Posted by kazoo on April 3, 2000, at 11:20:38
In reply to Re: kazoo, please tell about Meridia..., posted by CarolAnn on April 3, 2000, at 10:21:01
> I would love to have the story on Meridia.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Greetings to CarolAnn:
The skinny on Meridia: it's a FAILED antidepressant! When trial studies revealed that
sibutramine (generic name) didn't do its stuff in the psychopharmacology department,
but did display a *mild* anoretic effect, Knoll immediately changed its marketing direction
and re-petitioned the FDA to indicate this drug as a DIET PILL. In other words, it changed
from one category to the next, an over-night sensation; however, the sad part of all of this
is that Meridia isn't even a good anoretic at that! It sucks. An because it was reclassified
as an anorectic, it, NATURALLY, had to have a control status attached to it (C-IV). If it had
remained an antidepressant, it would not have been a controlled substance.The same is true with Wellbutrin/Zyban, another farce. Wellbutrin has been kicking around
since the mid-to-late-1980s because I remember taking it. Most doctors avoided the drug at that time
because of the potential for seizures, although I didn't have any, and the SSRI's, specifically
PROZAC, had become the thrill of the moment. Since Zyban is Wellbutrin, I found that it did help
me to cut down on my smoking, but it didn't make me stop. Now this is going to sound like a stupid
statement, but perhaps if I had KNOWN, AT THAT TIME, that I COULD quit, I might have. Which brings
up another question about believing what you want/have to believe AS INDICATED.Sheesh ... I give up!
kazoo
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