FDA Investigating Januvia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is evaluating Merck’s Januvia, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Byetta and other diabetes medications due to a potential link to pancreatic cancer.

The agency said that it found evidence of pre-cancerous cell changes in pancreatic tissue samples.

On Thursday the FDA said it found inflammation and evidence of pre-cancerous cell changes in pancreatic tissue samples taken from patients taking the drugs.

New York, New York (PRWEB) March 15, 2013

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Attention: A link has been found and now it is believed that a potential risk of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer allegedly associated with the use of Januvia, Byetta and other similar diabetes medications.

On March 14, 2013 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is investigating the drugs due to an allegedly potential link to pancreatic cancer.

“Research suggests that these medications can lead to pancreatitis, which is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer,”

Now the FDA has disclosed that it has found inflammation and evidence of pre-cancerous cell changes in pancreatic tissue samples taken from patients taking the drugs.

The diabetes drugs being investigated are known as incretin mimetics; they include exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon), liraglutide (Victoza), sitagliptin (Januvia, Janumet, Janumet XR, Juvisync), saxagliptin (Onglyza, Kombiglyze XR), alogliptin (Nesina, Kazano, Oseni), and linagliptin (Tradjenta, Jentadueto).

This is not the first announcement. Previously released research linked drugs such as Januvia and Byetta to pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. In 2011, the journal Gastroenterology published a study showing that Januvia and Byetta users may have a 6-fold increased risk of pancreatitis as well as an increased risk for pancreatic cancer. The researchers also found a significantly higher rate of thyroid cancer among patients taking Byetta. Last month, JAMA Internal Medicine published a study showing that patients who take Byetta or Januvia may be twice as likely to develop pancreatitis.

Diabetes drugs such as Januvia and Byetta have raised concerns about damage to the pancreas since 2007, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that it received a high number of reports of pancreatitis linked to the use of Byetta. In 2009, the agency issued a similar warning for Januvia.

Our Law Firm can help you sift thru this information and we offer free legal consultations to victims who suffered alleged injuries from Januvia, Byetta or Victoza, including pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer and thyroid cancer.

If you or a loved one were diagnosed with pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer or thyroid after taking Januvia, Byetta or Victoza, please contact our Law Firm at 800-862-1260.

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