Lilly Marketing Zyprexa Challenged by Stat AGs–NYT_Antipsychotics: Off-label Use
State Attorney Generals are investigating the off-label marketing of Zyprexa–which, if documented is a federal crime.
Documents Show Eli Lilly Lied about Zyprexa
The New York Times is calling for congressional hearings after the revelations that Eli LillyDocumented evidence reveal that Eli Lilly glossed over the debilitating hazards of Zyprexa–and aggressively marketed it to primary care physicians.
AHRQ No Evidence to Support Off-Label Uses of Atypical Antipsychotics
"Most off-label use occurs without scientific support."
Thinking Can Change the brain
Neuroscientists are venturing into new areas positing that through attentive thinking (meditating) we can reshape the hard drive of our brains.
Company Documents Show Eli Lilly Promoted Zyprexa for Unapproved Use_NYT
The New York Times reports that internal marketing documents show that “Eli Lilly encouraged primary care physicians to use Zyprexa, in patients who did not have either condition.”
DRUG FILES SHOW LILLY PROMOTED ZYPREXA FOR UNAPPROVED USE
THE NEW YORK TIMES EXPOSE OF ELI LILLY SECRET ZYPREXA DOCUMENTS Part II.
Eli Lilly Documents Show Risks of Zyprexa were deliberately played down_NYT
NY Times reports: In March 2002, Lilly rejected plans to give psychiatrists guidance about how
to treat diabetes, "worrying that doing so would tarnish Zyprexa's reputation."
FDA Hearing. What FDA Failed to Disclose: 1991, 2006.
AHRP Testimony presented by Vera Sharav, December 2006. PowerPoint slides (843 kb file).
Texas Attorney General Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit against J & J
Two ground breaking legal actions in Texas to rein in out of control psychotropic drug prescribing will have nationwide reverberations.
EPA Closes Its Libraries, Destroys Documents
The Alliance for Human Research Protection joins the effort of Union of Concerned Scientists to stop Stephen Johnson and the U.S. Evironmental Protection Agency from engaging in irresponsible conduct–much like marauders–who have embarked on destroying valuable data! This is tantamount to Book Burning that the Nazis engaged in to eliminate…
Mental Health Drugs Overused BBC
BBC reports that "Up to one in three mental health patients are being over-prescribed drugs, says the Healthcare Commission."