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Among the possible risks of using Zyprexa® are such side effects as diabetes, pancreatitis, substantial weight gain, tardive dyskinesia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Children are as susceptible as adults to these adverse side effects, which is made all the more tragic by the fact that Zyprexa® has never been approved by the FDA specifically for use in children.
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Zyprexa® may ... cause more serious side effects such as increases in glucose, cholesterol, or triglyceride blood levels. The FDA has had all makers of atypical antipsychotics include warnings to prescribers and consumers, that these medications may place individuals at risk for developing diabetes. If you get high blood glucose you may feel very tired, have to go to the bathroom often, and have blurry vision. Also, you might be very thirsty and feel sick to your stomach. If you have any of these symptoms please talk to your health care provider as soon as possible.
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The British FDA equivalence warned of the Zyprexa diabetes risks after receiving 40 reports of Zyprexa hyperglycemia, diabetes, or worsening diabetes in the April 2002 Current Problems in Pharmacovigilance. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare ... issued emergency safety information regarding Zyprexa and hyperglycemia resulting in diabetic ketoacidosis and coma in April 2002. After Japanese authorities received nine reports of serious Zyprexa hyperglycemia, including two deaths, the Zyprexa product labeling change was announced.
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Zyprexa lawsuits being filed have become a controversial subject. Some people think that Zyprexa lawsuits are attempts by the legal profession to seek damages unrightfully... the high number of serious adverse effects seem to justify Zyprexa lawsuits seeking damages suffered. In the December 2001 American Journal of Medicine, more FDA staff members published a report linking Zyprexa to diabetes, however the FDA failed to issue adequate warning according to Public Citizen consumer group and some Zyprexa lawsuits.
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Around the world, over 15 million people have taken Zyprexa®, a second generation antipsychotic drug that has been approved by the FDA to treat schizophrenia and the manic stage of bipolar disorder. Although there is no definitive report to detail the benefits of Zyprexa®, a shocking number of health risks have recently been associated with the drug. There is evidence to suggest that Eli Lilly & Company knew of these risks long before they were forced by the FDA to include them in their labeling of Zyprexa®. To this day, Eli Lilly has taken no measures to prohibit "off-label" (non-FDA-approved) prescriptions of Zyprexa®, including many issued to children.
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A research team including a Duke University Medical Center physician and FDA medical officers discovered a possible link between Zyprexa and diabetes. In the November 28, 2001 issue of theJournal of the American Medical Association(1), the researchers submitted a letter suggesting a link between the use of Zyprexa in adolescents and incidents of hyperglycemia. In their research they cited nine instances of hyperglycemia in 13-18 year-olds reported to the FDA, all of which appeared in less than six months. One subject died from pancreatitis.
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