Zyprexa Diabetics's blog

Eli Lilly's bosses stop being penny wise dollar foolish.I was a +4 year user of ineffective zyprexa that was given to me by Eli Lilly's drug reps 'off label' "encouragement" to my doctor.The zyprexa is an  Read More »

Partial excerpt from breaking news articles Alameda Times-Star, CA - 6 hours ago:  Read More »

Zyprexa (Olanzapine) is Lilly's largest seller. It used to be the first-place atypical antipsychotic in the U.S. but has dropped to third. This is probably because doctors and patients have learned, through the NIH CATIE study and through thousands of lawsuits, that it has the most dangerous side effects of all the drugs in its class. It causes diabetes, hyperglycemia, and death. 8000 plaintiffs settled with Lilly in 2005 and are still waiting for payment. Many states have sued Lilly for alleged fraud, for not revealing its side effects, and for compensation to their state's Medicaid programs for the costs of the drug as well as the costs involved in caring for people who got such conditions as diabetes from the drug.  Lilly has also been charged with alleged fraud in off-label marketing of the drug for children. Many individual lawsuits remain outstanding and will begin to be heard once the 8000 plaintiff suit has been finalized. Lilly states that it will "vigously defend" itself against these individual lawsuits, but a number of them are for death allegedly caused by this drug The older anti-psychotic drug, Trilafon (perphenazine), is significantly cheaper and no less effective than four newer medications for the treatment of chronic schizophrenia, according to researchers.  Read More »

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