I nearly died after being prescribed Byetta

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
I developed diabetes 2 - after my triple bypass op in 2014--
was prescribed simvastatin and metformin.
To my known med history:
I only have one kidney--the other was removed /by mistake in 1984--and I have Hodgkins Lymphoma--since 2007.
Having gained a little weight--I was changed to byetta--selfinjection--
with the result that my kidney failed totally and was rushed to hospital by ambulance-- where I very nearly died.

I was unconscious for three days, fantasised for eight days and had dialysis for three/four weeks.
After 5 weeks --in total-- my kidney recovered to 13 %.
I was discharged home --with the prognosis that I will not improve further in hospital & will require dialysis for rest of my days!

I refused to accept this prognosis--feeling suicidal at the outlook of that kind of future.
The NHS told me that there was nothing else they could do.
I consulted renal specialists / outside the NHS-- for alternatives and decided on a cocktail of homeopathic ingredients
of known historic kidney treatments from Germany and India.
AND THAT WORKED.
This alternative course of treatment ( cost only approx. £ 15/20 pm-)
and a relatively strict renal diet made my kidney improve--to date-- to 41 %.
Iam very very relieved that I have survived this --to date-- but do you think that the NHS was/is interested as to how I achieved this?
If it's not part of 'school medicine' and cheap as a treatment--they don't want to know.

My questions are addressed to (other) Byetta victims:
1) Does/did anybody else have problems or know anybody who does/did??
2) were you compensated for the problems caused by Byetta?
3) do want to join a group of Byetta victims--for bringing a court case ?



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Type of diabetes
Type 2
would be interested in what you took to improve renal function . I assume you went off Byetta in the hospital. How did you trace it back to the Byetta being the problem?

I went off Byetta in December due to new insurance not covering repeat Rx. I was worried about side effects and do not know whether the seven years I was on hte drug caused problems or not. There are American TV commercials for people to join class action suits for exenatide.

The weight loss only amounts to ten pounds for most people.

Class action for this type of drug

http://www.drugwatch.com/januvia/lawsuit/

Hello Galja--
thanks for the american link -- which I will follow up right away.

My side "effects" were traced/linked to Exenatide/Byetta by the renal consultants of the NHS.
If you are ok AFTER taking it for seven years and have both kidneys--you must be ok?
As to the cocktail that so much improved my kidney functions --Iam reluctant to publish this--
due to any legal liability that may arise?
Regards