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Alan 49 DAFNE Graduate
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
284 posts

TONIGHT - CHANNEL 4 @ 8pm - Diets, Drugs and Diabetes - could be interesting.

novorapidboi26 DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lanarkshire
1,819 posts

Missed this, how was it.......?

Alan 49 DAFNE Graduate
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
284 posts

It was all about the use of Byetta, Januvia and Victoza which are injected to achieve better diabetic control and also weight-loss. It seems that they can also cause pancreatisis - which can then lead to pancreatic cancer. According to several of the doctors contributing to the programme, the pharmaceutical companies who manufacture these drugs are refusing to reveal some of the findings relating to the testing of these drugs. The question these doctors are asking is 'Do these companies have something to hide?'