It seems this is a more dangerous time than ever to have a conscience. I am also furious that republican Wisconsin lawmakers are demanding the resignation of some adjunct that believes 911 was
an inside job. While I personally have not seen enough evidence to
believe this (although NOTHING would surprise me anymore either), I don't think that is the point. He was only presenting it as an alternate theory. It is so wrong that academic freedom should be
compromised by such blatant partisanship. (And I will boycott Wisc
products if he does get fired!) I feel for the above person too. There should be more support for those brave but foolish souls to think that anything but greed matters to the powers that be running this country; that anything but complaisancy dominates those who let them rule.
I have been living abroad for almost 10 years. I
had no idea up til last month what you all put up with
when you call service reps. I tried to find out
about a cancelled order (for over $750US) at one of the few online
stores that deliver internationally, Overstock.
The service rep gave me the run around as well, put
me on hold even though she knew I was phoning from
Japan and wouldn't give any other phone numbers to
call. After about 15 minutes of getting no where,her closing line was: "How else may I help you today?" Mine was: "You haven't helped me at all, good-bye". They kept my money until I
escalated the dispute to a claim at Paypal's
resolution centre. What a hassle. Lots of stress.
I'll never shop online again. How do these
companies think they can get away with such poor
treatment of customers when we have the internet to
communicate now? I just visited the Consumerist
site and have bookmarked it to keep better informed.
Thank you for taking the time to post your
experiences. Hopefully more consumers can learn
before being taken in by such sleazy tricks.
What scum AOL is for scapegoating this employee when he was only
following directions. I very briefly worked in sales which pays
more than teaching and they put enormous pressure on reps to sell
the crap and not take no for an answer. I hope the training manual
also goes all over the internet so they have all kinds of egg of
their face.
I took zyprexa starting in 1996 the year the FDA approved it, which was ineffective for my condition and gave me diabetes.
Zyprexa is the product name for Olanzapine,it is Lilly's top selling drug.It was approved by the FDA in 1996 ,an 'atypical' antipsychotic a newer class of drugs without the motor side effects of the older Thorazine.Zyprexa has been linked to causing diabetes and pancreatitis.
Zyprexa, which is used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, accounted for 32% of Eli Lilly's $14.6 billion revenue last year.
Did you know that Lilly made nearly $3 billion last year on diabetic meds, Actos,Humulin and Byetta?
Yes! They sell a drug that can cause diabetes and then turn a profit on the drugs that treat the condition that they may have caused in the first place!
I was prescribed Zyprexa from 1996 until 2000.
In early 2000 i was shocked to have an A1C test result of 13.9 (normal is 4-6) I have no history of diabetes in my family.
All the psychiatrist I've interviewed and the information on line presents zyprexa as a worse offender than the other Atypicals such as seroquel.My doctor has stopped prescribing zyprexa altogether.
The PDR classifies zyprexa as 'severe' for causing weight gain and diabetes and seroquel as 'moderate'.
Of course the 50 year old Thorazine didn't cause diabetes and is many times cheaper but it could cause tardive dyskinesia.
Where Eli Lilly's negligence comes in,is their KNOWING and not informing consumers (black box warning) until the FDA demanded it.
Lilly's incentive not to readily disclose is they had billion$ coming in from state medicaid scripts.
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Daniel Haszard http://www.zyprexa-victims.com
if not quite as bad, about canceling my Visa card. "You've had this card a long time...let me see if I can get you a lower rate," etc. When I repeated that I just wanted to cancel the card, the rep acknowledged defeat by firing off a barage of boilerplate about destroying the card and canceling standing charges and the like, faster than I ever imagined a human tongue could move, then hanging up on me. Another rep called for me and left a cheery message few days after that, but never followed up again.
It seems this is a more dangerous time than ever to have a conscience. I am also furious that republican Wisconsin lawmakers are demanding the resignation of some adjunct that believes 911 was
an inside job. While I personally have not seen enough evidence to
believe this (although NOTHING would surprise me anymore either), I don't think that is the point. He was only presenting it as an alternate theory. It is so wrong that academic freedom should be
compromised by such blatant partisanship. (And I will boycott Wisc
products if he does get fired!) I feel for the above person too. There should be more support for those brave but foolish souls to think that anything but greed matters to the powers that be running this country; that anything but complaisancy dominates those who let them rule.
I have been living abroad for almost 10 years. I
had no idea up til last month what you all put up with
when you call service reps. I tried to find out
about a cancelled order (for over $750US) at one of the few online
stores that deliver internationally, Overstock.
The service rep gave me the run around as well, put
me on hold even though she knew I was phoning from
Japan and wouldn't give any other phone numbers to
call. After about 15 minutes of getting no where,her closing line was: "How else may I help you today?" Mine was: "You haven't helped me at all, good-bye". They kept my money until I
escalated the dispute to a claim at Paypal's
resolution centre. What a hassle. Lots of stress.
I'll never shop online again. How do these
companies think they can get away with such poor
treatment of customers when we have the internet to
communicate now? I just visited the Consumerist
site and have bookmarked it to keep better informed.
Thank you for taking the time to post your
experiences. Hopefully more consumers can learn
before being taken in by such sleazy tricks.
What scum AOL is for scapegoating this employee when he was only
following directions. I very briefly worked in sales which pays
more than teaching and they put enormous pressure on reps to sell
the crap and not take no for an answer. I hope the training manual
also goes all over the internet so they have all kinds of egg of
their face.
I took zyprexa starting in 1996 the year the FDA approved it, which was ineffective for my condition and gave me diabetes.
Zyprexa is the product name for Olanzapine,it is Lilly's top selling drug.It was approved by the FDA in 1996 ,an 'atypical' antipsychotic a newer class of drugs without the motor side effects of the older Thorazine.Zyprexa has been linked to causing diabetes and pancreatitis.
Zyprexa, which is used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, accounted for 32% of Eli Lilly's $14.6 billion revenue last year.
Did you know that Lilly made nearly $3 billion last year on diabetic meds, Actos,Humulin and Byetta?
Yes! They sell a drug that can cause diabetes and then turn a profit on the drugs that treat the condition that they may have caused in the first place!
I was prescribed Zyprexa from 1996 until 2000.
In early 2000 i was shocked to have an A1C test result of 13.9 (normal is 4-6) I have no history of diabetes in my family.
All the psychiatrist I've interviewed and the information on line presents zyprexa as a worse offender than the other Atypicals such as seroquel.My doctor has stopped prescribing zyprexa altogether.
The PDR classifies zyprexa as 'severe' for causing weight gain and diabetes and seroquel as 'moderate'.
Of course the 50 year old Thorazine didn't cause diabetes and is many times cheaper but it could cause tardive dyskinesia.
Where Eli Lilly's negligence comes in,is their KNOWING and not informing consumers (black box warning) until the FDA demanded it.
Lilly's incentive not to readily disclose is they had billion$ coming in from state medicaid scripts.
----
Daniel Haszard http://www.zyprexa-victims.com
if not quite as bad, about canceling my Visa card. "You've had this card a long time...let me see if I can get you a lower rate," etc. When I repeated that I just wanted to cancel the card, the rep acknowledged defeat by firing off a barage of boilerplate about destroying the card and canceling standing charges and the like, faster than I ever imagined a human tongue could move, then hanging up on me. Another rep called for me and left a cheery message few days after that, but never followed up again.
They really don't want you to get free.
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