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 Eli Lilly ZYPREXA STORM


Health & Medicine

By DannyHaszard (USA), Section United States of America
Posted on Fri Jun 29, 2007 at 01:14:05 PM PST

Bloomberg reports:
Eli Lilly lost a bid to dismiss a suit accusing it of violating racketeering laws in marketing its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. ....

Eli Lilly the largest maker of psychiatric medicines may attract more lawsuits alleging it failed to warn users that one of its drug was linked to diabetes after the pharmaceutical company received a letter from U.S. regulators. The company yesterday lost a bid to dismiss a suit accusing it of violating racketeering laws in marketing its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.

Still No MedGuide for Eli Lilly Zyprexa after Eleven Years

"Eli Lilly's introduction of Zyprexa and the FDA's complicity," he states, "have led to one of the greatest crimes in medical history in terms of the number of people harmed, the damage inflicted, and the grossness of fraud in promoting and advertising the drug."

Experts say Zyprexa qualifies for a MedGuide under all 3 categories:

(1) The labeling would definitely help prevent serious adverse events;

(2) Few patients would be willing to take the drug and risk developing diabetes given that numerous studies have shown Zyprexa to be no more effective than the older class of antipsychotics that do not cause diabetes; and

(3) Most patients on Zyprexa would learn that the drug is not FDA approved to treat the condition they have.

Learn more of the dangers of Zyprexa
http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q=061807_zyprexa-eli-lilly-hearings-diabetics-warnings-antipsychotic -medication.htm

Submitted by Daniel Haszard http://www.zyprexa-victims.com 4 year zyprexa user 1996-2000 who got diabetes from it.

Zyprexa is Eli Lilly's top selling cash cow drug generating $4.2 billion a year

HOLY SMOKE!!

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Zyprexa zenith to zonked (none / 0) (#1)
by DannyHaszard (USA) on Mon Jul 02, 2007 at 12:00:49 PM PST

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_virginia_070701_lly_gets_shocking__28_21.htm

LLY gets shocking court decision
OpEdNews, PA - 51 minutes ago
(NYSE: LLY) fraudulently marketed the atypical antipsychotic drug, Zyprexa, for uses not approved by the FDA. Judge Jack B. Weinstein, of the US District ...

Not surprising . . . (none / 0) (#2)
by slozo (Canada) on Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 04:33:23 PM PST

. . . even less surprising, will be the "tut tut!" treatment EL will get for their transgressions.

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Was ist das (none / 0) (#3)
by macaos (Switzerland) on Thu Dec 27, 2007 at 10:34:15 AM PST

Zoloft in the treatment of PMDD (none / 0) (#4)
by caraux (Australia) on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 09:00:27 AM PST

Zoloft is indicated for the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in adults.

The efficacy of Zoloft no prior in the treatment of PMDD was established in 2 placebo-controlled trials of female adult outpatients treated for 3 menstrual cycles who met criteria for the DSM-III-R/IV category of PMDD (see Clinical Trials under CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY).

The essential features of PMDD include markedly depressed mood, pharmacy online, affective lability, and persistent anger or irritability. Other features include decreased interest in activities, difficulty concentrating, lack of energy, change in appetite or sleep, and feeling out of Zoloft. Physical symptoms associated with PMDD include breast tenderness, headache, joint and muscle pain, bloating and Zoloft on line gain.

About this report (none / 0) (#5)
by Amy (Australia) on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 05:02:58 AM PST

Oops (none / 0) (#6)
by Edward H (USA) on Wed Mar 19, 2008 at 03:50:38 PM PST

Sounds like they can expect plenty of lawsuits. Not exactly a great thing to forget about mentioning such an important thing.
Edward, Programmer currently working on the sleeping medication project.
Hi all! (none / 0) (#7)
by Julia (Argentina) on Fri Apr 25, 2008 at 03:48:27 PM PST



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