Posted by med_empowered on July 10, 2005, at 15:39:30
In reply to Re: BENZOS » med_empowered, posted by Glydin on July 10, 2005, at 14:46:21
I think you're definitely on to something there. Have you noticed that lots of shrinks, especially the younger ones, love to play with new drugs? They're like 4 year old kids; if its shiny, new, and the drug reps say its wonderful, they RX it to no end. Look at...Cymbalta. OK, it works, but its really, really similar to Effexor..plus, its new, so it should ideally only be used in limited numbers of patients until really good post-marketing data is in. But...no. The whole world is on Cymbalta, or so it seems. And look at Ritalin LA and Focalin. Same deal. And, I've noticed that in the benzo department, lots of people are taking Klonopin now in the form of Klonopin Wafers. Come on. Wafers? Is it that hard to swallow a tiny generic pill? (or chew it, or stick it under your tongue?) Sorry to rant, but you have a definite point--shrinks love new and expensive meds, and often I think patients suffer as a result of their fixation on the newest, latest, greatest innovation.
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