Comments on: “Together Rx” is more Big Pharma nonsense /edsblog/together-rx-is-more-big-pharma-nonsense/ Helping Americans get safe access to affordable medications. Mon, 06 May 2013 18:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Daniel Haszard /edsblog/together-rx-is-more-big-pharma-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Daniel Haszard Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:18:59 +0000 /edsblog/together-rx-is-more-big-pharma-nonsense/#comment-58 Eli Lilly zyprexa cost me $250.00 a month supply and has up to ten times the risk of causing diabetes and severe weight gain.

Nervous investors watch Eli Lilly shares drop $2.80 post election.

My issue is Zyprexa which is only FDA approved for schizophrenia (.5-1% of pop) and some bipolar (2% pop) and then an even smaller percentage of theses two groups.

So how does Zyprexa get to be the 7th largest drug sale in the world?
Eli Lilly is in deep trouble for using their drug reps to ‘encourage’ doctors to write zyprexa for non-FDA approved ‘off label’ uses.

The drug causes increased diabetes risk,and medicare picks up all the expensive fallout.There are now 7 states (and counting) going after Lilly for fraud and restitution.

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Daniel Haszard

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