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J&J Busted - Selling an Epilepsy Drug as weight loss. 
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http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000802 ... s-product/

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Topamax was only ever approved for seizures. Here’s the list of conditions J&J actually promoted it for, according to the whistleblower who brought the case:

alcohol dependence
essential tremor
diabetic neuropathic pain
post traumatic stress disorder
Tourette’s syndrome
obsessive compulsive disorder
obesity
type 2 diabetes
bulimia and binge eating

The Tourette’s “study” J&J used to persuade docs had only two patients in it. The PTSD study had 34 patients — far too few to be statistically significant. (For a drug that carries a risk of bindness through glaucoma.)

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oh, nice. I hope they get the smackdown.

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