Zyprexa

(olanzapine)

Have you been diagnosed with diabetes, pancreatitis or other side effects after taking Zyprexa and you need a qualified lawyer? The attorneys at Landers Law Firm are currently representing many Zyprexa victims.

The FDA has asked drug manufacturer Eli Lilly to add a new warning to the popular schizophrenia drug Zyprexa, warning patients that it has been linked to diabetes and other blood sugar disorders. In a recent study, Zyprexa and two other atypical antipsychotics that are used to treat schizophrenia were found to cause diabetes 50 percent more often than older drugs.

In April 2002 an emergency report was issued by the Japanese Health and Welfare Ministry to Eli Lilly Japan KK concerning the side effects of Zyprexa after the deaths of two diabetic users of the drug. It went on to say seven other patients had lost consciousness or become comatose after taking the drugs in the last 10 months. The Japanese Ministry ordered Eli Lilly to warn doctors to closely monitor diabetics already on the medication and also said no new diabetes patients should be treated with the drug.

Last year, Britain's Medicines Control Agency warned in their Current Problems newsletter that several patients taking Eli Lilly's top selling drug Zyprexa (used to treat schizophrenia) had developed diabetes-related complications. The newsletter also pointed out that the antipsychotic drug "can adversely affect blood glucose."

Forty reports of "hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar), diabetes mellitus, or exacerbation of diabetes have been received in the UK. Four were associated with ketoacidosis and/or coma including one with a fatal outcome," according to the newsletter. "The precise mechanism of this suspected adverse drug reaction has not yet been elucidated and is currently being investigated further."

A paper written in late 2001 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry reported the FDA has received 19 case reports of diabetes associated with the use of Zyprexa. Of the 19 patients, seven had newly diagnosed hyperglycemia, with the sugar disorder developing within a week of taking Zyprexa in two patients and within six months for eight others. One patient ultimately died of necrotizing pancreatitis, a condition in which cells in the pancreas die.

If you have taken Zyprexa and have suffered any of these problems, call us now at 1-888-529-3001.