Posted by ravenstorm on October 27, 2005, at 11:04:48
In reply to Re: Valdoxan sound interesting!, posted by Tom Twilight on October 26, 2005, at 9:47:01
OH, this drug sounds so promising. I wish it were being submitted to the FDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just a caution on the wording of the claim for no discontinuation syndrome. The study indicated no withdrawal symptoms after a week of discontinuation, however, valdoxan has a much longer half life than the paxil it was compared to. Thus, discontinuation symptoms, if there are any, would not occur until sometime into the second week of stopping the drug.
For most people the longer half life may indeed mean no withdrawal, but that is not guaranteed and can not be gleaned from the way it was studied/reported.
I, for one, would love to try this drug. I wonder if it is possible to get a doctor in Europe to prescribe it to someone in the U.S. after it is approved?
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