Zyprexa may get OK for teen use
Indianapolis Star, United States -
Eli Lilly and Co.'s best-selling schizophrenia drug Zyprexa is poised to get US approval for treating adolescents diagnosed with mental illness.

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Arkansas AG's lawsuit could deliver $90m jackpot for TX lawyers
Legal News Line, DC -
McDaniel is now the ninth state AG to sue Lilly for this so-called "off-label" marketing of its blockbuster drug Zyprexa. McDaniel told the Arkansas ...

Zyprexa Use by Children

Zyprexa, as well as the other atypical antipsychotics, is being prescribed for children, even though this is an unapproved, off-label use. Eli Lilly has been charged in allegedly pushing the drug for children in more than one state.

Recently a parent wrote to us about her two sons. She received pressure to place them on ADHD drugs as early as Head Start. Over the years, they were on a cocktail of various psychotropic drugs. At one time, they were place on Zyprexa and according to the mother more than doubled their body weight.

A report by Dr. Cooper at Vanderbilt University states that 2.5 million children are now taking atypical antipsychotics. Over half are being given them for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Perhaps it is statistics like these that caused the FDA to finally require warnings on the labels of the ADHD drugs.
The use of atypical antipsychotics for children should be banned.

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Daniel Haszard www.zyprexa-victims.com

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