Lilly in Trial over Zyprexa

By John Reynold
17:08, March 7th 2008

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Eli Lilly, the drug maker, is charged of having concealed the dangers the dangerous side effects of Zyprexa to protect sales of the popular schizophrenia medicine.

If they put a warning on this product, their sales would fall," Scott Allen, an attorney for Alaska said Wednesday, in the state’s lawsuit against the drug company. "They would lose money. People would choose another drug, and they decided not to disclose what they knew."

Alaska is suing to recover the money it claims it paid as compensation for Medicaid patients who developed serious health problems after using Zyprexa. Eight other states have sued Eli Lilly over Zyprexa, but Alaska is the first one to go to trial. The other states are Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Utah, New Mexico, Mississippi, South Carolina, Montana and Louisiana.

An attorney for the drug company said that Lilly will eventually prove that Zyprexa met the Food and Drug Administration labeling requirements and that doctors were fully aware of the drug’s side effects, including weight gain.

The company declared that it was proud to sell Zyprexa, which is a relief for a large number of people who suffer from severe mental illnesses.

According to the New York Times, the jury was divided by Judge Rinder into two parts. In the first part, the jury will decide whether Lilly is liable for failing to adequately warn physicians about Zyprexa’s risk. If the decision says that Lilly is not guilty, then the case ends.

If Lilly is found to be liable, a second jury will be chosen to hear a trial that will decide whether Zyprexa sickened the people who took it and how much the company must pay in compensation.

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A quick look at Cause

By PepsiJuror, (2008-03-09 17:00)

If someone were to state Mental illness does not exist, all one would have to do in order acquire a meager concept of Mental Illness would be to take a cursory look at THE GROUPs associated with inventing such mental illnesses (i.e. its sources). That is an extremely bold statement to make. "...inventing mental illnesses.". I suppose this argument presents the paradox of the all too common question of "did the egg come before the chicken?”, or “did the Psychiatrist come before the mental illness?”.

Why would someone like me or millions of others even begin to imply such a blithe notion that Mental Illness is invented by a group of charlatans? After all, people do have rough days, drink excessively and sometimes feel nervous speaking in front of audiences. Adults can also, not even mentioning children, have a bit of difficult time sitting still, in hard wooden or plastic chairs, and concentrating for extended periods of time. After all, couldn’t the entire sum of human responses or emotional difficulties be categories as mental illness. (e.g. recently purported jet lag is a mental illness and can be addressed with medication). Since the mental health experts are only able to diagnose and adjudicate a patient’s mental stability based solely on subjective intuition, where unfortunately lacking a clear-cut blood or forensic test. Couldn’t any and all abnormality (besides of course physically in nature) be classify and/or categorized as a mental health problem (e.g. picking of nose, road rage, excessive surfing of the internet, etc.)?

Without a doubt, no one would argue that any eccentricity in human behavior found could be classified, codified and categorized as a mental health illness. Perhaps because (as reported) mental illness is way too complicated of a subject, is it too much to ask for accurate causes thus leading to such a diagnosis and medication? - meaning, hypothetically; who wouldn’t demand answers from their car mechanic explaining the cause and source of their engine problems, let alone ongoing visits (2-5 visits weekly) to get the same engine tuned or adjusted? Personally, I would want some answers.

What about all the millions of people who have supposedly been assisted by the myriad of FDA rated Class II anti-psychotics/depressants drugs currently on the market (compared by many experts and the FDA to have similar side effects and as addictive as heroin)? How could one deny that people actually feel and operate better on these high powered narcotics? After all, it doesn’t take a genius to see that Johnny is now able to sit still in those hard plastic/wooden chairs in class, and that Betty is certainly able to attended social gatherings without eating up her insides.

Do these drugs change the way we feel?

What’s wrong with the way we feel and who is saying it? Can the root (Psychiatry, Pharmaceutical, DSM, etc.) of all these dreaded mental disorders cure the actual cause(s) of what’s wrong with people in society, or are we going further down a road with more classifications, more people (children too) entwined in chemical straitjackets, addicted to medication (thus turning a profit) and a whole new brave world where everyone on the street has some “disorder” that can be cured with a magic little pill? In ten years from now, will the topics of conversation be “What disorder do you have and what are you taking for it?” Hasn’t a patterns been forming here where the Pharmaceutical companies have been engaging in putting the illicit drug lords out of business? Who wouldn't want some of the cheddar?

Not only do we have synthetic mental disorders being created; we now have Eli Lilly generating more business in the unnatural creation of diabetics.

See: www.cchr.org

Zyprexa Kills

By Sorrowful, (2008-03-07 19:13)

My only son was killed by Zyprexa. No warning from Lilly or the doctor, he died suddenly of profound hyperglycemia. Look at the AARP.ORG site under archives pre 2006 and type in Zyprexa. Under the first article, March 2003, Baltimore Sun, see what Lilly had to say about Zyprexa.

Zyprexa diabetes connection

By DanielHaszard, (2008-03-07 17:46)

About 30 state attorneys general have subpoenaed documents detailing Lilly's sales practices for Zyprexa as part of a civil investigation under state consumer protection laws.
I took Zyprexa for 4 years 1996-2000 (before the black box warning) at $250 a month co-pay.I got a shocking BG (blood sugar) of 500 in 2000.My doctors say it WAS the Zyprexa that caused it.I have NO diabetes in my family.

Moreover,I was given it off-label for PTSD.

Experts say Zyprexa qualifies for a MedGuide warning:
(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.countercurrents.org/pringle190607.htm

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Zyprexa diabetes connection

By DanielHaszard, (2008-03-07 17:46)

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