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• U.S. FDA calls for review of antipsychotics re: weight gain in kids: as they approve Zyprexa, Seroquel for 10 year olds and up

  
  soulful sepulcher — Authority: 476
  Via Furious Seasons mental health news blog:Somehow, this just seems like an out of body experience writing about how the FDA approved the use of the antipsychotic Seroquel and Zyprexa for use in 10 year olds and teens, while calling for a review for metabolic issues possibly caused by those drugs.Ill just copy and ...
  14 hours ago

• Zyprexa Gets FDA Approval For Use In Adolescents

  
  soulful sepulcher — Authority: 476
  Via, Furious Seasons:Another approval today for a controversial antipsychotic, Zyprexa has made approval from the US FDA for use in teens.---I repeat, and again, I repeatZyprexa caused my daughter to gain 100lbs in less than one year at age 11, her eyes would have ocular crisis and often could not look down, therefore ...
  15 hours ago

• Further Study Of Antipsychotic Effects On Kids: FDA

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  In advance of a meeting of the agency’s pediatric advisory committee meeting next week, staffers from the FDA’s Office of Pharmacovigilance are recommending further study the effects of atypical antipsychotic medicines in children. They made their suggestion after reviewing a study of medical literature that found ...
  1 day ago

• Fat rights: My days as a person of size

  
  News UK — Authority: 126
  “Customer of size” is how the US domestic airline Southwest describe plus-size passengers who are too big to squeeze between normal armrests. If the customer can’t lower both armrests he or she has to pay for a second seat.I too was like that once – a person of size – and I felt wretched about [...]
  2 days ago

• US District Court Judge Jack Weinstein is a danger to society: Zyprexa lawsuit

  
  soulful sepulcher — Authority: 476
  From Pharmalot:"In a 117-page order, US District Court Judge Jack Weinstein maintained Zyprexa offered benefits despite the side effect allegations. “The state arguably saved large sums through use of Zyprexa by preventing users with serious mental problems from requiring hospitalization in state facilities, and ...
  3 days ago

• Lilly Wins Zyprexa Case Against Mississippi

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  A federal judge dismissed most of the state’s lawsuit, calling Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s approach a “slash-and-burn style of litigation” that could bankrupt Lilly and pharma, in general. Hood (pictured at left) hoped to recover Medicaid payments made for Lilly’s Zyprexa antipsychotic, which was ...
  3 days ago

• the taloned grip

  
  soulful sepulcher — Authority: 476
  the taloned grip the psychiatric system has on my daughter is entrenched in and based upon a theory of helping people get well with mental illness, yet is based on medications only, in a system that holds few and far between actual facilities to carry forward that paradigm.this is what i am up against, on behalf of my ...
  3 days ago

• Mississippi State AG Zyprexa Action Decimated

  
  Drug and Device Law — Authority: 494
  This just in - Eli Lilly has received summary judgment against the Mississippi Attorney Generals consumer fraud lawsuit in all respects - except one. The court left the states claim based on the difference between the price paid for Zyprexa and the value received by the State alive, but largely because that issue is ...
  3 days ago

• NHS goes after American website over a Zyprexa and other brochures

  
  soulful sepulcher — Authority: 476
  Via Furious Seasons blog (support the winter fundraiser of this non-pharma-funded independent journalists work):The Bonkers Institute website has hosted brochures from the British NHS (National Health Service) telling kids and teens what to expect when they take their drug, for example ZYPREXA.ZYPREXA/Olanzapine by ...
  2 weeks ago

• How We Pay for Pharma’s Crooked Dealings

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 421
  As everyone knows by now, the main reason we can’t get a health reform bill enacted is because the phamaceutical and insurance industries aren’t happy with their piece of the action. This despite the fact that when politicians talk about cutting costs, what they really have in mind is cutting services to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Antipsychotics Like Seroquel for Dementia Blamed for Deaths and Strokes

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 525
  According to a new report, side effects of antipsychotics , such as Seroquel, Zyprexa, Risperdal and Abilify, could be responsible for as many as 1,800 deaths and 1,620 strokes each year among the elderly with dementia in the United Kingdom. The report , which was commissioned by the British government, found ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Morning Edition

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  Hello, everyone. A busy day lies ahead as the FDA holds its long-awaited meeting to discuss promotion on the Internet. More on that shortly. Meanwhile, there will also be the usual deadlines and meetings to conquer, so let’s all grab a cup of stimulation and dig in. Hope your day goes well…. Lilly Pays Utah $24M ...
  3 weeks ago

• Drug Makers Still Repeatedly Breaking the Law over "Off-Label" Promotion

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  As the healthcare bill moves to the U.S. Senate and the country focuses on what is best and worst about the proposed legislation, now is the time to consider serious reform of both the price and safety of prescription drugs. Concerning price, one of the best recommendations in the House bill is repeal of the bizarre ...
  3 weeks ago

• Another Pharmaceutical Company Settles Illegal Marketing and Promotion Lawsuits

  
  Bio Job Blog — Authority: 418
  The New York Times reported today that AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $520 million to settle two federal investigations and two whistle blower lawsuits over the sale, marketing and off-label promotion of its blockbuster antipsychotic drug Seroquel. Despite this settlement, UK-based AstraZeneca still must contend ...
  5 weeks ago

• Psychotic Reaction: Nursing Homes & Antipsychotics

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  Nursing homes throughout Illinois are being dosed with powerful psychotropic drugs, leading to tremors, dangerous lethargy and a higher risk of harmful falls or even death, according to an investigation by The Chicago Tribune . Thousands of elderly and disabled people have been affected, many of them drugged without ...
  5 weeks ago

• Zyprexa, Seroquel Use Among Kids Linked to Dramatic Weight Gain

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 525
  A new study has found that use of newer atypical antipsychotics, such as Seroquel and Zyprexa , can cause rapid and dramatic weight gain among children. The study, conducted by scientists at Zucker Hillside Hospital and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, was published today by the Journal of the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Kids On Zyprexa Gained How Much Weight?

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  Anywhere from 10 to 19 pounds. And that was just the Lilly pill. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found kids’ weight zoomed in the first three months on antipsychotics, often leading to elevated cholesterol and triglycerides levels. Weight gain is a known side effect but, as Forbes ...
  5 weeks ago

• South Carolina Settles Zyprexa Off-Label Marketing Case for $45 Million

  
  Mass Tort Litigation Blog — Authority: 416
  Hat tip to the TortProf blog on this one. You can see their post here. ADL
  5 weeks ago

• Pharmalot… Pharmalittle…. Good Morning

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  Welcome to the working week. How was the weekend, everyone? Ours was busier than usual, since one of the short people had a birthday party. As a result, today gives us a chance to collect our thoughts and, of course, look for interesting items. Here are a few to help you get started. Hope the days goes well… ...
  5 weeks ago

• Business Briefing | Legal and Regulatory Matters: Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa Suit With South Carolina

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 899
  South Carolina’s attorney general, Henry McMaster, said the state had reached a $45 million settlement with the drug maker Eli Lilly & Company over the company’s marketing of an antipsychotic drug.
  6 weeks ago

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