Posted by JohnX2 on March 6, 2002, at 18:21:10
In reply to Re: Zonisamide or Modafinil-Dysphoric Hypomania??, posted by Geezer on March 6, 2002, at 12:55:41
Hi,I just locked onto this thread. Sounds like some interesting stuff
in the works. If I may ask, what kind of medicine is
Zonisamide, aside from a mood-stabilizer of sorts?
Or is this secret?Let me tell you a secret from my industry, maybe Geezer
can comment more on this or others.I'm wondering if I can draw a parallel. These are
my OPINIONS, not fact.I do high level research into novel microchip design for a major
semiconductor manufacturer, so I know what it is like to be on the "inside"
of WELL FUNDED research and I can see from the "inside" how misguided those on the
outside are (like people doing research at universities). Also from
time to time my company will allow individuals to make reports on
microchip design for pr reasons, but NEVER will the company do anything
to tip off the competition as to where our real capital and research is
sending us. This is just plain capitalism working. So after we release
a product to the market, we give out some technical specs, for marketing
mainly, but hold the rest to our chest. In the mean time after we release
the product, outsiders (non-well funded parties,press) will study
our product up the WAZOO and make little reports study our chip (kinda like
the little crud here on medicine) and I read these outsiders reports,
analysis, etc and being on the "inside" I know what is myth and
what is a joke, and where things are really going (some secret some obvious).
Sometimes I almost fall off my chair laughing at work when I read
people 2nd guessing decisions made in my industry.
Also, the brains at these well funded companies know
A LOT more about their competitors products than you may believe. I know
this because my company has gobs of money in R&D and when our product
doesn't stack up or we are planning a new product, we use our R&D technology to guess what "they" are
doing (legally, not espionage ;). The public is oblivious to all the realities
of the matter until many years later when the technology becomes outdated, loses patent, etc.So my ?feeling/hope? is that probably in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry
there are some REALLY WELL FUNDED, and REALLY SMART GUYS, who know a lot
more about where mental illness treatment is heading than any of us, and
also know better how it got here. So with that I have some hope that as patents
expire (and thank god these SSRI patents are doomed),
the capitalist system will help to innovate in these areas of
medicine in the same way good competition in the semiconductor industry
delivers little chips with 25+ million transistors on a thumb nail.I would also like to note that business with out much
competitive pressure will not always release to the public the
most advanced technology strictly for business reasons. Its always
best to try to drag out a products life span to recoup your
R&D costs. But it just takes 1 or 2 new competitors with good
ideas,products, to scare the crud out of these monoliths into
really getting their R&D into high gear (it's a miracle how quickly
innovation pops up again, strange). I've seen this happen
in my industry, I hope its happening in the biotech/pharmaceutical
industry.Thanks for any insights.
John
> Hi Mitch,
>
> Thank you! The matter is settled - I will stay with Dep. 1000mg, Remeron 15mg. until Zonisamide can be added. Regarding your other post - not much open discussion going on I am afraid. I will keep you posted on coming events, appreciate you staying with this one.
>
> Geezer
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