* Misreporting to CMS (Medicare) its best price for anti-depression treatment
Serzone; and
The list of drugs obtained from this search was reviewed by a leading academic mental health expert, and a final list of the following 13 drugs was selected: antipsychotics--risperidone (Risperdal), olanzapine (Zyprexa), and quetiapine (Seroquel)--and anti-depressants--citalopram (Celexa), fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), fluvoxamine (Luvox), sertraline (Zoloft), venlafaxine (Effexor), nefazodone (
Serzone), trazodone (Desyrel), mirtazapine (Remeron), and bupropion (Wellbutrin).
Cases of life-threatening hepatic failure have been reported in patients treated with nefazodone (
Serzone).
"Quinine and Quinidine, Seroquel and
Serzone look very similar next to each other on the shelf, and are the most likely candidates for a mispick," he explains.
The drugs covered by the FDA's latest request include citalopram (Celexa), duloxetine (Cymbalta), venlafaxine (Effexor), escitalopram (Lexapro), fluvoxamine (Luvox), paroxetine (Paxil), fluoxetine, mirtazapine (Remeron), nefazodone (
Serzone), buproprion, and sertraline (Zoloft).
This hasn't been an especially hard sell, which is a little curious when you consider that SSRIs, like their progenitors, seem upon analysis to be much more like Galen's theriac than their makers would like to admit: a 2002 article in Prevention & Treatment found that of the forty-seven trials submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for the six most widely prescribed antidepressants (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor,
Serzone, and Celexa), only twenty trials showed any significant advantage of the drugs over the placebos.
The relative risks of nine newer antidepressants in the trials--citalopram (Celexa), fluvoxamine (Luvox), paroxetine (Paxil), fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), venlafaxine (Effexor XR), mirtazapine (Remeron), nefazodone (
Serzone), and bupropion (Wellbutrin)--varied, and most of the risks came from but were not limited to trials of major depressive disorder (MDD).
Choose one: Prozac, Paxil, Celexa, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Remeron,
Serzone, Luvox, Lexapro.
The monthly will cover litigation covering the drugs Paxil, Prozac, Effexor, Zoloft, Celexa, Luvox, Wellbutrin,
Serzone, Remeron and Lexapro.
The FDA issued this ruling on March 22, and it applies to Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Lexapro, Effexor, Remeron, Celexa, Wellbutrin and
Serzone. Since the FDA cocks a nervous eye at such important constituencies as the pharmaceutical industry and its political reps in the White House and Congress, it is cautious about overhasty and tasteless prying into cause and effect.
Kirsch requested the complete files on the six most widely prescribed antidepressants approved between 1987 and 1999: Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor,
Serzone, and Celexa--drugs that together had $8.3 billion in worldwide sales in 2002.
Food and Drug Administration for the six most widely prescribed antidepressants approved between 1987 and 1999 (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor,
Serzone, and Celexa).
Drugs with significant potential that are having generic equivalents hit the market are: Ortho-Novum 7/7/7 * (birth control) Ortho Tri-Clyclen * (birth control) Accupril (blood pressure) Nolvadex (breast cancer) Topamax (anti-convulsant) Glucophage XR (diabetes) Monopril (blood pressure) Remeron (antidepressant) Alphagan (glaucoma)
Serzone (antidepressant) Glucovance (diabetes) Glucotrol XL (diabetes) Wellbutrin SR (antidepressant) Zyban (smoking cessation) Neurontin (anti-convulsant) Tiazac (blood pressure) Prozac (antidepressant) Prilosec (gastritis)
Includes Strong effects on blocking 5-HT (a nefazodone (
Serzone) and precursors of serotonin) serotonin trazodone (Desyrel) receptors.
Individual alternatives to SSRIs and tricyclics include Effexor,
Serzone, and Wellbutrin.
