We are all Jim...

[undergroundpanther]

MindFreedom News - 25 December 2006
http://www.mindfreedom.org - please forward

"We are all Jim!" - Eli Lilly secrets on Zyprexa exposed

How *you* may be able to keep a spotlight on Zyprexa

Grassroots campaign keeps exposed documents exposed

A grassroots Internet campaign today is outflanking well-heeled attorneys from the huge drug company Eli Lilly who are still trying to suppress internal documents about their psychiatric drug Zyprexa.

And you may participate, including by downloading the secret documents yourself, if you so choose:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/know/psych-drug-corp/eli-lilly-secrets/

The anonymous individuals distributing this unusual "Christmas gift" of hundreds of Zyprexa documents are apparently counting on the fact that many courts are closed today.

Background:

The NY Times ran three pieces this past week based on revelations from courageous attorney Jim Gottstein who exposed court materials showing that Eli Lilly covered up hazards about Zyprexa, and marketed to unapproved populations.

Even though the Eli Lilly materials are now exposed, Eli Lilly attorneys have still been attempting to suppress these in-house documents and keep them from being disseminated, including filing in court against Jim Gottstein and his law firm.

"The genie is out of the bottle. But Eli Lilly is still paying their hard-hitting attorneys to try to cover-up evidence of their fraud," said David Oaks, director of MindFreedom International. "This is reminiscent of the way the Nixon administration tried to keep the Pentagon Papers secret even after the materials were in the hands of the NY Times."

Enter the Internet. Unknown individuals have placed a digital folder of several hundred megs of Eli Lilly documents into areas of the Internet where anyone may download the materials. Apparently, these individuals don't expect any court orders over Christmas.

In the public interest, MindFreedom is forwarding the anonymous alert. To view the forwarded alert go to:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/know/psych-drug-corp/eli-lilly-secrets/

or http://tinyurl.com/yx6k9x

or see this wiki edited by anonymous individuals:

http://zyprexa.pbwiki.com

Disclaimers: MFI did not originate these alert, MFI is not advising or encouraging any illegal activity, MFI does not vouch for authenticity or accuracy of alerts, that's all the information we have, MFI is not providing advice about the legality of downloading the materials.

As background, you may read the text of the three recent pieces in the NY Times about Zyprexa here:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/aff-spon/act/usa/psychrights/nytimes-gottstein-vs-eli-lilly

or http://tinyurl.com/ycsgcv

"Even though Jim legally revealed Zyprexa materials to the NY Times to alert the public," said Oaks, "Eli Lilly lawyers are still going after him to try to put their horses back in the barn. Today everyone on the Internet 'can be Jim' if they choose to download secret Eli Lilly documents themselves. By the way, Jim Gottstein or his group PsychRights have nothing to do with these alerts. He's on vacation."

Please forward.

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[havocmom]

1. K&R

If the media fails to get real news out, be the media!

[undergroundpanther]

2. I hope more see this thread.

And spread the news!

[havocmom]

3. Will kick it in the morning.

Not a lot of traffic in here tonight.

[badgerpup]

4. K & R

Fortunately, I don't have a life, so I'm here to kick this...:P



:kick:

[Mnemosyne]

5. I'll second your kick badgerpup, I have

no life either! :kick:

Important information. Thank you UGP. I took this med and was just diagnosed with Type 2 and gained a huge amount of weight during and after taking it. I was accused of eating like a pig over the weight gain. Yup, those 5-800 calories a day really packed on the pounds.

Bastards.

[WiseButAngrySara]

6. K&R! ....n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

7. How Bout Specifics? What Is Actually Wrong With The Drug, And In What Frequency?

[badgerpup]

8. Uh...

self-delete

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

9. I Found The Numbers I Was Looking For. This Is Only True In 3% Of Cases.

It is relatively small, and some may say the ailment would far outweigh the hypoglycemia risks.

I do think it is horrible for the company to hide the true numbers, however, and not make them readily transparent to doctors, and I also don't think the company itself should be promoting off label uses for their own sake of market share.

But I'll need to read up on this a bit more to determine if it is something that is in fact quite beneficial for millions of people or if the risks do in fact outweigh that benefit.