Re: Hi I am new here to Keri and her son

July 17, 2004

Hi Keri, I am so sorry that your 7 year old is having problems. I

wish you well. I just wanted to point out one thing. Zyprexa is a

diabetes causing drug. It has been in the news a lot lately. This

could been causing him problems as well. It is also a very bad drug

for children from what the side-effects claim. Please check on this

drug because it can do much damage. There are many lawsuits against

this drug right now. Just my opinion. I hope things calm down for

you, a single mom has to many problems as it is.

Debi~~*~~

> I have joined a few other diabetes groups also, so I am going to

just copy

> and paste my intro so if you are on one of the other lists it will

be a repeat

> ;-)

>

> My name is Keri. I am a single Mom with 4 kids. My 7 yr (almost

8~ 7/31)

> was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on June 24th. He spent a

week in the

> hospital. I initially took him to the ER after diabetes symptoms

persisted

> even after medication changes.

>

> See, he also has the challange of Bipolar Disorder. He was placed

on a

> antipsychotic drug called Zyprexa to stabilize a severe manic

episode the end of

> May. Within a few days he was experiencing thirst and frequent

urination. This

> escalated and I called his pdoc (pyschiatrist). She decided that

since a

> rare (or so she claimed) side effect of Zyprexa is diabetes, she

decided to

> remove him from it immediately and start a new drug called Abilify

this was June

> 11. She assured me the symptoms of the diabetes would subside.

>

> Hugs

> Keri

>

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