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The Zyprexa Papers

By: Jim Gottstein
Narrated by: Nick Young
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On December 17, 2006, The New York Times began a series of front-page stories about documents obtained from Alaska lawyer Jim Gottstein, showing Eli Lilly had concealed that its top-selling drug caused diabetes and other life-shortening metabolic problems. The "Zyprexa Papers," as they came to be known, also showed Eli Lilly was illegally promoting the use of Zyprexa on children and the elderly, with particularly lethal effects. Although Mr. Gottstein believes he obtained the Zyprexa Papers legally, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn decided he had conspired to steal the documents, and Eli Lilly threatened Mr. Gottstein with criminal contempt charges.

In The Zyprexa Papers, Mr. Gottstein gives a riveting first-hand account of what really happened, including new details about how a small group of psychiatric survivors spread the Zyprexa Papers on the internet untraceably. All of this within a gripping, plain-language explanation of complex legal maneuvering and his battles on behalf of Bill Bigley, the psychiatric patient whose ordeal made possible the exposure of the Zyprexa Papers.

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This filled in a lot of blanks, for me. It took me down ‘memory lane’. Understanding so much more. The inherent duplicity, within this system… For ‘profit and jollies’…and to realise, there was been decent work undertaken, to address this?

Appreciating far better, what this about, and is been addressed, and by concerned and courageous individuals, over time.

Thankful, that basic human rights and their sanctioned violation, using the language of science, and medicine, is being shown, for what it is… The consequences are devastating, for those affected. Thank you for providing this information, so well…

Compelling to listen to, with enormous gratitude for this work.🌺

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I'm ongoingly horrified by what I discover re human rights abuses in the mental health system - internationally, not only in pockets. At its worst, the system seems designed to disempower people, to steal their human rights and destroy their dignity. Reform on a massive scale is required so that this is not allowed to continue. Jim Gottstein's book is a powerful testimony to 'There but for the grace of God, go I.' And also of the goodness of many who bear witness to this disgrace of harming rather than helping.

Essential reading re the power abuse in psychiatry

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