Posted by rvanson on April 6, 2007, at 11:50:33
In reply to Re: nomifensine, posted by psychobot5000 on April 3, 2007, at 13:19:04
> One has to wonder: if not for the side-effect of causing 'severe haemolytic anemia,' whether we'd all have another, better designed, catacholaminergic antidepressant in nomifensine, these days.
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> That said, I do not understand why a replacement for nomifensine never seems to have been in the pipeline. Was it just an exception, in its apparent lack of abuse potential? The market for it is there.
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My hunch is that since it was on the market on the EU before being launched in the US that it was "gotten rid of" by the Eli-Lilly brown-nosers at the FDA, as the new SSRI class med, Prozac was coming on-line in 1987.The Big Pharma Co's have lots of clout and they are not as much concerned about your health as making $$$ for the stockholders.
Too bad the East Indian drug companies couldn't remanufacture this proven med, as I am sure it would be a nice addition for those who need a little Dopamine/NE punch in an AD.
Great med and worked very well for me until it was cancelled.
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