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Posted by River 1924 on April 18, 2004, at 22:34:35
Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon? I'd like to save some dough when I lose my insurance later this year. Thanks.
Posted by linkadge on April 19, 2004, at 6:54:06
In reply to Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon?, posted by River 1924 on April 18, 2004, at 22:34:35
Zoloft is generic here in canada, it is not in the states ????
Linkadge
Posted by Bill LL on April 19, 2004, at 14:59:20
In reply to Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon?, posted by River 1924 on April 18, 2004, at 22:34:35
I though that Zoloft was generic right now, but I might be wrong. I know that Prozac is generic.
Posted by King Vultan on April 19, 2004, at 17:44:24
In reply to Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon?, posted by River 1924 on April 18, 2004, at 22:34:35
> Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon? I'd like to save some dough when I lose my insurance later this year. Thanks.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040402/health_teva_1.html
I don't quite understand if what they're talking about means a launch of a generic Zoloft might be imminent or will wait until 2006. I assume that it is imminent because a generic version of Paxil is already available, and I believe Paxil was introduced in the same era as Zoloft (~1992).
Wellbutrin SR is just starting to become available as a generic, with various generic manufacturers shipping product. IMO, this is the reason for the development of the XL version and Glaxo's heavy marketing of it (the XL does allow once a day dosing rather than the twice a day of the SR--it can be argued this is of some value).
Todd
Posted by Zena on April 19, 2004, at 21:24:24
In reply to Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon?, posted by River 1924 on April 18, 2004, at 22:34:35
> Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon? I'd like to save some dough when I lose my insurance later this year. Thanks.
River 1924,
I take remeron & it just went generic. It's still pretty expensive but they told me that it will come down in about 3 months. The generic's are always high at first until another co. starts making them & then the price war starts.
Zena
Posted by River1924 on April 20, 2004, at 0:17:58
In reply to Re: Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon?, posted by King Vultan on April 19, 2004, at 17:44:24
Posted by Rick on April 21, 2004, at 2:54:39
In reply to Re: Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon?, posted by Zena on April 19, 2004, at 21:24:24
Luvox (fluvoxamine) and Serzone (nefazodone) are also available as generics in the U.S., as are all the tricyclic AD's. I believe Celexa (citalopram) will be available as a generic soon.
Rick
Posted by King Vultan on April 21, 2004, at 7:40:38
In reply to Re: Will zoloft or other AD's go generic soon?, posted by Rick on April 21, 2004, at 2:54:39
> Luvox (fluvoxamine) and Serzone (nefazodone) are also available as generics in the U.S., as are all the tricyclic AD's. I believe Celexa (citalopram) will be available as a generic soon.
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> RickActually, both protriptyline (Vivactil) and trimipramine (Surmontil) are just available as brand names in the US. They're both made by Odyssey and are relatively expensive (I was on Vivactil last year so am familiar with it). I believe they are not available as generics because of the severe lack of demand--there are not enough prescriptions being written to justify a generic manufacturer getting involved. I believe the situation with Nardil and Parnate is quite analogous.
Todd
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