ABSTRACT - Documents released in case of Warner-Lambert whistle-blower Dr David P Franklin shed light on how extensively doctors were involved in promoting unapproved uses of company's drug Neurontin; Warner-Lambert paid dozens of doctors tens of thousands of dollars each to speak to other physicians about how Neurontin, epilepsy drug, could be prescribed for more than dozen other medical uses that had not been approved by Food and Drug Administration; Dr B J Wilder, top speaker for Neurontin, received more than $300,000 for speeches given from 1994 to 1997; six other doctors, including some from top medical schools, received more than $100,000 each; Franklin contends company's marketing tactics were illegal; says federal and state governments paid hundreds of millions of dollars for Neurontin as doctors prescribed drug to Medicaid patients for various conditions; Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert in 2000 (M) Documents released yesterday in the case of a drug company whistle-blower shed light on how extensively doctors were involved in promoting unapproved uses of a Warner-Lambert drug, Neurontin.

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