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Hi Janet, Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear Janet Happy birthday to you. and a pinch to grow and inch love you Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 4:34 PM Subject: Re: New drug classes for depression: SNaRIs, NaSSAs, and NaRIs > At 11:48 AM 2000/03/12 -0500, Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >Dear jmp: The most promising new anti-depressant is > >probably Reboxetine (to be marketed in the U.S. as Vestra), > >which should have all the efficacy of the older triclycics > >with a much lower side-effect profile. Should be a > >break-through medication. Was due to be launched in U.S. > >last month. Being held up by FDA, who want yet ANOTHER > >clinical trial. Has been used successfully in other > >countries for years. Been following anti-depressant thread > >with interest. Feel compelled to reiterate that: > > > >#1. Clinical Depression is a TREATABLE biochemical illness. > >#2. You DON'T have to grin and bear it. > >#3. ALL anti-depressants need to reach a certain blood > >level before they work. Need at least 2 to 6 weeks of > >taking meds to reach this. Most common reason > >anti-depressants don't work is failure to give them an > >adequate trial... > > Off My Soapbox, Carole > > > a-men and a-women to that! > > it's as common as the common cold > but is the most undiagnosed and untreated "mood disorder" > while being the most treatable and CURABLE one at the same time > an oxy-moron of tragic proportions, imho > > the descriptions of the brain-neurotransmitter-bio-chemistry-advances involved here - > i.e. the 'specificity' of the receptors, etc > all warm the cockles of heart > > our world is changing as we speak [um - write] [ um - type] > > go, bio-chem-nerd-teams, go! > > janet > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ > 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0 >