Posted by Bob on June 30, 2008, at 12:38:21
In reply to symbyax, posted by med_empowered on June 30, 2008, at 5:06:44
> symbyax isn't the first time a fixed combo of antidepressant+tranquilizer has been used...first there were Triavil (Elavil and Trilafon) and Limbitrol (Elavil and Librium)...
> I think you're right that the Prozac/Zyprexa combo is pretty extensively studied; I think since they're both Lilly products, Symbyax is a way to get a new product when one of the parts (the Prozac) is generic.
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> Anyway, I guess I'll just have to hop on the medical merry-go-round to find an augmenting drug for the Abilify.
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>Yeah, that's actually what I was gonna say to you, that you'll have to experiment with the meds since nobody on the planet knows the answers to these questions.
Undoubtedly Symbyax is an attempt at a new patented product. I'm sure the company would say how great it is because it "increases compliance and simplifies the drug regimen" or some such babble, but if a person could remember to take one pill, they could probaby remember two.
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