Posted by Bekka H. on February 6, 2002, at 19:15:21
In reply to Re: Forest Labs gets US conditional approval for Lexa., posted by OldSchool on January 31, 2002, at 16:49:29
> > This is so stupid. Another new SSRI. We already have enough SSRIs on the market, we dont need more. Instead of newer SSRIs how about something new and novel? Like substance P, MAOI patches, etc. This "new and improved" SSRI gets FDA approval? LOL How much do you wanna bet the new selegiline MAOI patch gets shot down by the FDA? A drug that could actually make a difference like the MAOI patch will probably not get passed, but more "me too" SSRIs glide thru easily.
> > > What a crock.
> > > Old School
> Scott, I seriously doubt any real treatment resistant people are going to be helped by a "new and improved" Celexa. Get real. Its a waste of time. Celexa is already good enough. Develop another kind of drug and move on.
> Old School************************************************
Old School, those are my sentiments exactly! I've had it with those wimpogenic, fat-causing, impotence causing, sedating, apathy-producing compounds. I have yet to understand how a drug that makes most people fat, impotent, wimpy blobs could be considered an ANTIDEPRESSANT. It's all in the marketing and in paying off the doctors who run the clinical trials to tell the public what it wants to hear. I believe that there MIGHT be a few exceptions, but most of the people I know of who have been on SSRIs are not happy with the results. Quite frankly, I think the SSRIs are quite dangerous in some cases. Patients get so apathetic on them that they stop caring that they don't care; consequently, they are unlikely to report some of these adverse effects to their doctors. And I think a lot of doctors like the SSRIs because their patients get so wimpy and complacent on them that they don't bother their shrinks as much. They stop complaining about things they should be complaining about, and their docs can spend more time thinking about golf or the stock market.
I'd also like to know why these scientists can't come up with an effective drug that doesn't cause weight gain. And, if they did produce such a drug (for example, a Remeron-type medicine WITHOUT the Remeron weight gain), I'll bet the FDA wouldn't even approve it. They'd be too afraid that, like amineptine, it might make people feel too good (Oh my Lord, what a concept!), and they'd ban it for eternity.
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