Posted by djmmm on February 2, 2002, at 23:52:59
In reply to Re: Prozac one went south!, posted by OldSchool on February 2, 2002, at 18:12:13
> > > No. r-citalopram is supposed to responsible for the side-effects, at least for more side effects than s-citalopram. Thats why they leave the r-isomere away. Lilly is planning this with Prozac (fluoxetine) too.
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> > The Prozac one didn't work out for Lilly because at higher doses R-Fluoxetine caused cardiac side effects. That has been ditched... The next big hope out of Lilly is Duloxetine. Another dual acting pump inhibitor.
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> What a waste of time. We already have Effexor...same exact thing as Duloxetine.
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> Old School
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> > Scottoldschool,
Here's something, it's the (R) isomer of sibutramine (meridia)..it will be marketed for depression and ADHD...this may be interesting because it seems to be more selective to norepinephrine and dopamine than serotonin.
http://www.sepracor.com/pharm/
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