Posted by SLS on March 27, 2019, at 16:20:28
In reply to Re: Alternatives to Olanzapine., posted by Lamdage22 on March 27, 2019, at 6:07:04
> Saphris.
That's not a bad recommendation.
> Do you really want to take an Antipsychotic off label?
There is a new drug coming out that is a reuptake inhibitor of both dopamine and norepinephrine - solriamfetol. It was first tested as an antidepressant, but will be approved for narcolepsy. I don't know why they abandoned the depression indication. I would probably want to try it off-label, but I'm sure insurance won't cover it. Before insurance companies became too powerful, doctors were able to do such things. Unless one is a multimillionaire, paying cash for newly-approved drugs is not an option. For instance, the new postpartum antidepressant will cost $34,000 for a full course of treatments. Esketamine (Spravato) costs $700 per dose.
What drug companies and insurance companies do is unconscionable.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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