Posted by MB on August 8, 2001, at 13:44:36
In reply to SSRIs vs Appetite Suppressants - bizarre, posted by Joe Schmoe on August 8, 2001, at 12:31:15
> What makes SSRIs different from appetite suppressants?
Maybe the lies of pharmaceutical companies? All cynicism aside, however, I don't really know the answer to your question. Elizabeth and I were discussing this a few weeks ago without comming to any conclusions other than the fact that Redux must be a pretty ineffectic anorectic medication. If you remember, Prozac was touted as having potential weight-loss potential in the late eighties and early nineties because it seemed to reduce appetite. What was being missed was the fact that the appetite comes back with compound interest a few months down the line, and people get fat. I wonder if this would be the case should someone stay on Redux for six or seven months. Would they gain weight?There is one thing that makes me think that Redux might have a slightly different end result than the SSRIs (a mechanism we're missing somehow??) because it is scheduled as a class IV drug, while antidepressants are seen as having no abuse potential. I would like to know how they decided to schedule Redux. I mean, were rats self administering it, or did they just decide to do it because it gave it more clout in the medical community as an anorectic (i.e. did the researchers lie about its abuse potential)?
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