Risperdal is a billion-dollar antipsychotic medicine with real benefits — and a few unfortunate side effects.
It can cause strokes among the elderly. And it can cause boys to grow large, pendulous breasts; one boy developed a 46DD bust.
Yet
Johnson & Johnson marketed Risperdal aggressively to the elderly
and to boys while allegedly manipulating and hiding the data about
breast development. J&J got caught, pleaded guilty to a crime and
has paid more than $2 billion in penalties and settlements. But that
pales next to some $30 billion in sales of Risperdal around the world.
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