04-16-2007 Media Madness

Eli Lilly reports sparkling financials and increased revenue from Zyprexa, although that's mostly related to increased prices. Cymbalta sales way up. Still, company profits were off 39 percent due to the Icos acquisition. Not clear if the $500 million Zyprexa settlement announced in January is reflected in Q1 financials.

CL Psych on Forest Labs' attempt to kill citalopram (Celexa) sales in favor of Lexapro, its still-patented Celexa knock off. Forest makes both Celexa and Lexapro. Strange shit.

The Last Psychiatrist makes some points about the politics of shifting from classic mood stabilizers to atypicals as "mood stabilizers."

News Flash: The fine folks at the Treatment Advocacy Center and I agree on something. Namely, that psych patients should be asked if they own firearms. Where TAC and I disagree is that such should be the case in commitment situations or where people are clearly psychotic but under some form of home care. Otherwise, trying to get weapons away from people absent a threat to self or community means you are denying them their constitutional rights to self-protection. I know such talk will make some readers uncomfy, but rights apply to everyone equally or they apply to no one.

An interview with a researcher on the cats cause schizophrenia who-ha.

Kansas Sunflower continues to have Seroquel issues. Sounds like the drug isn't working well. Surprise.

Twenty-one people killed in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech. Has also been reported at 31 people. Dear God, what the hell is wrong with people?

Some Net heads want to scrap the current Net and start over. They have a point.