Posted by SLS on December 7, 2015, at 7:19:14
In reply to Re: Ability and Pristiq for Social Anxiety » SLS, posted by herpills on December 6, 2015, at 23:38:10
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> > I wonder how well low dosages of Seroquel would work for social anxiety disorder (SAD). From what I understand, the FDA concluded that it was effective for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). However, they didn't feel the safety profile justified its use. I would have to disagree with this assessment, especially in light of their approving Seroquel as adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD).
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> Interesting. So the FDA said yup it works, but with the heavy side effects and all we're not approving it? But it's already approved for so many other things...there's certainly many other medications that could be tried first. Well, I'm sure it's prescribed off label for anxiety all the time.
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> Do you have any insight Scott as to why the FDA did not approve Lyrica for anxiety?I really don't. Perhaps the drug company has elected not to pursue that indication for some reason. It is approved in Europe for GAD. The best response occurs at 450 mg/day.
- ScottSome 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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