Posted by rvanson on March 8, 2006, at 7:42:31
In reply to Emsam-Anxiety, posted by cecilia on March 8, 2006, at 0:39:27
> I've been thinking about Emsam and how they claim it has practically no side effects. I just can't believe it won't cause anxiety and insomnia. I finally figured out why they probably got such good results in their studies. In real life most people have both anxiety and depression and often other problems as well, but in studies, if they're trying to get approval for something for depression they have to find subjects who have ONLY depression and no anxiety, and vise versa. Now I'm discouraged. I bet there will be lots of side effects in the real world. Cecilia
There will be side-effects that are not mentioned in the studies.
Being as Emsam will probably be affecting the Dopamine reward system more so then the Serotonin or even worse, Norepinepherine systems it _could_ help with anxiety in _some_ people.
I just hope the FDA doesnt pull another Survector ban or Merital recall and put lots of needy people right back on the road to hell, i.e depression by pulling Emsam off the market after a few months.
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