Posted by linkadge on November 3, 2007, at 16:59:13
In reply to Re: Velexity® (Gepirone ER) NOT APPROVABLE » Cecilia, posted by jrbecker76 on November 3, 2007, at 12:05:23
That really sucks. Drugs like gepirone would probably be really helpful for a number of conditions, even if onl as an add on.
I think that the FDA is giving new antidepressants a hard time on account of recent flack on possible suicide links to other AD's. I think that gepirone would be a lot less likely to induce treatment emergent suicidal ideation. 5-ht1a agonists have antiagressive effects, and probably do not activate the same gene profile as uptake inhibitors.
Gepirone probably has less punch to it than an SSRI, but I think it could really help certain patients achieve improvement over the long term.
The FDA is a bunch of loosers, with no eye for promising treatments.
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