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Posted by freedom2001 on November 15, 2002, at 1:48:57
Singapore 1st April 2007
In a surprise bold announcement at the World New Drug Development Convention in Singapore, Lily and Sunflower Corporation, the 200 billion dollar pharmetical giant, told 6,500 delegates, reporters and scientists that it is near to the launch of a radically new anti depression and anti OCD drug.
The drug has been under development since 1999 and is now in Phase III clinical trials. Low dosages of the drug effectively treats depressive patients. The response rate was 97%.
Higher dosages treat OCD, with response rate at 92% for significantly improved patients. The other 8% reported moderate improvements. Reported side effects were uncontrollable laughing and chatting that can be stopped by augmenting the drug with Clonazepam 1 g.
The new drug will be called Miraclec as it symbolises A Miracle. Lily and Sunflower would not disclose exactly in detail how the Miraclec works but the FDA has disclosed the following information.
Miraclec works by increasing GABA by 200-300%, which produces a calming effect similar to gabapentin and xanax. Miraclec inhibits certain excihity acids. There is no risk of addiction and tolerance. It increases 40% more serotonin than the conventional fluoxetine, making it the most potent GABASRI among the SSRIs. Miraclec also reduces cortisol and histamine levels significantly. The other isomer of Miraclec can be manipulated to either increase or decrease dopamine levels. So there are two types of Miraclec, Miraclec HD (high dopamine) and Miraclec LD (low dopamine). Together, these effects produce significant relieve of symptoms in depressive and OCD patients.
If you wish to see this drug come true, please write to all the giant drug manufacturers to have it produced.
Thank you and best regards,
ALIVE.
Posted by IsoM on November 15, 2002, at 2:48:48
In reply to Fictional New Drug, posted by freedom2001 on November 15, 2002, at 1:48:57
This isn't even slightly funny - what point are you trying to make? Do you realize that some people will take this seriously, despite your subject line, falsely raising hope?
Posted by djmmm on November 15, 2002, at 7:54:14
In reply to Fictional New Drug, posted by freedom2001 on November 15, 2002, at 1:48:57
Huh?
Posted by BrittPark on November 15, 2002, at 11:39:52
In reply to Re: Fictional New Drug » freedom2001, posted by IsoM on November 15, 2002, at 2:48:48
I disagree. I thought it quite funny, and I thought it pointed out an issue that we all need to be aware of. The drug companies are doing a bad job of producing new antidepressants. Not one antidepressant developed since the discovery of the first antidepressant is demonstrably better than any other antidepressant. Drug companies are quite happy to develop a new antidepressant, demonstrate that it's no worse than imipramine, and market like crazy. Witness the number of people being switched to or starting lexapro.
Cheers,
Britt
Posted by Geezer on November 15, 2002, at 14:08:07
In reply to Re: Fictional New Drug » IsoM, posted by BrittPark on November 15, 2002, at 11:39:52
> I disagree. I thought it quite funny, and I thought it pointed out an issue that we all need to be aware of. The drug companies are doing a bad job of producing new antidepressants. Not one antidepressant developed since the discovery of the first antidepressant is demonstrably better than any other antidepressant. Drug companies are quite happy to develop a new antidepressant, demonstrate that it's no worse than imipramine, and market like crazy. Witness the number of people being switched to or starting lexapro.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Britt
>Very good point Britt and you used the perfect illustration. I don't expect any big changes in the near future, although, it would be nice to see more progress with genetic markers, intra-cellular ADs, REAL DX testing, etc.
Sorry Dr. Bob......I won't comment further!!
Posted by IsoM on November 15, 2002, at 14:40:24
In reply to Re: Fictional New Drug » IsoM, posted by BrittPark on November 15, 2002, at 11:39:52
I didn't find it funny but that doesn't mean others wouldn't. In fact, I'm glad you did see it as funny. I supposed I was concerned about people who don't read as carefully as maybe they should & would get all excited at this new "drug". I've seem too often someone reading something incorrectly. When depressed, it's easy to not see things as clearly as when one's fine. Depressed people often will grab at any straw.
Sadly, there never will be such a drug. It's like trying to find one cure for cancer when there's so many different types of cancer with so many diff causes too.
I think djmmm was confused by the post & others may have been too.
Posted by djmmm on November 15, 2002, at 15:45:46
In reply to Re: Fictional New Drug » BrittPark, posted by IsoM on November 15, 2002, at 14:40:24
well, I'm not confused in the sense that, I know that it is fictional. What I am confused about is its (the posts) purpose...was this taken from something? or is it just creative writing? It would help if there was an introduction, describing where the fictional article was found or why it was written..and, perhaps if would be better received in the psycho-social forum.
Posted by IsoM on November 15, 2002, at 16:32:07
In reply to Re: Fictional New Drug, posted by djmmm on November 15, 2002, at 15:45:46
I agree. It took me a minute to figure out what the point was as I know nothing of the poster's personality that would otherwise give me a strong clue.
Didn't mean to imply that you thought it might have been a new discovery. But your (& my) initial confusion is partly what I meant.
Posted by kara lynne on November 15, 2002, at 16:38:46
In reply to Re: Fictional New Drug » freedom2001, posted by IsoM on November 15, 2002, at 2:48:48
I appreciate your being protective. Just scanning the post I did think it was real for a moment, despite the subject line.
Posted by freedom2001 on November 17, 2002, at 3:48:19
In reply to For Iso M., posted by kara lynne on November 15, 2002, at 16:38:46
Hi there,
I wrote this for a number of reasions.
1. I'm an OCD sufferer myself and at the same time a person creative in imagination. So I wrote it to reduce my stress.
2. I'm giving myself false hopes that such a drug will be produced in the future. But I do believe that a similar drug will indeed be produced in the future. According to my research, Lily may come out with a zyprexa-prozac combination sometime in 2003. But how true it is remains to be seen.
3. This article is a stab to the drug companies poking fun at them for not doing a good job. There has been little progress on drug development since anafranil, prozac and the like. But I do agree that more data on augmentation is coming out and these should be better news to all sufferers.
4. I think the article is quite funny eg. side effects of uncontrollable laughing and I hope most people will find it funny and have a little laugh to cheer themselves up.
5. I will make such fictional articles more clearly labelled as fictional in the future.
Thank you for your comments and God bless!
Posted by oracle on November 18, 2002, at 0:52:32
In reply to Re: For Iso M. » kara lynne, posted by freedom2001 on November 17, 2002, at 3:48:19
> 5. I will make such fictional articles more clearly labelled as fictional in the future.
Please do. If you lable it "A Joke" I will get it.
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