News tagged with 'Zyprexa'

FDA advisers are listening considering whether to approve a longer-lasting injectable form of Zyprexa given to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, even though the billion-dollar best-selling drug is controversial, given off label to children and has been the subject of millions in lawsuits. 

    Zyprexa is an antipsychotic drug effectively given to treat millions of adults with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.  It may now receive FDA approval for use in kids despite severe side effects including diabetes and weight gain. 

Lilly Settles Zyprexa Claims Eli Lilly has agreed to pay up to half a billion dollars in order to settle around 18,000 claims directed against the international pharmaceutical concern. These injured parties claimed they had developed diabetes or suffered a stroke while taking Lilly’s number one atypical

Zyprexa-Related Strokes The drug manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co. issued a warning in 2004 that its atypical antipsychotic drug Zyprexa may increase the risk of stroke and death in elderly patients when Zyprexa is used to treat aggression from dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. Lilly issued the