Posted by yxibow on April 25, 2006, at 2:51:51
In reply to Re: Serdolect launched in Europe, posted by jparsell82 on April 21, 2006, at 8:52:25
> > I might be wrong but...wasn't this already launched? I think it was launched, then withdrawn from the Euro market b/c of cardiovascular "issues" (again, maybe I'm thinking of another drug).
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> Yeah, you're right. It was withdrawn in 1998 I think? And then resubmitted to the European Union or something in 2003. In a number of patients, there was reports of it prolonging the Qt interval.
Of course Mellaril (thioridiazine) is still out there being prescribed (now with a black box warning about Torsade de Pointes) with potential QTc interval prolongation.
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