Posted by dr. dave on September 1, 2002, at 18:47:56
In reply to Re: bad logic from Dr. Dave » dr. dave, posted by pharmrep on September 1, 2002, at 18:30:40
Just a couple of things. Firstly, I have a duty to be 'Dr Theory'. I need to know and understand research on new drugs and to be able to make out what the results mean. I would expect my doctor to do this. I would want my doctor to think for him- or herself, and I would not appreciate it if they tried new drugs out on me just because they were new, if they weren't convinced they were any better than the established drugs.
Secondly, I deal with the realities of prescribing antidepressants to people every working day, and have done for years. I would like to ask you to please refrain from sarcasm directed towards me - please can we stick to discussing the facts.
> You site the same studies that have opposite conclusions from what you are saying. The Sanchez study showed that s-citalopram is acutally being inhibited from r-citalopram in the microdialysis study. that 2mg of s-cit/Lexapro was more effective than 4mg of Celexa (2mg of s-cit + 2mg of r-cit). Therefore indicating that the r-cit does not help the racemic mixture at all.....and you said "s-citalopram is all that they realistically had." Did you know that the technology used to separate the isomers is so new that the scientists that invented it won the Nobel prize for chemistry for 2001? Lundbeck and Forest are not sitting and waiting, but being proactive and trying to develop better medicine....why dont you try it instead of being Dr. Theory all the time. Afterall, you are in Europe and have had the opportunity where we in the US have not.
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