Drug aims to curb schizophrenia before it sets in

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http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=health & id=4133733

May 1, 2006 - What if there was a way to stop mental illness before it ever

developed? Psychiatric researchers have been experimenting with such an idea

by prescribing drugs to young people at risk of schizophrenia who have not

had the full blown disorder.

The first long-term trial of this controversial treatment is yielding mixed

results. A report in the American Journal of Psychiatry finds the drug

Zyprexa lowered the risk of psychotic episodes. But, it also caused

significant weight gain, and many in the study dropped out.

The research was funded by Eli Lilly, the maker of Zyprexa, and the National

Insitute of Mental Health.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060501-073535-2156r

http://tinyurl.com/2ozo3 June 19, 2004 Bush plans to screen whole US

population for mental illness

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Zyprexa is what made my mother gain 65lbs and developed Diabetes. There's a

class action right now because many are seeing the same things.-

Drug aims to curb schizophrenia before it sets in

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=health & id=4133733

May 1, 2006 - What if there was a way to stop mental illness before it ever

developed? Psychiatric researchers have been experimenting with such an idea

by prescribing drugs to young people at risk of schizophrenia who have not

had the full blown disorder.

The first long-term trial of this controversial treatment is yielding mixed

results. A report in the American Journal of Psychiatry finds the drug

Zyprexa lowered the risk of psychotic episodes. But, it also caused

significant weight gain, and many in the study dropped out.

The research was funded by Eli Lilly, the maker of Zyprexa, and the National

Insitute of Mental Health.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060501-073535-2156r

http://tinyurl.com/2ozo3 June 19, 2004 Bush plans to screen whole US

population for mental illness