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FDA reports new deaths with diabetes drug BYETTA

On August 18, 2008 the FDA said it plans to strengthen warnings about life-threatening pancreas problems linked to the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta. This action comes after getting two reports of deaths and four other hospitalizations in Byetta users. See link:
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/exenatide/default.htm

Those patients had hemorrhagic pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas with bleeding) or necrotizing pancreatitis (in which the inflamed pancreas destroys itself). All six patients were hospitalized, and their Byetta treatment was stopped. The four survivors were still recovering at the time that the FDA learned of their illness.

Last October, the FDA noted 30 reports of acute pancreatitis, which is sudden inflammation of the pancreas, in Byetta users. None of those patients had hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis. See link:
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/InfoSheets/HCP/exenatideHCP.htm

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