Posted by SLS on August 30, 2001, at 11:47:57
In reply to Re: Most Effective Med For Social Phobia: Moclobemide, posted by petter on August 30, 2001, at 9:04:14
> Hello, just a note, I've used moclobemide for
> about 5 years now for atypical depression. I only
> use half a 150 mg tab. a day. It doesn't get at
> the core of the depression, but it gets me out of
> bed, prevents the insomniac/hyper episodes I used to
> get in the spring and fall, and keeps me from
> lapsing into a more severe oversleeping depression
> in the winter. I am pleased with what it does
> for these more physical-type symptoms. I get mine
> from Canada. I wish the US would just approve it
> and let doctors and their patients decide what
> it's good for. It's a safe drug that does have
> its uses.
>
--JohnHi John.
I agree with you. The more tools we have at our disposal, the better. I made the comment along another thread that almost every marketed antidepressant in the world is a miracle drug for at least some people. The nice thing about moclobemide is that it most often brings about significant relief from depression during the first week.
I feel demoralized that several newer medications that I would have liked to have tried have been shelved by their manufacturers.
Brasofensine by NeuroSearch: DA reuptake inhibition – developed for Parkinson’s – lack of comittment by co-sponsors.
Brofaromine (Consonar) by Ciba-Geigy: RIMA, 5-HT reuptake inhibition – developed for depression and social anxiety - withdrawn by the company from European markets for unspecified non-medical reasons.
Befloxatone – Bristol-Myers Squibb: – RIMA – developed for depression and social phobia – “no significant beneficial effect was achieved in phase III.”
* NS2389 by NeuroSearch: – DA + NE + 5-HT reuptake inhibition – developed for depression – decision not to appropriate funds for phase II safety requirements.Cool. Update:
“COPENHAGEN (AFX) - NeuroSearch AS said it and GlaxoSmithKline PLC are resuming their collaboration on the antidepressant NS2389.
- Scott
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