Zyprexa

[Wolfstarr]

Anyone know anything about this med?

My AD was just put on it, and she had to STOP immediately--
it caused a psychotic episode with just two doses of 15 mg.

She was hallucinating, talking to people who weren't there, seeing them and just acting quite bizarre. After the medication dissipated from her system, she was ok.

Pdoc stopped all her meds except for Lithium and Klonopin 1mg at night. She is doing much better...for now. I never heard of an antipsychotic med causing an psychotic reaction? Anyone? Thanks...
WS

[ranae1221]

i have heard of that......i have a patient that was started on the antipsychotic Risperdal and had a bad reaction as well. he was taken off and started on a different antipsychotic (low dose of Seroquel) and has not had any bad reaction.

I guess that is the thing with medication. Everyone reacts to it differently, what works for one may not work for the next person.

I am glad that they were able to find a combo of meds that seems to be helping!

[mendingheart]

My bf was on in shortyly, and it really made him feel drugged out. He just could not even function. He was taking it at night, and by morning, could not get going whatsoever. He felt in a fog. No mor Zyprexa!

[meli2005]

Sounds pretty bad. Yes, sometimes meds work just the opposite of the intended effect. Benadryl which for most is sedating can cause some to be very stimulated, etc.

[DanielHaszard]

I took zyprexa which was ineffective for my condition and gave me diabetes.

Zyprexa, which is used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, accounted for 32% of Eli Lilly's $14.6 billion revenue last year.

Zyprexa is the product name for Olanzapine,it is Lilly's top selling drug.It was approved by the FDA in 1996 ,an 'atypical' antipsychotic a newer class of drugs without the motor side effects of the older Thorazine.Zyprexa has been linked to causing diabetes and pancreatitis.

Did you know that Lilly made nearly $3 billion last year on diabetic meds, Actos,Humulin and Byetta?

Yes! They sell a drug that can cause diabetes and then turn a profit on the drugs that treat the condition that they may have caused in the first place!

I was prescribed Zyprexa from 1996 until 2000.
In early 2000 i was shocked to have an A1C test result of 13.9 (normal is 4-6) I have no history of diabetes in my family.
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Daniel Haszard http://www.zyprexa-victims.com

[Wolfstarr]

Thank you all for your responses.

Daniel, forgive me for my inaccuracy of detail, but I have heard some things going on with Zyprexa from a legal standpoint.

This was very scarey for my daughter. She is bi-polar and was on Seroquel for quite some time but was getting weary of the weight gain. Now she is back on a very very low dose of Seroquel along with her Lithium and Klonopin.

All I know is she is never taking that medication again. I am sure with a margin of profit that Lilly made last year, there must be some people who benefit from this drug.

Thanks again!

[indigo]

My son has been on Olanzapine for many years he suffered in the begining and got used to it, also on his last blood tests he had a higher amount of sugar levels in his blood than normal and he was drinking heavily too, so I don't know if it's one or a combination of things that has caused this. His doctor insists he takes this med and that he should NOT drink at all....I wish I knew and could offer more help sis.

Love indie

[shutterbug]

This is what the new county pdoc has been trying to force on me -- I refused, EVEN BEFORE he went onto tell me that I will feel like SH*T while on it. No thanks...I'd rather be unmedicated for a brief time then listen to a doc who refuses to prescribe any other different mood stabalizer than Zyprexa. As I have heard, from those I've talked to, in the few weeks since he started...he is putting ALL his patients on Zyprexa.