Dangers of Zyprexa

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What is this site about?

For the past few years, there has been some controversy about the drug Zyprexa. What we all know is that Zyprexa is an "atypical" anti-psychotic, approved to treat schizophrenia and acute mania. At about $2.50/pill, it is a big money maker for Eli Lilly, somewhere on the order of $4 Billion a year. By themselves these facts are not controversial.

However, it seems that some internal memos indicate that Eli Lilly knew that the drug raised the risk of diabetes in patients and didn't act appropriately. They may have even misreported clinical trial data about blood-sugar risks to doctors. There is currently a class action lawsuit underway to hold Lilly accountable. There may be other risks that the company knew about but was hiding.

*Incidentally, Lilly's second most profitible drugs treat diabetes.* (Fancy THAT)

Futhermore, Lilly has been training sales reps to instruct general practitioners to prescribe Zyprexa, off label, to elderly patients exhibiting general symptoms of dementia. These drugs are dangerous enough in the hands of specialists - general practitioners should not be trained by salespeople to prescribe such potent and dangerous psychopharmaceuticals. Lilly called this marketing initiative Viva Zyprexa, from which we have taken our satrirical name for this campaign - Zyprexa Kills.

Medicare has born the brunt of Lilly's business practices.
There are articles in the New York Times that cover these memos:

* "Eli Lilly Said to Play Down Risk of Top Pill" by Alex Berenson <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/business/17drug.html>
* "Drug Files Show Maker Promoted Unapproved Use" by Alex Berenson <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/business/18drug.html>
* "Disparity Emerges in Lilly Data on Schizophrenia Drug" by Alex Berenson <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/business/21drug.html>

Go to the WEBSITE, And read and download the documents Lilly doesen't want revealed yourself .


Eli Lilly Zyprexa Documents

Documents from the Eli Lilly Zyprexa MDL-1596 product liability lawsuit were posted on the internet. The documents look like documents Jim Gottstein of PsychRights provided to the New York Times. Here's the page were you'll find a link to a download. There's more about the documents in an article by Evelyn Pringle and on the PsychRights page. These drugs are being pushed on children and used for all kinds of off-label uses. People should know the hazards and how drugs like this are marketed.
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