Posted by anita on September 20, 1999, at 19:00:07
In reply to ...AND WHERE THE HECK IS BROFAROMINE??, posted by Rick on September 20, 1999, at 3:31:03
Damn good question! I read a lot about brofaromine a while ago and was dismayed that I
couldn't find anywhere to get it. I never found out why it wasn't marketed more widely, considering
it apparently worked better than moclobemide.anita
>
> Contrary to initial reports, the reversible,
> A-selective, and thus "gentle" (no food
> restrictions or nasty side effects) MAOI
> Moclobemide has recently been shown to be fairly
> ineffective for Social Phobia. Yet tests as
> recent as 1997 by Ciba-Geigy show Brofaromine,
> another reversible, A-selective gentle MAOI to be
> VERY effective for SP (e.g., see Medline 1997
> study).
>
> So why isn't Brofaromide being manufactured
> anymore?? At least Moclobemide (Manerix) can be
> bought in Canada or mail-ordered to the U.S., but
> why wouldn't Ciba withold Brofaromide just as
> Social Phobia/Anxiety is finally being recognized
> as a HUGELY prevalent mental disorder, and
> garnering scads of press...not to mention the
> drug's base use as an AD. Is someone asleep at
> the wheel and denying the Social Phobics and MAOI
> that actually works AND won't make them give up
> cheese or sex? What gives? Geez, someone can
> make MONEY from this, no??
poster:anita
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