Posted by bruce1s on February 7, 2004, at 10:49:20
In reply to Re: Transdermal Selegiline, aka. Selegiline Patch???, posted by noa on January 31, 2004, at 12:57:35
The FDA delivered an approvable letter right on schedule as someone on this site predicted a year ago.
My guess is the 2005 date is believable. When reading through all the articles on the web over the past several years I sense the medical community wants the patch to happen (not that the FDA cares or should care). And look at the new studies that are being run, e.g. for aids pts. etc. It's got the big Mo.
Once it is approved and marketed many will try it. All of us who are sick of SSRI side effects will beg our docs to give it a whirl. All the docs who have always been afraid of MAOIs will be tempted to give it a shot with their fat, sexless, (but somewhat happy) SSRI patients.
The success rate will probably be about the same as any other drug. But for that minority of pts who respond well and suffer fewer side effects it will be a great boon.
I'm going to try it asap. I think it will probably give me insomnia. But it's worth a try because Prozac makes life worth living at the cost of no sex and being fat--any drug that has even a 20% chance of improving any of these three variables looks very attractive.
Please keep us all informed of the progress on the patch.
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