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Zyprexa Side Effects

Name: Zyprexa
Generic: Olanzapine
Manufacturer: Eli Lilly
Date approved: 1996
Status: Prescription only
Approved uses: Anticonvulsant antipsychotic approved for use in bipolar mania and schizophrenia
Off-Label uses: Treatment of anorexia, autism, pain associated with cancer treatment, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Side effects:
  • Increased Mortality in Elderly Patients with Dementia-Related Psychosis
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
  • Diabetes
  • Hyperglycemia
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Zyprexa Lawsuit Information

Zyprexa is an antipsychotic medication, most often used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Patients who use Zyprexa are more likely to develop diabetes or hyperglycemia. The drug can also cause neuroleptic malignant syndrome, which is classified by muscle stiffness, fever, confusion and an elevated heart rate. NMS can be fatal. Other Zyprexa side effects may include involuntary muscle movements. In 2005, Eli Lilly announced it would settle about 75 percent of claims filed against them by users of Zyprexa.

Drugs Like Zyprexa Are Overprescribed In Children

With more and more children taking antipsychotic and other psychiatric drugs (a nearly 75 percent increase between 2001 and 2005), doctors are beginning to report that so-called "atypical" drugs, such as Eli Lilly's best-selling Zyprexa (Olanzapine) are overprescribed in children. What Are Atypical Drugs. These drugs modulate the dopamine neurotransmitter system in the brain and are associated with fewer side effects than "first-generation" antipsychotic drugs such as Haldol (Haloperidol) and Prolixin (Fluphenazine). read more

Eli Lilly Settles 75% of Zyprexa Claims...But Will It Stop The Legal Onslaught?

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced in June 2005 that it will settle 75 percent of the 8,000-plus claims against it for adverse side effects suffered by patients using the popular antipsychotic drug Zyprexa (generic: Olanzapine). But even though Eli Lilly settled the cases in an extraordinary early settlement (only five depositions had been taken in the case), its legal woes appear to have just begun: in December 2005 and February 2006, plaintiffs in several states sued Eli Lilly, claiming that the company defectively designed the drug and refused to properly test it or warn patients of its potential side effects. Was Eli Lilly Negligent in Trials and Marketing. read more

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Zyprexa Jury Verdicts

______ SETTLEMENT MID-TRIAL - HALFWAY HOUSE NEGLIGENCE - ALLEGED NEGLIGENT ADMINISTRATION OF ANTI-ANXIETY MEDICATION - OLANZAPINE POISONING - WRONGFUL DEATH OF 23-YEAR-OLD DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED MALE.

______ RECOVERY Negligent reduction of anti-psychotic medication to known schizophrenic - Negligent failure to monitor schizophrenic with suicidal ideation.

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Zyprexa FDA Information

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Zyprexa Government Articles

Patient Information Sheet: Olanzapine (marketed as Zyprexa)

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