Posted by caraher on August 5, 2004, at 15:19:40
In reply to Re: Cymbalta/Duloxetine--Something's Up, posted by JLM on August 5, 2004, at 12:52:33
> Cybalta is a drug that was studied in the early nineties by Lilly. Apparently at that time, they didn't think it was of much value as an AD, but it was apparently marked in Europe as a treatment for stress urinary incontinence.The difference as I understand it is that they originally didn't test it at as high a dose as they did this time around.
Of course, this makes the safety concerns all the more poignant, and Lilly probably has not been as publicly responsive to those as they probably should be. I don't think it's possible to "explain" every suicide but Lilly has certainly done far less than they should, especially concerning the tragedy last spring. Pointing out that the subject was no longer taking the study drug and commenting on the low suicide rate among depressed patients who took the duloxetine scarcely reveal an aggressive search for the truth!
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