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Zyprexa Information

  There have been over 380 reports of side effects and adverse reactions, mainly diabetes, made to the FDA by patients taking Zyprexa. Zyprexa is known as an atypical antipsychotic medication. The FDA approved Zyprexa, manufactured by Eli Lilly, in 1996. Its generic name is olanzapine. According to Eli Lilly, Zyprexa was the first atypical antipsychotic medication to be approved for short-term treatment of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Since then, Zyprexa has been prescribed to more than 12 million people worldwide.

    However, some patients developed diabetes or pancreatitis after taking Zyprexa. In addition, some people have suffered hyperglycemia, diabetes-induced heart attacks, and ketoacidosis after taking Zyprexa. In November 2001, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation, and a Duke University Medical Center physician first reported a possible link between Zyprexa and hyperglycemia in adolescents.

 



    The researchers at Duke and JAMA found metabolic abnormalities, including mild blood sugar problems, and more seriously, diabetic ketoacidosis in patients prescribed Zyprexa (olanzapine). Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious health condition in which a person experiences a sharp rise in blood glucose level combined with an acute lack of insulin. Symptoms include stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting. DKA can lead to coma and death. The researchers advised that the use of Zyprexa does not necessarily cause diabetes, but that the potential for such adverse effects related to Zyprexa use exists.

    By 2003, the FDA had identified at least 384 reports of diabetes linked to Zyprexa, with most cases appearing within six months of starting Zyprexa treatment. Although no official link has been made between pancreatitis and Zyprexa, occurrences of pancreatitis in Zyprexa users resulted in 22 deaths. In 2003, the FDA ordered Eli Lilly to change the Zyprexa label, warning patients of the dire complications.


Avarage rating: 10.00
Rating: 10
From: Sharon DeGruson
I took Zyprexa for 18 months and now have diabetes. My sugarrnlevel went above normal exactlyrnsix months into taking zyprexa.rnI have a lawyer and am persuing a claim. I think it is a very dangerous drug. I have to live with diabetes thernrest of my life because of it.



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