Posted by Larry Hoover on April 12, 2003, at 7:25:22
In reply to Re: Serious side effect reported, posted by Larry Hoover on April 11, 2003, at 22:46:37
> > I'm sorry if this is a repeat; I didn't read any of the other threads under here, but thought I would comment that a pdoc told me that the WEIGHT GAIN people have from ZYPREXA has resulted in it being a possible cause of usually adult-onset diabetes. G-d knows what the weight gain would do to children.
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> I feel pedantic to point this out, but the relationship between weight gain and diabetes is correlative, not causative. For all we know, the trend towards diabetes might cause weight gain, or both may be symptoms of a separate pathological process. Symbolically, a correlation between A and B could be explained by: A leads to B, B leads to A, both A and B are caused by C, or a statistical coincidence. The doctor who spoke to you should know better.I don't know where it went, but here (as best I can remember) is the missing paragraph:
The only way to differentiate among the four possibilities is to collect more information. In the case of Zyprexa, there are a number of reports of the diabetes resolving after withdrawal of the medication. These reports do no mention weight.
> Frankly, it looks very much like both the weight gain and the diabetes are caused by Zyprexa, but that is just my educated *guess*.
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