Here is another example of the workings of drug companies.
In the Sunday Telegraph of August 13, 2006, is the following report:
Labour MP backs drug in report financed by its manufacturer
which is headed
Labour MP backs drug in report financed by its manufacturer
Ben Leapman, Home Affairs Correspondent
(Filed: 13/08/2006)
Extract:
"A Labour MP has been criticised for promoting a prescription-only medicine in a pamphlet funded by the drug's manufacturer.
Medical ethics campaigners questioned the £5,000 deal involving John Mann, the MP for Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire, and the pharmaceuticals giant Schering-Plough.
They also condemned the Fabian Society, the Labour-affiliated think-tank which published the pamphlet and secured the sponsorship."
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I took zyprexa which was ineffective for my condition and gave me diabetes.
ReplyDeleteZyprexa, which is used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, accounted for 32% of Eli Lilly's $14.6 billion revenue last year.
Zyprexa is the product name for Olanzapine,it is Lilly's top selling drug.It was approved by the FDA in 1996 ,an 'atypical' antipsychotic a newer class of drugs without the motor side effects of the older Thorazine.Zyprexa has been linked to causing diabetes and pancreatitis.
Did you know that Lilly made nearly $3 billion last year on diabetic meds, Actos,Humulin and Byetta?
Yes! They sell a drug that can cause diabetes and then turn a profit on the drugs that treat the condition that they may have caused in the first place!
I was prescribed Zyprexa from 1996 until 2000.
In early 2000 i was shocked to have an A1C test result of 13.9 (normal is 4-6) I have no history of diabetes in my family.
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Daniel Haszard http://www.zyprexa-victims.com