VIA London Evening Standard
"A woman who was prescribed a drug to overcome depression today claimed it caused her to develop diabetes.
Sarah Audu, 37, took 450mg of Seroquel a day from 2005 until April last year. While on the drug her weight rose from 8st to 17st and she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2007.
Seroquel contains the antipsychotic Quetiapine and is used to treat schizophrenia and severe depression.
Ms Audu, a trainee lawyer from New Southgate, hopes to sue the drug's maker, AstraZeneca. The company settled a major US lawsuit out of court last year, paying £128.5 million to thousands of American patients who suffered severe weight gain and developed diabetes while on the drug.
Ms Audu is looking for other patients who may have suffered side effects after taking Seroquel to join her in a legal action in the UK.
She believes that she developed diabetes as a result of her weight gain while on the medication. "When I came off the drug I started losing a pound of weight a day," she said. "Every two weeks I was losing a stone. The desire to eat sweet things just left. I'm now down to 10-11 stone.
"I could be on diabetes medication for the rest of my life. It's a horrible, unnecessary condition to have for someone who is already not feeling very well. I had no history of diabetes in my family. I was not warned of the possible side effects properly."
In September last year the European Commission approved Seroquel for major depressive episodes where antidepressants have not worked. It has been licensed in the UK since 1997."
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There are 26,000 cases in litigation in the U.S. for diabetes claims from Seroquel use, in April 2010 AstraZeneca was fined $520 million by the U.S.Dept of Justice for the illegal marketing of the antipsychotic Seroquel. Seroquel has a black box warning for diabetes and recent warning added for QT Prolongation risk of sudden death.
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