Posted by Sean on October 4, 1999, at 11:38:11
In reply to New and Improved Prozac on the Horizon?, posted by roo on October 4, 1999, at 7:38:39
> My doctor tole me there is work going on to seperate the
> active isomer (molecular form) of prozac from the mirror image isomer,
> which is thought not to do anything to help depression, but to give side
> effects. This I gather is a few years away, has anyone else heard of this
> news? Maybe there's a prozac on the horizon without the
> sexual side effects...wouldn't that be great?It may be sooner than a few years. It is an isomer of
fluoxetine that is part of the anitdepressant
effect of the current prozac formulation when your
body metabolizes the drug.As for side effects, there are probably less with
this new formulation, but any drug that binds to
the serotonin re-uptake sites will likely cause the
common side effects of that class of medications. I think
The drugs need to evolve towards neuropeptide systems
and modifying genetic process before we will see a real
lowering of side effects...Sean.
poster:Sean
thread:12515
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