Posted by Lou Pilder on February 28, 2012, at 12:27:57
In reply to Re: corection: correction- Lou's reply-agranulocytosis » Lou Pilder, posted by Solstice on February 28, 2012, at 11:34:47
> Lou -
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> I guess you are aware that your link's Clinical Investigation reiterates what Scott said - that since Saphris is not activating the 5-HT2b receptors, it is not implicated in agranulocytosis.
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> Solstice
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> > > > Scott,
> > > > Saphris is a newer drug so the reports are not many yet as a drug like Prozac. Neutropenia is more eventfull than agranulocytosis, but as more time runs there could be more reports of that event.
> > > > Now what is the chemical concerning receptors are the matabolites. This could change things a bit...
> > > > Now here is a report that I think could be of help here. I have the report on deaths with saphris in the trials and will put that together later.
> > > > Lou
> > > > http://circ.ahjournals.org/content/1022/23/2836.full
> > > corrected:
> > > http://circ.ahjournals.org/content/102/23/2836.full
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> > correction:
> > http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/102/23/2836.full
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> Solstice,
In regards to accepting or not as to if one taking Saphris could get agranulocytosis or not, here is a link tthat could be helpful to accepting or not that ine could or could not get agranuloocytosis. Then we could go from there.
Lou
http://doublecheckmd.com/EffectsDetail.do?dname=167374&eid=3093
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