Pro-psychiatry vs. anti-psychiatry: discussion tomorrow

Submitted by Karl on July 12, 2006 - 4:31pm.

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Excess pharma profits from 'off label' promotion

Submitted by Anonymous - not logged in on November 15, 2006 - 2:19pm.

My issue is Zyprexa which is only FDA approved for schizophrenia (.5-1% of pop) and some bipolar (2% pop) and then an even smaller percentage of theses two groups.
So how does Zyprexa get to be the 7th largest drug sale in the world?

Eli Lilly is in deep trouble for using their drug reps to 'encourage' doctors to write zyprexa for non-FDA approved 'off label' uses.

The drug causes increased diabetes risk,and medicare picks up all the expensive fallout.There are now 7 states (and counting) going after Lilly for fraud and restitution.

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Home » blogs » Karl's blog Pro-psychiatry vs. anti-psychiatry: discussion tomorrow Submitted by Karl on July 12, 2006 - 4:31pm. Events See Liz Spikol for details, and this great conversation on her blog for background. Also check out her first two video posts on YouTube. » Karl's blog Login or register to post comments Excess pharma profits from 'off label' promotion Submitted by Anonymous - not logged in on November 15, 2006 - 2:19pm. My issue is Zyprexa which is only FDA approved for schizophrenia (.5-1% of pop) and some bipolar (2% pop) and then an even smaller percentage of theses two groups. So how does Zyprexa get to be the 7th largest drug sale in the world? Eli Lilly is in deep trouble for using their drug reps to 'encourage' doctors to write zyprexa for non-FDA approved 'off label' uses. The drug causes increased diabetes risk,and medicare picks up all the expensive fallout.There are now 7 states (and counting) going after Lilly for fraud and restitution. -- Daniel Haszard » Login or register to post comments Comment viewing options Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.	More on this story More in Events More from Karl Share a story here! Others linking here	Advertisements Topics - News (5762) - Opinion (1200) - Politics (1445) - Breaking the Cycle (153) - Business (452) - Crime (142) - Education (110) - Family (118) - Health (123) - Septa (50) - The Philly Boo (81) - Transportation (46) - Weather (29) - Arts and Entertainment (1606) - Food and Dining (106) - Music (464) - Architecture (84) - Books (47) - Cinema (57) - Games (29) - Humor (287) - Pets (39) - Blogging, Internet, Media (1105) - Wi-Fi Wireless Philly (62) - The Future of Journalism (141) - People (485) - Hello World (26) - Albert's Photoblogger Fortnight (31) - Featured Blogger (84) - Happy Birthday (6) - Interviews (57) - Religion and Faith (35) - Sports (625) - 76ers (29) - Eagles (54) - Flyers (10) - Philadelphia 2016 Olympics (4) - Phillies (79) - Soccer (7) - Soul (4) - Wrestling (5) - Ask Philadelphia (9) - Classifieds (17) - History (312) - Pope John Paul II 1979 Visit To Philadelphia (21) - Live 8 (190) - Events (507) - July 4th (25) - Philadelphia Film Festival (16) - Meetup (62) - Philly Future Talk (208) Neighborhoods - Center City (562) - Chinatown (7) - Logan Square (3) - Market East (6) - Old City (138) - Penn's Landing (7) - Rittenhouse Square (32) - Society Hill (15) - South Street (25) - North Philly (196) - Fairmount (13) - Hunting Park (3) - Logan (3) - Northern Liberties (44) - Olney - Strawberry Mansion (1) - Northeast Philly (65) - Bridesburg (3) - Bustleton (3) - Castor Garden - Fishtown (13) - Fox Chase (7) - Frankford (2) - Juniata - Kensington (5) - Mayfair (6) - Millbrook - Pennypack (1) - Port Richmond (7) - Torresdale - Northwest Philly (68) - Chestnut Hill (6) - Germantown (5) - Manayunk (14) - Mount Airy (23) - Roxborough (4) - South Philly (39) - Bella Vista (2) - Grays Ferry - Italian Market (1) - Marconi Plaza - Pennsport - Point Breeze - Queen Village (2) - Southwest Philly (10) - Kingsessing - Tri-State Counties (855) - Bucks County (54) - Camden (22) - Chester County (19) - Delaware County (52) - Main Line (284) - Montgomery County (20) - South Jersey (43) - West Philly (66) - Cobbs Creek - Overbrook (1) - University City (42) Colophon About Philly Future The Team behind Philly Future Contact Us Subscribe Main (Home Page) Feed Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz Disclaimer Not responsible for content aggregated from feed providers. Content provided by feed providers is the property of those feed providers. Contact their respective site owners for any questions. Not responsible for content posted by users. Stories posted on Philly Future do not represent the views of those volunteering to maintain it. If you disagree with a view or opinion shared here, please join the conversation. This is an open forum. If you see something illegal posted here let us know immediately. Meta » Blogs that link here » View my profile GeoURL This site made possible with software provided by Drupal.org. Hosting provided by Firebright. Content posted to Philly Future is licensed under a Creative Commons License.