Posted by Elizabeth on August 31, 2001, at 15:17:51
In reply to Re:Think About Maprotiline- forgotten multicyclic » SalArmy4me, posted by Cam W. on August 30, 2001, at 1:53:01
> I'll bite Sal, why then isn't Ludiomil one of the first line drugs for the treatment of depression? If it was so good, wouldn't it have a large market share?
There are obviously patent issues here (did anyone ever bother making generic maprotiline? I don't know). But Ludiomil isn't even a first- (or second-) choice TCA: nortriptyline and desipramine (and several others) are preferable in just about any situation. Maprotiline's main distinction is the increased risk of seizures.
-elizabeth
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