Zyprexa: Link to Suicide

Zyprexa Suicide: Children at Risk

When Sarah D. was only a child she was put on Zyprexa to help control the mood swings associated with her bipolar disorder. Beth (Sarah's mother) says that they tried several drugs, but from around age eight to age fourteen, Sarah took Zyprexa. According to both Beth and Sarah, it was only a matter of months after her prescription began before Sarah started cutting herself. [MORE: ZYPREXA PUTS CHILDREN AT RISK]

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Sarah Thompson's (not her real name) husband, David, committed suicide on March 7, 2002, after taking Zyprexa for only three months. Thompson says she has no doubt that Zyprexa changed her husband and altered his thinking. The coroner may agree with Thompsonâ€"on David's death certificate, next to "How injury occurred," he wrote, "Prescribed Zyprexa, hung himself." [MORE: ZYPREXA HANGING SUICIDE]

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Zyprexa Suicide: Husband Hung Himself... continued

Sarah Thompson's (not her real name) husband committed suicide almost six years ago after taking Zyprexa for less than three months. Even before David committed suicide, he experienced some of the stigma that comes with taking Zyprexa and attempting suicide. Thompson has also had her own problems, dealing with the reactions of people around her to her late husband's death. [MORE: ZYPREXA HELL]

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Zyprexa Suicide Victims' Families Angry

The family members of people who committed suicide after taking Zyprexa are understandably upset that they were not made aware of the risks associated with taking the drug. Patients as young as nine years old have reported having suicidal thoughts after taking Zyprexa and some adults have committed suicide. [MORE: ZYPREXA SUICIDE VICTIMS' FAMILIES]

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Zyprexa Suicide: "Several Years of Pure Hell"

"The years I was on Zyprexa were a constant battle to stay alive. I couldn't understand how I had gotten to that condition so fast. Before Zyprexa I had been active and slender. I held management positions and had been very functional. The 'experts' said 'sometimes this happensâ€"it's a delayed reaction to your life.' I bought into it. [MORE: ZYPREXA HELL]

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Eli Lilly Putting Zyprexa Patients At Risk of Suicide

Children as young as nine years old are reported as having suicidal ideations and attempting suicide after taking Zyprexa, and two who were only 14 years old committed suicide while taking the drug. No one should feel that they have to take their own life, but nine years old is far too young for anyone to attempt suicide. That type of risk is entirely unacceptable. [MORE: ZYPREXA PATIENTS & SUICIDAL RISK]

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Zyprexa Off-Label Uses Risky

In addition to the risk of suicide and diabetes in patients taking Zyprexa, Eli Lilly has another group of people to contend with: those for whom Zyprexa was prescribed off-label. Specifically, Lilly may soon find itself in a battle with the families of elderly people diagnosed with dementia who were given Zyprexa. [MORE: OFF-LABEL ZYPREXA & ELDERLY]

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Zyprexa and Suicide: Stop Blaming the Patient

It's a sad fact of society today that drug companies like Eli Lilly and Co., maker of [Zyprexa], choose to hide behind the very patients they claim to help when they defend their drugs. Zyprexa, a schizophrenia medication, has been linked to an increased risk of suicide. In defending itself, Lilly claims that people with schizophrenia are already at an increased risk of suicide, so the link between Zyprexa and suicide is false. [MORE: ZYPREXA PATIENTS NOT TO BLAME]

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Zyprexa: "I couldn't care less if I lived or died"

Patients who are diagnosed with depression may feel a sense of shame about their diagnosis. That feeling may be compounded if they begin to feel suicidal, which can happen to people who take Zyprexa. However, many people do not realize that they are not [alone], that other people taking Zyprexa have felt suicidal. The problem is with the drug, not with them. [MORE: ZYPREXA ENCOURAGES SUICIDAL TENDENCIES]

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Zyprexa: Highest Rate of Suicides in its Class

A drug prescribed to combat agitation, has the potential to cause agitation: such is the disconnect often found in the drug world and in this case Zyprexa, which has been linked to several serious side effects including diabetes and stroke, and has generated much lawsuit activity. [MORE: ZYPREXA MAINTAINS HIGHEST SUICIDE RATE]

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Zyprexa's Link to Akathisia and Suicide

Despite evidence that Zyprexa is linked to an increased risk of suicidality, Eli Lilly is not pulling its drug from the market, arguing that Zyprexa's benefits outweigh any risks. Victims who have attempted suicide and families of patients who committed suicide are now investigating the possibility of a class action lawsuit against Lilly, alleging the company did not properly warn consumers about the risks associated with Zyprexa. [MORE: ZYPREXA, SUICIDE, & AKASTHISIA]

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Zyprexa Suicide: Zyprexa is Hurting Patients

As word spreads about the risks associated with taking [Zyprexa,] especially the risk of suicidal tendencies, more patients are coming forward to share stories about their experiences with the drug. The sad truth is that a drug they thought was going to help them has actually wound up hurting them. Some patients have lost their lives while others have irreversible scars and injuries as reminders of their time on Zyprexa. [MORE: ZYPREXA HURTS PATIENTS]

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Zyprexa on List of Deadliest Drugs

Some patients, writing on patient blog sites, noted they attempted suicide after as little as two weeks taking Zyprexa. One Zyprexa patient who wrote into LawyersandSettlements said that he has had suicidal thoughts continuously and attempted suicide three times since he started taking Zyprexa. [MORE: ZYPREXA LISTED AMONG DEADLIEST DRUGS]

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