Posted by Rick on October 16, 2002, at 17:37:02
In reply to Re: American Journal of Psychiatry: Paxil not an SSRI, posted by Shawn. T. on October 16, 2002, at 16:31:48
>If a company were to advertise that a benzodiazepine with a short half-life is nonaddictive, I don't believe that many health experts would find that acceptable.
That's for sure. On a related note, I find it interesting that a med like Provigil, which you can stop on a dime, is in a restricted-substance class, while Effexor and Paxil aren't. I guess it's because there was an experiment where some monkeys chose to go for more Provigil after they had been given some. Given how much monkeys like sex, I guess the drugmakers aren't too worried that they're going to trade in their bananas for more Paxil or Effexor. What's really going on here in the benzos vs AD department -- at least where non-depressive anxiety disorders are concerned -- boils down largely to three things:
1) Money Talks. SSRI's shout, "$$$$$!!," while
off-patent benzos cower and whisper, "cents?"
2) Doctors want to impress their peers, and benzos
are just too unglamorous and seem like the
"easy way out"
3) Doctors are afraid of malpractice suitsRick
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