Comments: The Zyprexa Chronicles: Incoming Lilly CEO Allegedly Pushed For Off-Label Marketing Of Zyprexa For Kids In 2003
Oh my GOD!
Strattera was being pushed to parents to use from CABF bp kids dot org site at that time, and some kids were in a study.
Childhood Bipolar dx at age 11, in 1999, still on 15mg a day of Zyprexa in 2003.
LISTEN UP LILLY YOU ARE TOAST.
Posted by Stephany at March 14, 2008 02:55 PM
I found this article to be extremely disturbing. When I was at my most manic five years ago, just after diagnosis, doctors put me olanzipine/Zyprexa, and it was awful. The worst drug I ever took. I couldn't think, I was tired all the time, and overall I just felt terrible.
The thought of putting a little kid on this nasty drug makes me sick. Talk about turning some poor kid into a space cadet, and giving them almost no chance to reach their full potential.
Ryan
Posted by Ryan Christman at March 14, 2008 02:59 PM
Consumers Union is trying to obtain 50,000 signatures by the end of this month. With obtaining enough signatures it hopes to force drug companies to provide a 1-800 number to report adverse side effects of their medications to the FDA in their drug ads.
The link to sign the petition in below.
https://secure.consumersunion.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=Rx_Drug_Ads_Petition&JServSessionIdr005=bpc74k92e1.app46a
Posted by Jane at March 14, 2008 03:26 PM
Eli "MKULTRA" Lilly. What a bunch of weasely lowlifes - I fucking knew the culture hadn't changed. Nothing's too shady for these people.
Question for you: who'd be Lechleiter's kid?
Matt
Posted by Matthew Holford at March 15, 2008 04:18 AM
I would love to think this disclosure would be a permanent black mark on Lechleiter and even disrupt his path to the top office but unfortunately I don't think it will happen. The spin that Lilly puts on everything reminds me of those political debates where no matter what the question is the responder puts out his own little platitude. It's getting a little better but I'm still dumbfounded at how slow the public is to wake up to the implications of these stories to overall public health and the cost of health care.
Posted by Sara at March 15, 2008 09:11 AM
P.S. Kudos to Berenson for jumping on this!
Posted by Sara at March 15, 2008 09:12 AM