Eli Lilly Zyprexa scandal

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Eli Lilly sells 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! 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.
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Fish Oil May Own Big Pharma’s Most Profitable Drugs

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Lori Matthews | American Chronicle
Studies have shown that fish oil may make significant improvements on the mental health of people. The active ingredients are needed for the brain to function properly and have a good overall health.

Fish oil is commonly known as Omega-3. It contains EPA or eicosapentaenoic acid and DHA or docosahexaenoic acid. The key stabilizing element in fish oil is EPA. Taking fish oil in supplement form may be healthier than consuming it through fish because all of the toxins of a fish are taken away when the fish oil liquid or capsules are created. Many people don´t eat enough fish or like it so supplementation is preferred.

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New And Improved Drugs? No Thanks, Pharma Cos Are Being Told

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New York psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman has heard Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) sales pitch for the new anti-schizophrenia drug Invega, but he’s not too impressed.

Problem is, Invega isn’t much different than one of J&J’s best-selling drugs, the antipsychotic Risperdal. In late June, Risperdal is scheduled to lose its U.S. patent protection, clearing the way for competing generic copies that are cheaper than Invega, which could further diminish Invega sales, already characterized as a disappointment by J&J.

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Arkansas sues AstraZeneca over drug

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From staff and wire reports

AstraZeneca PLC, which has its U.S. headquarters in Fairfax, was sued by Arkansas for falsely claiming its antipsychotic medicine Seroquel was safer than less-expensive drugs and failing to warn of its risks.

AstraZeneca has engaged in a “course of corporate misconduct and misrepresentation” in violating numerous state laws, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said in a lawsuit filed yesterday on behalf of the state’s behavioral health and Medicaid divisions.

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Britney Spears, Heath Ledger, Anna Nicole Smith Psychiatry

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I was checking my emails and I received an email from my friend, Mike. Mike was giving me an update of his latest video that he uploaded on Youtube. It was yet another fascinating video that Dr. John breeding made.

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Dr. Breeding discusses the effect of psychiatry on celebrities and artists and comments on Britney’s recent commitment to a psych ward for bipolar.

For those who are interested… I wrote an article about the similar subject at Britney Spears and her fallacies threat to kill herself thread.