tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post116632119711213083..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: NY Times: Lilly Downplayed Harmful Side Effects of ZyprexaGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166536728611511062006-12-19T08:58:00.000-05:002006-12-19T08:58:00.000-05:00as the initial individual who reported to the fda ...as the initial individual who reported to the fda the link between diabetes and high blood sugar with the risk of coma relating to the use of zyprexa that created the intitial duke university study, you can rest assured that lilly is nothing but a bunch of liars who will go to any length to protect their dangerous product and 4 billion a yr earnings from this drug. lilly has already settled a class action for 700 million yet not admitting fault to anything. there are still many more serious injuries out there to settle up also. <BR/>take this drug at your own risk. zyprexa is a very dangerous drug to many who take it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166503515637254422006-12-18T23:45:00.000-05:002006-12-18T23:45:00.000-05:00"Is it just me, or are there a lot of people being..."Is it just me, or are there a lot of people being diagnosed as bipolar--what used to be considered a rare condition?"<BR/><BR/>i think it's just you, gary. we have a daughter who was diagnosed as bipolar after her first year in college. looking back on both sides of our family, we could see this gene rage among our aunts, uncles, and grandparents. <BR/><BR/>we've been very grateful for what big pharma has been able to provide to make our daughter able to better function in the world. it wasn't zyprexa, and it's definitely not a silver bullet, but it's made her able to cope and to realize that if she works at it, she can actually function in this world. <BR/><BR/>we expect that in another couple of years, she'll complete her doctorate in a field of science. she still has a lot of issues to deal with, but with supportive family and a good outlook, this brain based disorder can be managed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166458238563945532006-12-18T11:10:00.000-05:002006-12-18T11:10:00.000-05:00Eli Lilly ZYPREXA LIES! Zyprexa off label promotio...Eli Lilly ZYPREXA LIES!<BR/> <BR/>Zyprexa off label promotion scandal is all over the news now.<BR/>Lilly drug reps are alleged to have called their marketing ploy,"Viva zyprexa".<BR/> <BR/>Eli Lilly zyprexa cost me over $250.00 a month supply out of my own pocket X 4 years and has up to ten times the risk (over non users) of causing diabetes and severe weight gain.<BR/> <BR/>Zyprexa which is only FDA approved for schizophrenia (.5-1% of pop) and some bipolar (2% pop) and then an even smaller percentage of theses two groups.<BR/>So how does Zyprexa get to be the 7th largest drug sale in the world?<BR/>Eli Lilly is in deep trouble for using their drug reps to 'encourage' doctors to write zyprexa for non-FDA approved 'off label' uses. <BR/> <BR/>The drug causes increased diabetes risk,and medicare picks up all the expensive fallout.There are now 7 states (and counting) going after Lilly for fraud and restitution.<BR/>I was ordered to take it beginning in 1996 for my PTSD for 4 years more,it was useless for my symptoms.Lesson learned...you shouldn't give a major tranquilizer like zyprexa which makes you 'sleepy' to a hyper-vigilant patient.<BR/> <BR/>There is a clinical difference between hyper-vigilant and harmful aggression.<BR/>Only 9 percent of adult Americans think the pharmaceutical industry can be trusted right around the same rating as big tobacco. <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>---<BR/>Daniel Haszard zyprexa-victims.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166381067845241002006-12-17T13:44:00.000-05:002006-12-17T13:44:00.000-05:00You can't have it both ways.On one hand many compl...You can't have it both ways.<BR/><BR/>On one hand many complain that the drugs aren't approved fast enough. Now we are complaining that they are not investigated thoroughly.<BR/><BR/>Which is it?<BR/><BR/>We live in an interesting age of medicine, where several new advancements are really experiments in how humans with diverse chemical and genetic makeups deal with different compounds.<BR/><BR/>Once something goes unplanned, we call for heads to roll. While at the same time, we are asking for increasing speed toward possible cures and vaccines for more and more diseases.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Gary, there is an increase in the number of bi-polar diagnoses, but your post implied that it was to make a profit, rather than actually help someone.<BR/><BR/>I have no issue with being a watchful eye on the pharmaceutical industry, but let's be fair about it and not roast the golden goose on subjects that we have only a smidgin of the facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166328559918039622006-12-16T23:09:00.000-05:002006-12-16T23:09:00.000-05:00An oddity of Indiana Township law requires Townshi...An oddity of Indiana Township law requires Township Trustees to buy insulin for needy citizens. No other drug is so covered - any guesses as to why this one medication is specified?<BR/><BR/>Luckily the advent of Medicaid and Medicare has obviated the need for such specific assistance. As I recall, Center Township has had to purchase insulin only once in the last 15 years or so...Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166325218640863842006-12-16T22:13:00.000-05:002006-12-16T22:13:00.000-05:00Convenient that the leading company in the world t...Convenient that the leading company in the world that makes most of the planet's insulin supply and other diabetes related pharmaceuticals also happens to make a widely prescribed drug that CAUSES diabetes and high blood sugar. I don't even want to think about the bad karma of the Lilly execs who knew this and did nothing to raise awareness of this or even actively covered this up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com