicine for different folks. I am on a strict diet called the biggest loser for the last 4 months and have lost 60lbs. My weight as of today is 133.9 lbs. I also stand 5′7 my A1C as of last week was 5.3. Some days I eat like a dog, and then I go and walk 10 miles and burn all of it off. Strict Diet…Dont give up you will lose the weight and improve your Glucose levels.

By: me

me — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:09:25 +0000

My friend who was on Byetta for a while and had all the above side effects, was admitted to the hospital last week and just died last nite. It was horrible to see this friend go thru the pain and suffering because of these two inept drug companies. Folks, we need to stop taking this drug! Its a deadly drug. Its always about the MONEY, never for the real purpose of saving lives. FDA, take this drug off the market!!!!!

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:23:06 +0000

I have been on byetta since Jan. 09.I too suffered at first with nausea and no appetite.For the last 3 months ,I have had severe constipation,food and metformin not digesting.I have noticed my metformin pills in my stool or I throw them up hours later.My sugar is high,I am having from time to time severe back pain right below my rib cage on my right side.Too many side effects going on.This is not a good feeling,I will call my doc ASAP,I am 38 yrs old.

By: Roberta

Roberta — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:05:35 +0000

I have been on Byetta since Oct 2009, I started with 10mg as being a bad Diabetic, I lost alot of weight and the doctor was happy. So was I but for months, I hardely ate and was always sick to my stomach. Chills, shakes and vomitting. They said it would stop and it did. But a few weeks ago I started to feel very sick again. cold nauseous all day long and I thought it was a flu but I still feel sick, Couldn’t even go out this week end to sick. I saw an add on TV this afternoon and it was about Byetta, So I got on and googled it. I have pain in my kidney area thought it was my back from working out but now that I have been sick for two weeks with nausea, I will be calling my doctor tomorrow morning. and I will be printing some of your remarks out. I feel sick 80% of the day why it started up again I don’t know. But I am 49 yrs old with one child, a son whose getting married next year and I want to be at his wedding. I am stopping my Byetta tomorow and calling my doctor thank you all!

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:14:09 +0000

Hi, I never post on sites like this but I feel Compelled to at this time. My husband (45), was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 2 yrs ago. It took him 3 months to get his numbers below 500! He has kept it under control with diet change and committed exercise for 2 yrs now. My father was told he was borderline diabetic (numbers in the 150-180 range) the same year. His Dr. put him on Byetta. He lost weight and thought it was great. He tried to get my husband to take it several times. Over the last year my father has had a lot of abdominal pain and almost chronic diarhea. He was in and out of the Dr. being tested for everything from chrones disease to colon cancer. They couldn’t figure it out. They never told him it could be from the Byetta. In March of this year he had severe pains in his ribs and back. He went to the Dr,.. only to be sent to the chiropractor…. twice. The pain was so bad that he thought the chiro. had broken his ribs. The next morning he went to the ER. where they recognized it as pancreatitis. (Never drank alchohol in his life) On March 27th he was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer. I just got back from his funeral. He died on June 28th. 90 days. He was 62. For those of you that enjoy taking Byetta… fine. Please don’t encourage others to take it. Before we left my mother last week she took two perscriptions of Byetta out of the fridge and asked my husband if he had ever thought of taking it, and that if he had, he should get the perscription and that she would give it to him because it is expensive and she didn’t want to throw it away. I had a VERY strong impression that he shouldn’t, but I didn’t say anything. I talked with my sister later and said ” I just don’t feel good about that RX. Who knows, there could be some link between it and his Pancreatic cancer” We got home today and I decieded to google byetta. I have spent the last 6 hrs reading posts from people with similar stories as mine. Sometimes it takes yrs to find out how many people a drug affected. Many people (like my mom) don’t even suspect something like that so it isn’t researched or reported. Anyway, thanks for everyones info. and listening ear.
It’s hard to loose a dad at 37. Of course we don’t know, but is it worth the risk?

By: loveof my life gone

loveof my life gone — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:26:06 +0000

My husband death was with celebrex from necroitzing pancreatitis he did not have “diabetes” and he was not taking “byetta” so celebrex is doing the same thing killing people . He started taking it on July 26 and Aug 23 he was gone. I am just trying to let everyone know sometime the pain is not as bad as our life on earth,the drug take our life.

By: janette

janette — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:04:47 +0000

my mom took byetta in 2006 it made her sick to her stomach but her doctor kept telling her that was normal,she was just eating too much and to cut back her food some. Then in June of 2007 her back started hurting and in October she was diagnosed on her 65th birthday with pancreatic cancer. She passed away January of 2008. I believe this medicine had EVERYTHING to do with it, as my friends father in law also took byetta (same dr, same time) and now he is in stage IV pancreatic cancer. I almost think the doctors need to be held responsible to some extent.

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:56:57 +0000

My wonderful husband started taking byetta in October of 2007. He started with nausea vomiting, shakiness, some headaches, heart burn , diahrrea and constipation at times. He got so weak he had started to use a walker. He went into the hospital the first time because, we thought he was having a heart attack. But everything came back fine.

The second to the last time he was in the hospital, he was a direct admit because he was jaundice and his fingers looked like that of a dead person. After a couple of days they said he had a mass but was not sure what it was. They sent him to a general surgeon who sent him to U of M for another test, that was on December 5, 2008, he ended up in the hospital a couple of days later after passing out and by December 12, 2008 he passed away.
I am going to fight this until I am blue in the face, you cannot tell me this drug did not cause this.
As my husband told a nurse at U of M they should check your pancreas before they determine that you are a diabetic because the pancreas controls your insulin. So if there is a tumor they would not know this and just give you the byetta assuming you are a diabetic.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:57:07 +0000

My mother took Byetta and in July of 2008 my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My mother passed away Feb. 5h of 2009. She was only 50 years old. There is no dought in my mind and my family’s that Byetta is what caused her death. She just retired before diagnosis and did not get to enjoy her retirement. I think it is horrible that that these drug company are in such a hurry to get their money and that the FDA does not check these medications out before the hit the general public. Also many of these drugs that are suppoted to help our health are nothing but another way for drug companies and doctors to get our money. It is really sad that the FDA, who is suppoted to be proctecting us, seems to be only helping the drug comanies and buisness men make money. It doesn’t matter what effect it has on the public. It doesn’t matter if you lose a mother to young, a child, or cause anyone pain. It is all about them making money.