http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/DannyHaszard/9574 Zyprexa targeted by AG's&nbsp;for Criminal Fraud &nbsp; Utah Latest&nbsp;state to sue Eli Lilly in developing&nbsp;&quot;Viva Zyprexa&quot; Scandal. &nbsp; Side effects to Zyprexa can include high blood sugar levels, acute weight gain and pancreatitis, according to the lawsuit. &quot;Utah has paid millions of dollars for inappropriate and medically unnecessary doses of Zyprexa. As a result, Lilly has been illegally enriched at the expense of the State,&quot; the lawsuit said. The state is seeking civil damages and penalties, including $5,000-$10,000 for each prescription that was &quot;not medically necessary.&quot; Lilly also faces lawsuits filed by attorneys general of Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and West Virginia alleging that it marketed Zyprexa for unapproved uses or hid the risks of weight gain and diabetes. &nbsp; Eli Lilly makes billions on diabetes treatment and also gets $4.2 billion a year in sales of their biggest cash cow Zyprexa which has been scandalized as *causing* diabetes as a major side effect. &nbsp; Not fair! http://www.topix.net/forum/drug/zyprexa/TMJV6TGOVUAIL6UHL/p2&nbsp;what observers are saying &nbsp; Daniel Haszard www.zyprexa-victims.com &nbsp; (Don't shoot the messengers) &nbsp; Zyprexa targeted by AG's&nbsp;for Criminal Fraud &nbsp; Utah Latest&nbsp;state to sue Eli Lilly in developing&nbsp;&quot;Viva Zyprexa&quot; Scandal. &nbsp; Side effects to Zyprexa can include high blood sugar levels, acute weight gain and pancreatitis, according to the lawsuit. &quot;Utah has paid millions of dollars for inappropriate and medically unnecessary doses of Zyprexa. As a result, Lilly has been illegally enriched at the expense of the State,&quot; the lawsuit said. The state is seeking civil damages and penalties, including $5,000-$10,000 for each prescription that was &quot;not medically necessary.&quot; Lilly also faces lawsuits filed by attorneys general of Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and West Virginia alleging that it marketed Zyprexa for unapproved uses or hid the risks of weight gain and diabetes. &nbsp; Eli Lilly makes billions on diabetes treatment and also gets $4.2 billion a year in sales of their biggest cash cow Zyprexa which has been scandalized as *causing* diabetes as a major side effect. &nbsp; Not fair! http://www.topix.net/forum/drug/zyprexa/TMJV6TGOVUAIL6UHL/p2&nbsp;what observers are saying &nbsp; Daniel Haszard www.zyprexa-victims.com &nbsp; (Don't shoot the messengers) &nbsp; en-us <div class="bodytext"><font size="4"><strong><em>(In 2004, the American Diabetes Association found that Zyprexa was more likely to cause diabetes than many other antipsychotic drugs.)</em></strong> </font></div> <div class="bodytext"><strong></strong><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></div> <div class="bodytext"><font size="4">How does Zyprexa cause diabetes?<br /> <br /> On July 1, 2002, Duke University issued a Press Release about the most recent finding that links the new anti-psychotics to early onset diabetes. The team of researchers--Elizabeth A. Koller, M.D. from the FDA, and Murali Doraiswamy, M.D. from Duke-- analyzed FDA's adverse drug report database, MedWatch (which receives 10% of adverse drug reports). They identified 289 cases of diabetes in patients who had been prescribed olanzapine (a.k.a. Zyprexa), Eli Lilly's most profitable drug. <br /> <br /> The researchers reported:&quot;Of the 289 cases of diabetes linked to the use of olanzapine, 225 were newly diagnosed cases. One hundred patients developed ketosis (a serious complication of diabetes), and 22 people developed pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, which is a life-threatening condition. There were 23 deaths, including that of a 15-year-old adolescent who died of necrotizing pancreatitis, a condition where the pancreas breaks down and dies. Most cases (71 percent) occurred within six months of starting the drug and many cases were associated with moderate weight gain.&quot; <br /> End of Duke PR<br /> <br /> So,it's &quot;possible&quot; that Zyprexa and the other atypicals <strong>may actually damage the pancreatic cells directly?</strong></font></div> <div class="bodytext"><br /> <font size="4">Scary thought! </font></div> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/DannyHaszard/9574/#c_93598 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/DannyHaszard/9574/#c_93598 <div class="bodytext"><font size="4"><strong><em>(In 2004, the American Diabetes Association found that Zyprexa was more likely to cause diabetes than many other antipsychotic drugs.)</em></strong> </font></div> <div class="bodytext"><strong></strong><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></div> <div class="bodytext"><font size="4">How does Zyprexa cause diabetes?<br /> <br /> On July 1, 2002, Duke University issued a Press Release about the most recent finding that links the new anti-psychotics to early onset diabetes. The team of researchers--Elizabeth A. Koller, M.D. from the FDA, and Murali Doraiswamy, M.D. from Duke-- analyzed FDA's adverse drug report database, MedWatch (which receives 10% of adverse drug reports). They identified 289 cases of diabetes in patients who had been prescribed olanzapine (a.k.a. Zyprexa), Eli Lilly's most profitable drug. <br /> <br /> The researchers reported:&quot;Of the 289 cases of diabetes linked to the use of olanzapine, 225 were newly diagnosed cases. One hundred patients developed ketosis (a serious complication of diabetes), and 22 people developed pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, which is a life-threatening condition. There were 23 deaths, including that of a 15-year-old adolescent who died of necrotizing pancreatitis, a condition where the pancreas breaks down and dies. Most cases (71 percent) occurred within six months of starting the drug and many cases were associated with moderate weight gain.&quot; <br /> End of Duke PR<br /> <br /> So,it's &quot;possible&quot; that Zyprexa and the other atypicals <strong>may actually damage the pancreatic cells directly?</strong></font></div> <div class="bodytext"><br /> <font size="4">Scary thought! </font></div>