Posted by stargazer on November 21, 2006, at 19:03:06
In reply to Phase IV results where to read?/ yxibow, posted by stargazer on November 21, 2006, at 18:09:50
Obviously not all of the drugs suck for every one who takes it (I hope)but many do and I suppose it true of many classfications of drugs, i.e. chemotherapy, where the treatment can kill you. Seen that happen.
Obviously, alot of us here are expressing much frustration with the way the drugs are touted to be so much better than previous classes of meds and oftentimes the newer drugs are not really better, just different. They seem to be very similar as previous drugs, often with minor chemical tweaking , a new name and therefore a much steeper price. We are all encouraged to jump on the band wagon, hearing it is "improved" with "less side effects", our doctors convince us to try it, but after trying it for a few weeks or months, find it really is no better than it's predecessor (from Celexa to Lexapro, was there an improvement?). I think Prozac being the first SSRI, was seen as revolutionary, but I havent't felt that any other SSRI has been that successful since, but there are too many now for any one to standout.
I would rather retry an older drug before trying another SSRI, SNRI, etc, since those drugs have never made me feel "normal" but seem to be the mainstay of treatment still. I tried Cymbalta thinking this was going to work ( loved that commercial), but had really disappointing results by making the depression much worse, alomst catatonic.
Are there other diseases where there is no clinical test for diagnosis and no specific course of treatment? I find the whole situation an impossible one, fraught with little hope at times, some random successes and much uncertainty and guesswork. It just gets very tiring to go through the lifecycles of depression and its revolving door...I feel sorry for my pdoc that his options are so plentiful but so unpredictable...SG
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