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Posted by Seroquel on January 20, 2009, at 20:29:07
So I just refilled my prescription and the label say - " Novo-Quetiapine". I thought Seroquel had a patent until 2011?
Will this be identical to my first prescription where the pills clearly indicated Seroquel on them?
Thanks, Rick
Posted by obsidian on January 20, 2009, at 23:26:29
In reply to Generic Seroquel, posted by Seroquel on January 20, 2009, at 20:29:07
I don't know, but I heard that some of the rationale between the creation of seroquel XR is that the patent on plain ole seroquel is running or has run out
I take seroquel 50
how much do you take?
how's the sedation?
best regards,
sid
Posted by yxibow on January 21, 2009, at 3:07:41
In reply to Re: Generic Seroquel » Seroquel, posted by obsidian on January 20, 2009, at 23:26:29
That must be Teva's agent in Canada because they did try to make a "challenge" on Seroquel but I don't believe it has worked yet in the US -- patent challenging has happened before and the laws are complex. The patent rules in Canada are a little different and I am not familiar or of understanding why some generics get earlier approval.
There is supposedly a tentative settlement that may go up in the courts this year between Astra-Zeneca and Teva and Sandoz.Meanwhile, the marketed agent here in the US is brand name until 2011 or otherwise.
-- Jay
Posted by Phillipa on January 21, 2009, at 10:38:21
In reply to Re: Generic Seroquel, posted by yxibow on January 21, 2009, at 3:07:41
I thought it was fairly new. What's your take on it being an ad? Phillipa
Posted by Seroquel on January 21, 2009, at 10:57:29
In reply to Re: Generic Seroquel » yxibow, posted by Phillipa on January 21, 2009, at 10:38:21
Well I took the generic version last night and I was not impressed. I can usually tolerate generics but this stuff was definately not "exact" seroquel.
Within 30-45 minute of taking it, my nasal passages were 100% congested? My ears were ringing and I felt a bit light headed. Argg.
Psychosomatic? perhaps, but I strongly doubt it. I'm getting the original today, hard enough getting stable little own adding one-off's.
Regards, Rick
Posted by Seroquel on January 21, 2009, at 11:00:47
In reply to Re: Generic Seroquel » Seroquel, posted by obsidian on January 20, 2009, at 23:26:29
> I take seroquel 50
> how much do you take?100 mgs and titrating towards 200mg.
> how's the sedation?
Good sleep and feel great the next day - no sedation
Regards, Rick
Posted by yxibow on January 21, 2009, at 19:40:01
In reply to Re: Generic Seroquel » yxibow, posted by Phillipa on January 21, 2009, at 10:38:21
> I thought it was fairly new. What's your take on it being an ad? Phillipa
Ad -- I assume you mean antidepressant and not advertisement ?
Seroquel is an augmenter and I wouldn't say first line augmenter until someone has gone through other monotherapy with such things as SSRIs.
If they prove not terribly successful, a small, carefully prescribed dose of a new generation antipsychotic to augment would be one possible choice as it has been in difficult OCD cases.
It certainly has serotonin changing properties, through a blockade, not a reuptake model, but either way, yes, you could call it an adjunct antidepressant.
Then again some doctors consider Lamictal to be an antidepressant in its own right, and also could be an augmenter.
Once you enter polypharmacy, which really should be done with a psychopharmacologist or an experienced psychiatrist, the combination and multiplication of agents can become quite complex, each patient probably on some combination to the milligram not heard a lot of before necessarily.
And so monitoring side effects become important, and only one thing should be added at a time so that you know what upset the last balance.
But I stray from the question -- is it alone an antidepressant, no.... it still remains a neuroleptic foremost if its used alone. It may lift some people with severe depression out of what they have, but by drug class of course its not defined as such.
I believe Abilify is the only one marketed towards TRD at the moment, I'm not sure.
If I got your question wrong as an advertisement -- I'm not sure where that fits. Its been known that Teva has been challenging to have generic Seroquel and I do believe that XL is a patent extender but might be useful for a very small population. I've thought of it myself.Personally though I generally advocate generics, I am a little leery myself about taking generic Seroquel, not because I love the warm and fuzzy (yes, levity..) AstraZeneca (I get bottles marked with "ZEN" -- amusing coincidence of words) but because I have been on it so long that I have had some side effects of such rarity that I don't want any possible change in the blood level of the drug that is a catch-22 for me to change.
Long post, but answers however you had posted it-- Jay
Posted by Phillipa on January 21, 2009, at 19:50:22
In reply to Re: Generic Seroquel » Phillipa, posted by yxibow on January 21, 2009, at 19:40:01
Jay yes meant antidepressant. If you're doing well on it I'd not change either. Love Jan
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