Posted by Holli-Anne on December 1, 2004, at 0:27:15
In reply to Re: Are Efffexor and Topamax chemically similar? » Holli-Anne, posted by Larry Hoover on November 30, 2004, at 11:46:15
Thank you!!
> > I seem to have the same side effects with both. are the chemically similar?? ANyone know?
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> Effexor is (R/S)-1-[2-(dimethylamino)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl] cyclohexanol hydrochloride.
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> Topamax is 2,3:4,5-Di-O-isopropylidene-ß-D-fructopyranose sulfamate.
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> I know those don't mean anything to you, but Effexor is a bicyclic compound, and Topomax is a monocyclic compound derived from fruit sugar, fructose. Their structures are quite different.
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> The side-effects etc. similarities are purely coincidental.
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> Lar
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