Kids Taking Seroquel, Zyprexa at Risk of Obesity Weight Gain, New Study Says
Children taking commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs like Abilify, Risperdal, Seroquel, and Zyprexa are more likely to quickly gain weight and become obese in a matter of months, a new study finds.
Weight gain has been named before as a possible side effect of anti-psychotics for treating schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, and other mental disorders. However, the new study suggests that children and teens are at even greater risks of weight gain than adults on the same drugs, according to an Associated Press report.
An estimated two million American children take the drugs each year.
In addition to causing sharp increases in weight, the drugs, which are widely given to children with autism, attention deficit disorders, and similar behavioral problems, also may lead to dangerous increases in cholesterol and other blood fats, researchers warned.
Seroquel, a leading anti-psychotic drug, has been shown to increase the risk of developing diabetes and other blood sugar disorders as well as other serious side effects.
Study Finds Weight Gains
Researchers led by the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System conducted the largest-ever study of the drugs in children who recently began taking the medications. The study was based on data from 205 New York City-area children between the ages of four and 19 who had recently been prescribed one of the drugs. The average age of children in the study was 14.
The participants gained between about 10 and 20 pounds on average in almost 11 weeks, depending on which of the four brand-name drugs they took. Between 10 to 36 percent of those became obese, officials said.
Seroquel and Zyprexa had the worst effects on weight and cholesterol in the study, researchers said. The drugs are not yet approved for use in children, although many doctors give them to kids anyway, and a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recently recommended approving their use in kids.
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Eli Lilly sells a drug {ZYPREXA} 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!
Eli Lilly has made $38 billion on Zyprexa and it was way oversold and caused diabetes and in some cases sudden death.
Eli Lilly has received a huge criminal fine over their Zyprexa cash cow,add it all up comes to $4.6 billion, in Zyprexa settlements,fines,litigation.
Addictive Zyprexa was pushed by Lilly Drug Reps.
They called it the “Five at Five” (5 mg at 5 pm to keep nursing home patients subdued and sleepy) and “VIVA ZYPREXA” (Zyprexa for everybody) campaigns to off label market Eli Lilly Zyprexa as a fix for unapproved usage.
Eli Lilly is ‘reaping the whirlwind’ for aggressive marketing of Zyprexa that has caused suffering and deaths.
There must be millions out there harmed by this drug.
Did you know that Lilly made $ billions 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!
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Daniel Haszard