Zyprexa Articles

Anchorage, AK: Spectators in a courtroom in Anchorage are getting an earful about how Zyprexa maker Eli Lilly waited, according to a witness, almost nine years to add warnings to Zyprexa with regard to a risk for diabetes, elevated blood sugar levels and weight gain.

Hagersten, Sweden: Zyprexa is the sixth largest seller in Sweden, in all categories, and Rolf Adolfsson isn't happy about that. Unhappy, because the endocrine effects of Zyprexa are extremely dangerous, so says the noted Swedish professor of Psychiatry.

St. Petersburg, FL: There appears to be no group that is safe from the deadly side effects of Zyprexa. Seniors with dementia who are given the drug are at an increased risk of death, adults and children have a risk of suicidal tendencies and those who survive that may suffer from serious weight gain and diabetes. With all these potentially dangerous side effects associated with Zyprexa, can it still be said that the benefits of the drug outweigh the risks?

Indianapolis, IN: As concern escalates over atypical antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, its complex assortment of serious side effects and the drug's association with patients who shouldn't be on it in the first place, a small window of enlightenment appears in the unlikeliest of places--You Tube.

Washington, DC: Several Zyprexa-related class actions have been filed against Eli Lilly on behalf of the company's shareholders charging Lilly, and certain of its officers and directors, with violations of the Securities Exchange Act.

Washington, DC: Since August 2006, as part of an on-going, multistate investigative effort by approximately 30 states, Eli Lilly has received civil investigative demands or subpoenas seeking a broad range of documents relating to the company's marketing and promotion of the antipsychotic drug

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Indianapolis, IN: Eli Lilly knew that there were problems with Zyprexa from the very beginning. But even amidst a flurry of personal injury lawsuits, and the revelation of risk factors for diabetes and other metabolic complications, Zyprexa has grown to become a huge profit center for its manufacturer.

Indianapolis, IN: The drug Zyprexa, already known to cause weight gain and other metabolic complications that can be accentuated among adolescents, may soon be marketed to teens if Eli Lilly has its way.

Boise, ID: In 2000, James Jupin's psychiatrist prescribed Zyprexa to control his paranoid schizophrenia. About one year later, 37-year-old Jupin began to show signs of diabetes and hyperglycemia. "He was pretty active and had an average diet," says Gloria, his wife. "And there was no diabetes on either side of his family so this was a real shock."