Furious Seasons

April 10, 2007

04-10-2007 Media Madness

Since I am tied up with other things, I am going to pass along a butt load of other reading for you all to consider, ponder and discuss.

Seroxat Sufferers busts another astroturfing advocacy group. This one in Oz.

CL Psych turns up all sorts of bizarre promo giveaways Eli Lilly has used for Zyprexa. Pocket knives, tape measures. Can a Zyprexa blood sugar monitor be far behind? Remember: Lilly Cares and has Answers That Matter.

Pharmalot on a public relations nightmare at AstraZeneca over statements made by sales manager. Funny, but the guy sounds exactly like my sales managers when I was a rep for Abbott. Interesting comments on all of this at the CafePharma board.

Lithium builds gray matter in bipolar brains. Interesting. (Via Psych Central.)

Yet another shareholder class action suit against Eli Lilly over Zyprexa. Does Lilly ever have a good news day? If so, I'd be happy to report it.

The Atlantic has an article on Japanese suicide cults. It's not online for free so if anyone has access, let me know.

A longtime advocate for the homeless reconsiders Bush's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness. Short story: it isn't.

Seattlest links to my take on the New Yorker's bipolar child article. I appear in the post behind Bill Gates. World's richest man tops hunger artist again.

Stir Crazy on suicides and psych meds and, you guessed it, Eli Lilly.

Posted by Philip Dawdy at April 10, 2007 10:28 AM

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Did you say Eli Lilly and blood sugar?

"Eli Lilly and Co. is introducing a unique insulin pen Thursday that could prevent some punctures. The Indianapolis drug maker's Memoir pen, the first on the market with a memory device, is for use with its top-selling insulin, Humalog."

they really do care$$.

Posted by: Stephany at April 10, 2007 11:08 AM

Oh Li building up and making the brain all good to go? Just don't eat tumeric or curry because that can prevent this process.

Posted by: Stephany at April 10, 2007 11:11 AM

I was just looking at this type of information as well and found brain shrinkage on Haloperidol
http://mentalhealth.about.com/b/a/042353.htm
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THEN a link promoting a drug because it supposedly doesn't shrink "Dr. Lieberman added that the logical extension of these results is to never use haloperidol, yet many developing countries cannot afford the newer drugs. "Haloperidol is better than nothing,"

Posted by: Mark at April 10, 2007 02:28 PM

great point mark. i shoulda pointed out that there is a lot of animal research showing that antipsychs can shrink brains. this may also be true of the atypicals as well.

thanks stepahny.

Posted by: Philip Dawdy at April 10, 2007 03:09 PM