Comments on: Canadian Class Action Lawsuit Claims Zyprexa Causes Diabetes

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 01:49:38 +0000

Dan, I don’t know how you got so brainwashed but you are. Thousands of people have become diabetic after taking Zyprexa including myself. Yes it causes weight gain but a person should be warned that it has the potential to cause diabetes. The drug manufacturers knew this from their trials and falsified the information that they gave to the patients and doctors. If you believe in Zyprexa you are a misguided fool. I wish I had never been referred to the doctor who put me on Zyprexa as I have no doubt that I would not be diabetic now. I am so very bitter and my bitterness is against the drug company who manufactures Zyprexa. They are on the same scale as tobacco producers. They don’t care about anything but the almighty dollar. This is my opinion.

Valerie

By: Ellen Liversidge

Ellen Liversidge — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:49:00 +0000

My son was killed by Zyprexa in October, 2002. He had never been heavy before but gained 100 pounds on this lethal drug. One day he felt terrible, “funny”, and within two days slipped into a coma from which he never came out. This drug is poison; the most dangerous of the atypical antipsychotics. It was marketed as “safe, “safe”, “safe”, and there was no warning on the label, so we did not worry. Now I get to be a shattered person for the rest of my life, while the Lilly executives take all their millions to the bank.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:23:42 +0000

I believe that zyprexa is a great mood stabalizer. I have been on & off of it since it first came available. My only reason for going off of it is because of the weight gain. I don’t exercize & don’t eat correctly. I believe that this is a problem with those of us who live with mental illness. Maybe zyprexa does lead to diabetes, but i believe that if you keep control over your diet, this can be kept under control.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 02:55:55 +0000

In response to Dan…

You are a moron. I was diagnosed with diabetes after 6 months of taking zyprexa. I have no family history of diabetes, I am not overweight, and I developed diabetes “overnight” thanks to your “VERY good drug”. A “VERY good drug” does not help you cope with one problem by giving you a potentially deadly disease. The lawsuit is about Lilly not informing its patients of the possible side effects, namely diabetes. The adverse side effects have nothing to do with how the patient eats or exercises, it has to do with the poison that Lilly manufactures.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:01:44 +0000

For all those concerned about the effects of Zyprexa you should know that their is another argument to this. The argument is that Zyprexa does not cause diabetes, but instead acts on enzymes in the brain that tell the body it is hungry. As a result patients that are taking Zyprexa gain enormous appetites. As a result people gain a significant amount of weight if not put on a dietary plan by their doctors (of which Eli Lilly can not influence, only educate in their decisions w/ their patients). It is the obesity that is argued to cause the diabetes. So, the moral of the story is…Zyprexa is a VERY good drug, it is the market leader for what it does, this is not questioned. The side effects of weight gain are bad, but NOT unbeatable with exercise and a good diet. So in my eyes, Zyprexa does what it says it will do and it is the responsibility of those that are care takers and perscribers to decide if the their patients should be on the drug based on their willingness to follow the health recommendations…Leave Eli Lilly alone.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:49:42 +0000

very interesting, i look at this discussion from a reality so diferent from the american peaple, but i think that the wellness in this global world have no borders

Please give me the chance of keeping myself upgrade on this matter

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