Posted by Chairman_MAO on February 26, 2004, at 7:23:58
In reply to Re: Selegiline Approval, posted by Sad Panda on February 26, 2004, at 6:55:46
Possble reasons I can think of:
1) It's good for Parkinson's (there is limited data on Parnate for this, but selegiline is much better) and ADHD (and Parnate is good for ADHD too).
2) The same reason why Ritalin is more popular than Adderall, and Adderall is more popular than Dexedrine, and Dexedrine is more popular than Desoxyn: bad publicity. Perhaps they figure that physicians are already scared of Parnate/Nardil and would not believe patches with them in it are any safer even though they would be. Selegiline is largely an obscure drug.
3) It is easier for Mylan and Watson to continue to produce selegiline than it is to start producing something completely different.
And there's probably other reasons ...
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