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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 ?



Edited to remove email address due to spammers.
 

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
 
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