More on the misrepresentation of Zyprexa
There are further developments about Eli Lilly's marketing of Zyprexa. These kinds of revelations are disturbing. HOWEVER, let's not forget the role doctors play in this. Eli Lilly sent doctors a letter in 2004 with information on the new warnings about Zyprexa and diabetes. It is the responsibility of every prescribing doctor to consider such information before they prescribe. I hold psychiatrists accountable for this mess as well, especially after Lilly settled a multimillion dollar lawsuit on this subject. If prescribing doctors have any integrity at all, they keep up with such developments in their field.
See more reports below:
Drug Files Show Maker Promoted Unapproved Use [New York Times]
Lilly encouraged off-label Zyprexa use: paper [Reuters]
IS LILLY HIDING ZYPREXA FACTS? [Free Market News]
Eli Lilly says New York Times' Zyprexa article short on facts [Forbes.com]
Materials show Lilly pushed Zyprexa use for dementia [NY Times via Houston Chronicle]
Comments
From what I understand, psychiatrists DID try to get material on how to deal with diabetes after using Zyprexa. Lilly didn't want to provide that information because according to them, "There is no scientific evidence establishing that Zyprexa causes diabetes."
PCPs are even worse; PCPs prescribe these kinds of drugs with much less knowledge than psychiatrists. They don't keep up on this kind of information like psychiatrists do so when PCPs prescribe atypicals or antipsychotics, they are mostly unaware about the correlation between Zyprexa and obesity, hyperglycemia, and diabetes. (Unrelated: I don't think PCPs should have the authority to prescribe psych meds or should refrain from it. I know too many people, myself included, who have been effed by PCPs prescribing psych meds.)
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