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Re: Reboxetine/Tianeptine - why no FDA approval?

Posted by KaraS on November 4, 2004, at 23:18:45

In reply to Re: Reboxetine/Tianeptine - why no FDA approval? » KaraS, posted by zeugma on November 4, 2004, at 19:56:18

> > > Reboxetine was submitted to FDA approval, but in clinical trials, neither fluoxetine nor reboxetine found to be significantly superior to placebo. So, Upjohn abandoned the process.
> > > Tianeptine is a French compound, and I think FDA is not interested in French stuffs. Remember the fate of amineptine. It was the best antidepressant ever made in terms of efficacy and tolerability. Perhaps the first antidepressant which improves the quality of sex life. But FDA found some mysterious reasons to force France to abandon the production of it. They say amineptine is affecting the same parts of the brain where amphetamines work. A simple scheduling was sufficient then to restrict the abuse of amineptine. But..........
> >
> >
> > I don't understand. If reboxetine tests were similar to fluoxetine, why abandon reboxetine and charge full ahead with fluoxetine?
> >
> > I had read that amineptine could cause spontaneous orgasms. Can't have any of that, now can we?
> >
> No, it would seem somehow un-American in light of our recent elections (there's my oblique political comment for the day).
>
> Fluoxetine is a potent suppressor of orgasms. That in itself is reason for FDA approval.
>
> -z
> > K
>

Oh, I see. It's all about preventing orgasms! :-)

-K


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