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By Kimberly Read & Marcia Purse, About.com Guides to Bipolar Disorder since 1998

Pfizer Admits Parke-Davis Guilty in Neurontin Lawsuit

Monday May 17, 2004
A lawsuit filed in June of 2002 claimed that pharmaceutical company Parke-Davis illegally marketed its anticonvulsant medication Neurontin (generic name: gabapentin) to doctors for uses unapproved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Pfizer, Inc. has now agreed to pay heavy penalties and admitted the guilt of Parke-Davis and its parent company, Warner-Lambert, both now owned by Pfizer. Furthermore, research studies indicate that Neurontin may not be effective for bipolar disorder after all. Read More

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April 13, 2008 at 9:19 am
(1) jamie says:

My husband died because of neurontin and the lies told by this company. They said it was a treatment for RSD, LIARS!!!! They murdered my husband….he didnt commit suicide just for the heck of it…..THEY murdered him!!! Stay away from neurontin!!!!!!

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