Posted by SLS on February 28, 2014, at 20:00:49
In reply to Re: Please save me!Parnate intoxication!Asking help » SLS, posted by Chris O on February 28, 2014, at 16:45:10
> Hey, thanks, Scott. I know I would be freaked out if I took expired Internet-ordered Parnate one day after stopping Paxil.
Big time scary.
> Not to hijack this post, but how are you doing?
Thanks of asking. I really appreciate that.
I am perhaps 35% improved versus my unmedicated depressive state. If I do nothing more, then my life will remain stagnant until my death. This is an untenable scenario. I remain driven to find a treatment that will allow me to enter the workforce and build a life of achievement and enjoyment. For this to happen, I must discontinue Parnate and be allowed to deteriorate in order to try Brintellix (vortioxetine). I will probably become desperately depressed and have to fight-off thoughts of suicide, especially if Brintellix doesn't work for me.
> Another question: What do you think of the information I posted in that article about generic drugs not being tested at all by the FDA until this year? Isn't that incredibly worrisome?
I don't understand it. I thought the FDA was required to approve the use of a generic drug based upon bioavailability. I am not a big fan of the notion that generics must work as well as the name brand simply because they are formulated using the same active ingredients. I think the FDA allows a tolerance of +/- 20% in blood concentrations. Still, 20% is a big number as far as I'm concerned. I believe there is a movement to force generic drug companies to submit two positive studies that their product is effective.
> Hope you are doing okay.
I'm okay.
:-)
Now back to your regularly scheduled program....
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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