Byetta Cancer Health Alert: Persons Taking Byetta and other Diabetes Drugs Should Be Aware of an Increased Risk of Cancer and Consult Their Physician Regarding Potential Thyroid Cancer
and Pancreas Cancer Protocols by Texas Byetta Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer
Byetta and
other diabetes drugs have been linked to an increased risk of
thyroid cancer and
pancreatic cancer. Persons taking diabetes drugs
and medical providers that are prescribing diabetes drugs should be
aware of thyroid cancer risks and pancreatic cancer risks as well as be
aware of cancer detection protocols. Early detection of cancer is
essential to preventing the spread of cancer and important to surviving
cancer. Persons that have been taking diabetic drugs and have been
diagnosed with thyroid cancer or pancreatic cancer should report the
cancer to both their medical provider and the FDA. Families of loved
ones who took diabetes drugs and lost their lives to thyroid cancer or
pancreatic cancer should also report the cancer to the FDA.
In addition to reporting thyroid cancer and pancreatic cancer caused by
diabetes drugs, it is important that cancer survivors and families that
have lost loved ones to diabetes drug cancers file lawsuits to prevent
large drug companies from continuing to profit from selling dangerous
drugs. For more information on diabetes drug cancer lawsuits,
please contact Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer and Byetta Cancer Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, for a free case review of a Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuit.
Pancreatic Cancer Including Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and other Forms of
Exocrine Pancreas Cancers Are Difficult to Diagnose and Are Often Not
Diagnosed Until Late in the Course of the Disease
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death for both
men and women and is one of the most deadly of all types of cancer. This
year approximately 45,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer and about 38,000 will die from it. One of the reasons that
pancreatic cancer is so deadly is that it it difficult to diagnose and
the diagnosis is often made late in the course of the disease. Early
detection of pancreatic cancer is essential and will greatly improve a
person's chances of surviving the disease. As such, people that have
taken diabetes drugs, especially those with symptoms of weight loss,
dark urine and clay-colored stools, back pain, and jaundice, should seek
advice from a qualified medical professional as to if they may have
pancreatic cancer and what symptoms they should be aware of to detect
any early onset of pancreatic cancer.
Symptoms of pancreatic cancer can include: dark urine and clay-colored
stools, fatigue and weakness, jaundice (a yellow color in the skin,
mucus membranes, or eyes), loss of appetite and weight loss, nausea and
vomiting, pain or discomfort in the upper part of the belly or abdomen,
back pain, blood clots, diarrhea, and indigestion.
Pancreatic cancer is often not detected early on and is often advanced
when it is first found. As such, ninety-five percent of the people
diagnosed with this cancer will not be alive 5 years later. Some
patients have pancreatic cancer that can be surgically removed are
cured. However, in more than 80% of patients the tumor has already
spread and cannot be completely removed at the time of diagnosis. In
the few cases where pancreatic tumors can be removed by surgery. The
standard surgical procedure to remove pancreatic tumors is called a
Whipple procedure (pancreatoduodenectomy or pancreaticoduodenectomy).
This surgery should be done by an experienced surgeon and at a medical
center that performs the procedure often. Some studies suggest that the
Whipple procedure is best performed at hospitals that do more than five
of these surgeries per year.
When the tumor has not spread out of the pancreas, but cannot be
removed, radiation therapy and chemotherapy together may be recommended.
When the tumor has spread (metastasized) to other organs such as the
liver, chemotherapy alone is usually used. The standard chemotherapy
drug is gemcitabine, but other drugs may be used. Gemcitabine can help
about 25% of patients.
Patients whose tumor cannot be totally removed, but who have a blockage
of the tubes that transport bile (biliary obstruction) must have that
blockage relieved. There are two approaches including surgery and
placement of a tiny metal tube (biliary stent) during ERCP.
Managing pain and other symptoms is an important part of treating
advanced pancreatic cancer. Palliative care tams and hospice can help
with pain and symptom management, and provide psychological support for
patients and their families during the illness.
Thyroid Cancer Information and Thyroid Cancer Symptoms
More than 200,000 people were newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer in
2012. Recent scientific studies have shown that some of these people
may have gotten thyroid cancer from taking a diabetes drug. One such
diabetes drug is Byetta. Recent studies have shown that Byetta
increases the risk of thyroid cancer. Further, many lawsuits are
currently being filed alleging that the maker of Byetta failed to
provide adequate warnings to consumers and the medical community
regarding this risk of thyroid cancer.
Thyroid cancer occurs in the cells of the thyroid. The thyroid is a
butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck, just below your
Adam's apple. Your thyroid produces hormones that regulate your heart
rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight. Thyroid cancer is the
most common endocrine cancer. It is a malignant tumor or growth
originating within the thyroid gland, also called thyroid carcinoma.
The prognosis for any individual with thyroid cancer depends on several
factors. These include the type of thyroid cancer, the tumor size,
whether the disease has spread (metastasized) to other parts of the body
(especially distant sites), and the patients’ age at the time of
diagnosis. Thyroid cancer is usually highly treatable when found early
and is usually painless and without symptoms in its early stages. Unless
there is an obvious neck mass that can be seen, most nodules are
detected by chance during a routine physical examination or during a
doctor visit for an unrelated purpose.
Some thyroid cancer symptoms include:
Hoarseness that has no known cause and does not go away
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Difficulty swallowing or an unusual sensation (a “lump”) when swallowing
Nodule (lump) or growth in the neck
An abnormally large lymph node (a “swollen gland”)that fails to spontaneously shrink over a few months' time
Byetta Cancer Lawsuits and Byetta Cancer Lawyer
It is important that cancer survivors and families that
have lost loved ones to diabetes drug cancers file lawsuits to prevent
large drug companies from continuing to profit from selling dangerous
drugs. For more information on diabetes drug cancer lawsuits,
please
contact Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer and Byetta Cancer Lawyer, Jason S.
Coomer, for a free case review of a Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuit.