Eli Lilly & Co. has been expected this week to agree to pay a record $1,400,000,000 over its illegal marketing of Zyprexa.
This sum is to settle civil as well as criminal charges related to the marketing of the dangerous antipsychotic. Lilly had persuaded doctors to give the drug to children and the elderly - groups for which the drug wasn't even approved. Following this illegal marketing, Zyprexa use in children skyrocketed.
Zyprexa (as is common among antipsychotics) increases the risk of heart trouble, diabetes, and other disorders.
This settlement follows Lilly's frivolous attempt to seek criminal contempt charges against physicians who dared to expose Lilly's scam.
(Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/business/15drug.html)
Friday, January 16, 2009
Billion-plus settlement looms over Zyprexa
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This stuff is poison. I took it for a year or so and gained 60 pounds, slept 14+ hours a day, and had diabetic symptoms (which went away after I quit Zyprexa.) If you do take it, make sure you get your blood sugar tested regularly and keep tabs on your weight.
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