Posted by Eric on February 14, 2000, at 9:43:51
In reply to FDA stupidity and Reboxetine, posted by Abby on February 13, 2000, at 19:48:34
> Reading about people's experiences with Reboxetine got me to reading through the press release about its status with the FDA. I was also thinking about amisulpride and the general stupidity the FDA can exhibit. I remembered that Dr. Ivan's site had a link offering an analysis of problems with the FDA. The writer was a fellow of the Cato Institute, and I don't agree with his ultimate conclusion. He really seemed to be arguing that there should be no FDA and that the private sector would fill the agency's role. There were a couple of interesting bits related to psychotropic medications. One was particularly interesting in light of the current reboxetine issue. Prozac was nearly rejected on efficacy grounds in 1989. That is, in controlled studies Prozac was no better at reducing depressive symptoms (probably the Hamilton scale) than the tricyclics. I find it terribly ironic that now Reboxetine might be rejected, because it does not seem to be superior to Prozac.
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> AbbyAbby, if you really want Reboxetine approved write and Email your legislators(Congressman and Senators) and tell them how you feel. Tell them they need to get on the FDA and get them to expedite approval for Reboxetine and quit playing around. The FDA is a federal government agency...write your legislators instead of complaining about it on a message board where nobody has any power to do anything about it. There are online directories of legislator Email addresses...Emails to congressman and senators work just fine.
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