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Article: FDA: BYETTA LABEL REVISED TO INCLUDE SAFETY INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE KIDNEY PROBLEMS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food & Drug Administration issued the following press release:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today acted on new safety information about possible kidney function problems, including kidney failure, in patients taking Byetta (exenatide), a drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes.
From April 2005 through October 2008, the FDA received 78 reports of problems with kidney function in patients using Byetta. Some cases occurred in patients with pre-existing kidney disease or in patients with one or more risk factors for developing kidney problems.
Nearly 7 million prescriptions for Byetta were dispensed between April ...