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Sort by relevance 140 pages found matching zyprexa- Attorney Subpoenas J&J AstraZeneca and Lilly for Hidden Antipsychotic Data Part II
Sep-10-07 Washington, DC Attorney Jim Gottstein is the director of the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, a public interest law firm that has mounted a campaign against forced psychiatric drugging all over the country. He represents mostly indigent clients through his non-profit organization and is not involved in the lawsuits filed against the atypical makers by p... - Attorney Subpoenas J&J, AstraZeneca and Lilly for Hidden Antipsychotic Data Part I
Sep-10-07 Washington, DC Alaska attorney Jim Gottstein has issued subpoenas for the discovery of any suppressed data on the atypical antipsychotic drugs Zyprexa , Risperdal, and Seroquel which he says is necessary before a Forced Drugging Petition can possibly be considered for approval for a client he is representing. Mr Gottstein contends that the informatio... - Psychotropic Drug Makers Bankroll Prescribing Shrinks Part II
Sep-2-07 Washington, DC: Influence peddling in the field of psychiatry is out of control. An analysis of Minnesota disclosure records by the Pioneer Press and the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen shows that, between 2002 and 2006, 187 Minnesota doctors received payments from drug companies worth a grand total of $7.38 million. No other field of medicine ev... - Psychotropic Drug Makers Bankroll Prescribing Shrinks Part I
Aug-30-07 Washington, DC: On August 21, 2007, the Associated Press reported that drug companies spend a lot of money on the members of Minnesota advisory panels who help select the drugs which are to be used by patients covered by Medicaid. The news agency's review of financial disclosure records in Minnesota found that a doctor and a pharmacist on the 8-member p... - Zyprexa linked to Diabetes: Two Accounts
Aug-23-07 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." "J... - American Kids Being Drugged To Death
Aug-22-07 Washington, DC: As result of the marketing power the pharmaceutical industry obtained by spending tens of billions of dollars to gain influence over politicians in power, the FDA and the medical profession, American kids are being pumped full of the most powerful and dangerous psychiatric medications on the market, in drug cocktails that are literally kill... - It's Time To Sue Doctors Who Prescribe Drugs Off-Label Part II
Aug-17-07 Washington, DC: Experts say the serious side effects associated with the use of the 3-drug cocktail of Seroquel, Depakote and Clonidine prescribed to Rebecca Riley when she was 2 and a half-years-old that resulted in her slow and torturous death two and a-half-years later should be known to all prescribing doctors by now. According to police reports, Re... - It's Time To Sue Doctors Who Prescribe Drugs Off-Label Part I
Aug-15-07 Washington, DC: Critics say the tens of thousands of lawsuits filed against the drug giants have had little impact when it comes to dismantling the off-label drug marketing schemes and therefore, there needs to be an all out campaign of highly publicized lawsuits filed against the doctors serving as middle man pushers, one by one by one. It is illegal... - More Zyprexa Lawsuits
Aug-10-07 Indianapolis, IN A 2004 Dear Doctor letter sent from Eli Lilly to physicians in the U.S. noted the risks associated with Zyprexa . According to the letter, "Hyperglycemia, in some cases extreme and associated with ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar coma or death, has been reported in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics including Zyprexa." Now, o... - Zyprexa Lawsuits Involve Eight States
Aug-8-07 Indianapolis, IN Eli Lilly may have breathed a sigh of relief when it settled 900 Zyprexa last month, but that feeling probably will not last long. More states appear likely to file lawsuits against Eli Lilly, alleging that the company marketed Zyprexa for off-label uses. Furthermore, lawsuits are now being filed internationally, claiming that Eli Lill... - Damning FDA Letter Bolsters case against Zyprexa Maker
Jul-17-07 Washington, DC A letter sent by the Food and Drug Administration to Eli Lilly in March, 2007 is providing support for claimants suing the company over the under-disclosed side-effects of its antipsychotic drug, Zyprexa , and may even expand the category of potential plaintiffs to include those who took the drug after March 2004, the month the company is... - More Seroquel Lawsuits: Patients Speak Out
Jul-15-07 Wilmington, DE Patients are speaking out about their experiences with the controversial anti-psychotic drug Seroquel , as lawsuits against AstraZeneca, the drug's maker, are on the rise. Legal actions started when the FDA ordered a label change several years ago, indicating patients are at a heightened risk of contracting diabetes and other blood sugar... - Zyprexa: Can you trust Eli Lilly?
Jul-13-07 Washington, DC: The news has been full of stories about the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa —Eli Lilly Co.'s big money-maker with the deadly side effects—and all the related litigation. Eli Lilly has been sued by individuals and sued by way of class action for failure to warn adequately that the drug can cause weight gain, diabetes, hypogly... - Zyprexa: Courts Can Help
Jul-5-07 Brooklyn, NY Somewhere on YouTube is a video clip featuring Shahram Ahari, a former account executive at Eli Lilly, claiming that he was told to play down the adverse side effects of Zyprexa , which he used to sell on behalf of the company. A spokesperson from Eli Lilly & Co. counters that Ahari is a paid witness in a case against a New Hampshire... - Zyprexa: Rampant Off-Label Use
Jul-3-07 Brooklyn, NY Yet another example of an anti-psychotic drug allegedly presenting links to diabetes and weight gain is Zyprexa , manufactured by Eli Lilly & Co. and prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar mania. However, patients may be getting more than they bargained for, with the possibility of hyperglycemia, diabetes, blood su... - Lawmakers Want to End Big Pharma Recruitment Schemes - Part 2
May-30-07 Washington, DC: The whole idea of mining for psychiatric drug customers by screening all Americans for mental health disorders came to fruition as the result of the campaign contributions by the pharmaceutical industry, which in large part helped George W Bush take up residence in the White House. To repay his enormous debt to the industry, on April 29,... - Lawmakers Want to End Big Pharma Recruitment Schemes - Part 1
May-29-07 Washington, DC: Federal lawmakers are stepping up the pace to put a stop to the pharmaceutical industry's customer recruitment schemes used to boost the sale of psychiatric drugs by tugging at heartstrings in promoting mental health screening programs as suicide prevention tools. On May 18, 2007, US House of Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas), a physicia... - Abogado especializado en Seroquel en el juicio por efectos colaterales y diabetes
Seroquel se ha vinculado supuestamente con el aumento de los casos de diabetes y trastornos del nivel de azúcar en sangre, la hiperglucemia. Seroquel se utiliza como tratamiento para episodios maníacos agudos asociados con el trastorno bipolar I y el tratamiento de la esquizofrenia. Es un medicamento antipsicótico fabricado por As... - Lilly's Worst Zyprexa Nightmare comes True
May-7-07 Washington, DC: Eli Lilly is not all that worried about personal injury lawsuits related to Zyprexa because the company has enough money to pay the relatively small pay-outs that arise from such actions, according to Attorney Barry Turner, a professor of law and ethics in the UK and a leading authority on consumer fraud litigation involving the pharmac... - Zyprexa Hole Gets Deeper
May-1-07 Washington, DC: On March 7, 2007, Montana's attorney general, Mike McGrath, filed the latest Medicaid fraud lawsuit against Eli Lilly, under the False Claims Act, for illegally promoting the sale of the atypical antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for off-label uses and concealing its link to serious health problems. Considered to be one of the most effecti...