Re: Depakote-- diabetes and weight gain

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http://tinyurl.com/9r6vv8

That's the google search page with all the links to Depakote and

weight gain. Seems it's universal. What strikes me is how the

manufacturer denies that it alters metabolism-- there's a page there

with claims by the manufacturer that, um, the weight gain is when the

drug irritates the lining of the stomach. They deny that the drug

alters metabolic rates.

This was the same lie put out by Eli Lilly about Zyprexa (subject of

the " Zyprexa Papers scandal " when internal Lilly papers leaked

showing the company knew the drug caused deadly metabolic disorders

and diabetes and suppressed the information) and the same lie put out

by other makers of antipsychotics.

You always know the manufacturer is suppressing when the first pages

of sites for a problem are simply consumer complaint sites. Here's

the page for Depakote and diabetes: http://tinyurl.com/a3km3m

Same thing at play here: it seems Depakote can cause diabetes and

there's no science on it other than manufacturer's denials.

>

> Did anyone's child gain a lot of weight on depakene/depakote? My

son was

> put on depakene in 2002 and after a year or so started gaining a

lot of weight

> (10 lbs/month) with no change in diet. No one, including doctors

could

> explain why this happened. He's now almost 15 and weighs over

200lbs. When I see

> pictures of Jett Travolta, he looks so similar to my son. I'm

wondering if

> he put on the weight from depakote too.

>

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