October 29, 2007A New Son Of RisperdalJohnson & Johnson today announced it's filed a new drug application with the FDA for an injectable form of Invega called paliperidone palmitate. I assume it might be renamed Indabutt, if approved. The drug is a riff on Invega, itself a riff on Risperdal, an antypical antipsychotic that has caught the attention of a new anonymous blogger who's begun a blog called Atypical Antipsychotics. The blog appears to be written by someone with much knowledge of the pharma world. Should be interesting. (Via CL Psych.) Posted by Philip Dawdy at October 29, 2007 10:23 AM
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I've never understood how minor adjustments (delivery, packaging, etc.) warrant a new patent. I'm very experienced with injectable antipsychotics. They suck. But I guess they're better than those implants that spew toxins into your system for a few weeks. Posted by: Francesca Allan at October 31, 2007 06:52 AMClaiming Invega has all the therapeutic strengths of risperdal without the side effects, they will continue pushing Invega (IM or PO) full force because their patent on Risperdal is up soon. I know for a fact they are strongly intimidating psychiatrists to switch clients over, and to back up their point they have stopped handing out free samples to local community mental health centers which they largely depend on to help low income clients. Posted by: Ab at October 31, 2007 07:08 AMMy brother just died last week after being on INVEGA for 10 days. He had a terrible last 10 days to his life. He had severe severe muscle rigidy. perfuse sweating, jelly like legs, trouble breathing, extreme fatigue........ Then he had a cardiac arrest last Sunday. PLEASE STAY FROM THIS DRUG. It was not tested enough. Posted by: Robyn Stevens at November 1, 2007 07:46 PMMy brother just died last week after being on INVEGA for 10 days. He had a terrible last 10 days to his life. He had severe severe muscle rigidy. perfuse sweating, jelly like legs, trouble breathing, extreme fatigue........ Then he had a cardiac arrest last Sunday. PLEASE STAY FROM THIS DRUG. It was not tested enough. Posted by: Robyn Stevens at November 1, 2007 07:46 PMDear Robyn, Iwas on invega for 4 months, for bi polar. I was taken off it do to a rise in my glucose level and weigt gain. My glucose level rose ten point per month I was on invega. I experienced dizziness and tiredness. Posted by: michael at January 31, 2008 10:58 AMPost a comment
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