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ZYPREXA Olanzapine SIDE EFFECTS
The most common treatment-emergent adverse event associated with oral olanzapine (vs placebo) in 6-week acute-phase schizophrenia trials was somnolence (26% vs 15%). Other common events were dizziness
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(11% vs 4%), weight gain (6% vs 1%), personality disorder* (8% vs 4%), constipation (9% vs 3%), akathisia (5% vs 1%), and postural hypotension (5% vs 2%).
Researchers have linked antipsychotic medications like olanzapine (Zyprexa or Zydis), quetiapine (Seroquel) and risperidone (Risperdal) to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease in adulthood. The use of the newer antipsychotic drugs to treat conditions like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia appeared to cause insulin resistance in the children taking the drugs.
The FDA has asked Eli Lilly to add a new warning to the popular schizophrenia drug Zyprexa, warning patients that Zyprexa 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.
Last year, Britain's Medicines Control Agency warned that several patients taking Eli Lilly's top selling drug Zyprexa (used to treat schizophrenia) had developed diabetes-related complications. In the Medicine Control Agency's Current Problems newsletter, the regulatory body said 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.
This follows an emergency report issued in April 2002 by the Japanese Health and Welfare Ministry to Eli Lilly Japan KK concerning side effects of Zyprexa after the deaths of two diabetic users of the drug. It said seven other patients had lost consciousness or become comatose after taking the drugs in the last 10 months. The Japanese Ministry said no new diabetes patients should be treated with the drug and ordered Eli Lilly to warn doctors to closely monitor diabetics already on the medication.
ZYPREXA Olanzapine CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
Zyprexa lawsuits have been filed. In the December 2001 American Journal of Medicine, more FDA staff members published a report linking Zyprexa to diabetes, however the FDA failed to issue adequate warning according to Public Citizen consumer group and some Zyprexa lawsuits.
ZYPREXA Olanzapine RECALL
No recall has been initiated
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