Posted by Ilene on February 15, 2004, at 11:15:33
In reply to Eli Lilly and Responsibility, posted by pharmamother on February 13, 2004, at 22:47:17
Duloxetine is not a "long awaited medical breakthrough" drug. It's just another antidepressant, just another urinary stress incontinence drug. There are several very good, well-tested, clinically proven similar drugs already on the market. Lilly just wanted their slice of the pie in this therapeutic class.
For those of us with severe, treatment-resistant depression, there is no such thing as "just another antidepressant". The problem is that no AD is really very good, and actually, there are not that many SNRIs on the market.
Yes, I'm in bed with the Devil, but what am I supposed to do? Turn my back on pharmaceuticals because they are manufactured by big, heartless, greedy corporations? I *do* feel burned, especially by Effexor, which is one of the nastiest things I ever ingested, but I would take it again if it would make me better.
I.
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