Posted by kazoo on May 20, 2001, at 0:55:48
In reply to Vestra (Reboxetine), posted by Mystical on May 19, 2001, at 22:44:08
> AFTER ALL OUR WAITING, THIS IS REAL BUMMER! I THINK WE WE NEED TO START A REAL STRONG PHONE-IN AND WRITE-IN MOVEMENT TO THE FDA. WHAT DO YOU THINK? BRAD
^^^^^^^^^I try not to think in this group, Brad. This proves to be too dangerous at times.
Re. the FDA: "Dems are badddd ass!" And they're too callous and crass to pay any attention to us commoners. They couldn't care less. (While you're at it, get rid of the DEA as well!)
Instead of blaming the FDA for this shake-down, you should, instead, examine the profit margins of the Eli Lilly Company who had put the kibosh on VESTRA many months ago. Also realize that Lilly's new product, "PROZAC version 2," (duloxetine) is about to be released so the company had to hammer UPJOHN/Pharmacia Corporation in order to get the cutting edge on misery.
I was told that VESTRA is (or will be shortly) available in Canada, which is a helluvalot closer than the "old country" (Europe).
So, let us now praise famous corporations ... Eli Lilly (cough, cough, cough).
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Read all about it from "Medscape"...
=======New Lilly Drug Effective Against Major Depression
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 07 - With Eli Lilly's patent on the blockbuster
antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) set to expire, the firm on Monday released
late-stage data showing that a new product in its pipeline, duloxetine, safely and
effectively treats depression.Duloxetine is a dual reuptake inhibitor of serotonin and norepinephrine.
In an 8-week phase III study reported at the annual meeting of the American
Psychiatric Association in New Orleans, patients with major depression who
received 80 mg of duloxetine daily experienced significantly greater improvement in
depression symptoms than those who used placebo or 20 mg of paroxetine (Paxil),
a GlaxoSmithKline Plc drug, Eli Lilly said.The company said that 50% of duloxetine-treated patients achieved remission of
depression symptoms, versus 29.5% of patients receiving placebo. No figure was
given for those treated with paroxetine. The company also reported on a phase II
study that yielded similar results.Separately, GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday that paroxetine had been shown to
have a statistically significant effect in treating post-traumatic stress disorder.=========
Sort of makes you want to puke, you know?
(a hammered) kazoo
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