Comments on: Eli Lilly Owes $1.4B Over "Off Label" Use

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[babyjaybird]

I have a son who at 3yrs old was diagnosed with bipolar. Through out the years he has taken many medications and Zyprexa was one of them. He too gained quit a bit of weight on the medicine and had a few heart problems. He is also has ADHD, ODD, some Anxiety and Depression.

[macusweil]

Profits before people. Guys this is a free market issue, we can''t go restricting businesses or how they make their money. It hurts the economy. This is American and capitalism is king. We should be looking if maybe there''s a similar way to increase insurance company profits too.

[impeach___w]

HAVEN''T YOU HEARD? OFF-LABEL MARKETING IS NOW PERFECTLY LEGAL!

THIS $1.4B FINE IS FOR WHAT THEY DID BEFORE IT WAS LEGAL.

[dnamj]

The editor of www.woestpills.org is now the director of drug safety for the FDA. This kind of disastrous bad drug will be off the market lickety split. Or else not, if the corruption is too deep. We''ll see.

[corpknot]

With running mates like Ken Lay (a frequent visitor of the White House and a key note speaker at the GOP National Convention, Bush has run the biggest scam in American History. Practically the only time he ever lifted a finger was to hand out money to corporations and the wealthy. With the Republican climate of anything goes for business it was no surprise that we have had so many swindles come to light. The GOP is Organized Crime at the highest levels of Government. Do not kid yourself into thinking that Bush and Karl (Mr. No Tort Allowed) Rove had anything to do with any action against Eli Lilly. All the Bush Administration ever did was give them billions in tax subsidies and make it illegal for Medicare to negotiate drug costs.

alphaa10000 is NOT THE MORON here!

[antoniof123]

And these are the people who have for years given to the Repubican party to ensure that they could do as they pleased.

Well, this is what you get folks soon when things like this start to effect all of us everyone will be saying I can fix it but lets see who broke it. The GOP will say oh no we can do it better even though we broke it.

I for one have had enough of deregulation and the trickly down economy brough to you by the hero Regan.

Never again.

[barbaraf4]

Zyprexa (Olanzapine) is a nasty drug. I am surprised it is still on the market.

[mswolfestock]

Not much difference between Eli Lilly and dealers selling crack . . .

[vranger]

"This is the price of Bush and his GOP doctrine of DEregulation."

Hmmmmm, these people were found out, prosecuted, and found guilty DURING the Bush administration. Your comment seems to lack any credibility whatsoever, moron.

[clathrate]

Should we have done unnecessary surgery on all those patients, just to avoid "off label" use??



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Posted by lf1952

There''s nothing wrong with off-label use if it''s SAFE. Here Eli Lilly is promoting a fairly dangerous drug for off-label use, and the risks far outweight hte benefits and they knew it. THAT is unconscionable...but nowadays, it seems nobody has a conscience to begin with!