Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 885666

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Any Milnacipran, Ixel, Savella Updates?

Posted by bleauberry on March 16, 2009, at 19:47:56

I'm just wondering if there is anyone viewing this that is taking Milnacipran?

It seems like most people who take it do one of two things:
1) They get well relavitely fast compared to the other ADs they tried and then they disappear.
2) They have intolerable side effects immediately and never give it a therapeutic trial in terms of dose and time.

As a sidenote, Milnacipran was recently approved by the FDA for treating Fibromyalgia. It was supposed to be released this month in USA pharmacies but has been delayed a couple months since Forest Labs wants to change the color of the tablets in the titration pack. The USA version is colored tablets, but around the world Milnacipran is a white powder in capsules.

Milnacipran is a good antidepressant elsewhere in the world, including being a top performer in Japan. I bet it won't take long for docs in the USA to discover that and use it off-label. I wondered why they didn't try to approve it for depression, but then I thought of a bunch of reasons. The USA market is a dangerous one, in terms of lawsuits and politics. Very smart move to sneak it in under the disguise of Fibromyalgia, and claim that though it has the same mechanism of antidepressant it is not an antidepressant, and that antidepressants carry a suicide risk. They really covered their butts well.

No matter, it is an awesome antidepressant, better in my opinion than anything in the USA now, with the possible exception of Parnate.

Anyway, any current experience out there?

Re: Any Milnacipran, Ixel, Savella Updates?

Posted by Justherself54 on March 17, 2009, at 10:12:41

In reply to Any Milnacipran, Ixel, Savella Updates?, posted by bleauberry on March 16, 2009, at 19:47:56

I'm interested in hearing more about this med..although, I'm from Canada, so it'll be forever before it's available here..I have TRD and fibro..would be such a dream to have relief from both with one med..

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