Posted by laima on December 7, 2006, at 22:27:46
In reply to Monthly cost, oral vs. EMSAM, efficacy, posted by psychobot5000 on December 7, 2006, at 21:45:35
My mistake then- I could have sworn it was over effectiveness. Thanks for clarifying.> " I suspect much of Emsam's cost is to pay for all of their years of research and tweaking, because, of all things, it was rejected at least once by the FDA for being ineffective."
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> I don't understand why it's so expensive, but I feel I should mention that EMSAM was never rejected because of efficacy--as I understand it, the concerns were over the labeling guidelines concerning the dietary restrictions. When they eventually got enough data on it, the FDA and the manufacturers settled on the issue, and it was released, with the manufacturers successfully convincing the FDA to drop the dietary recommendations at the 6mg dose, but not 9 and 12.
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