Zyprexa Diabetes: Zyprexa Death, Zyprexa Pancreatitis, Zyprexa Ketoacidosis or Blood Sugar Disorders, Hyperglycemia and Diabetes

Zyprexa Diabetes · Zyprexa Pancreatitis · Zyprexa Death · Zyprexa Ketoacidosis

Case ID: 2794 | Drugs / Medical | 06/22/2005

Have you developed diabetes for the first time, or has your existing diabetes worsened, or have you suffered from pancreatitis or ketoacidosis since you began taking Zyprexa?

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Schizophrenia Drug Zyprexa Linked to Diabetes Risk

Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating possible legal actions against Eli Lilly and Company, the manufacturer of the prescription drug Zyprexa (olanzapine), on behalf of patients prescribed Zyprexa who have developed diabetes , hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar), and other blood sugar disorders as a result of the drug.

Zyprexa Linked to Blood Sugar Disorders

Several studies have indicated that Zyprexa use is linked to an increased risk of diabetes:

A study published in the July 2003 issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry concluded that patients receiving Zyprexa had a significantly greater risk of diabetes than untreated patients, while Zyprexa also showed significantly higher odds of diabetes with an increasing dose.

A study published in the August 3, 2002, issue of the British Medical Journal concluded that patients taking Zyprexa have a "clinically important and significant increased" risk of diabetes.

In April 2002 the Medicines Control Agency in the U.K., which is now known as the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, published an analysis finding that, among patients prescribed Zyprexa, "forty reports of hyperglycemia, diabetes mellitus, or exacerbation of diabetes have been received in the UK. Four were associated with ketoacidosis and/or coma including 1 death."

Also in April 2002 the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry warned Eli Lilly Japan concerning problems of Zyprexa after the deaths of two diabetic users of the drug. The ministry said seven other patients had lost consciousness or become comatose after taking the drug in the previous 10 months. The 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.

Have you developed diabetes for the first time, or has your existing diabetes worsened, or have you suffered from pancreatitis or ketoacidosis since you began taking Zyprexa? If so, contact us today.