Give me side effects or give me death!

The official website for the drug Olanzapine probably didn’t mention the fact it might cause diabetic symptoms in patients. Another website obviously did. Commercials on TV now are required to mention possible side effects. Should drug companies be required to come clean about situations like the one with Eli Lilly’s Olanzapine in their commercial websites? Why or why not?

I am a believer in consumer rights and consumer protection. As a consumer I want to know exactly what I am purchasing. I believe I deserve to know details about every product that I buy. I should be informed about what any given product is made of and what are possible results of using the product.
Drug companies should give full disclosure about the medicinal substances that they produce. Customers need to know what could happen to their bodies if they consume the drug. In some cases it could be a matter of life and death. If a person takes a drug and one of the side effects effects reaction time it would not be smart for that person to get behind the wheel of a car. There are numerous negative results if this person did not have access to all of the information about the medicine.
I do not feel like this information needs to be put in headlines and in large bold face print, but it needs to be available to those who wish to know. Websites should include a link to a listing of ALL possible side effects. This link can be small and off to one side or at the bottom of the page, but still should be present. Similar to a privacy policy link inconspicuous but easily found if a customer is looking.
I would guess that companies would want to point out these side effects without laws being in place in order to protect themselves. If the information can be found then the company is less likely to find itself in a legal battle with someone who is suffering from one of the listed side effects. I feel that the risk of a legal battle is worth the cost of including side effect information. As in the Abelson book, the news of a "secret" side effect can easily be leaked. The confidential document in that example is now online for all to see. Many times the customers will find out about a side effect from each other or the news, so companies should simply issue a list of side effect themselves. The extreme speed at which information can be spread over the Internet should cause drug companies to want to disclose all information. If a single person wins a lawsuit against a company, many others will quickly follow suit.
I believe the same rule of advertising should apply regardless of where the advertising takes place. Television commercials must be informative about the side effects and ads in a magazine about a medicine usually contain a full page of disclosure about the medicine. These things are optional to read or listen to, but they are present. It takes some responsibility of the customer, the drug company is responsible for providing the information but the customer is responsible for finding and reading it.