Posted by SLS on February 3, 2005, at 6:03:45
In reply to NEW...OSANETANT or TALNETANT for schizophrenia, posted by jtevers on February 2, 2005, at 18:44:24
> has anyone heard of osanetant or talnetant for the treatment of psychotic disorders like schizophrenia?
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> they are NK3 antagonists that are probably as effective as atypical antipsychotics at remedying psychosis. both are in phase II development, but there is little literature out there.
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> they apparently lack many of the more serious side effects of current antipsychotic therapy.
Hi John.I hadn't know of these two drugs. They are not mentioned prominently on Medline in association with schizophrenia. I did find something on Google which seemed like a pretty good review of what's going on. I guess you've already seen it.
http://www.drugdevelopment-technology.com/projects/osanetant/
- Scott
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