Comments: Pristiq, "New" Anti-Depressant, Approved
I thought I was having hot flashes while on the anti depressant Trazodone rx'd for insomnia. The sweating was ridiculous. I read something on the internet about that being a side effect[anecdotal]so I went off of it. Never slept better and stopped sweating.
I guess we can call this one the "Daughter of Effexor", since Invega got the "Son of Risperdal" status.
Anti depressants are not hormone replacement therapy. They are "Donna pills".
Posted by Stephany at February 29, 2008 04:47 PM
I like Dr Carlat , It is so refreshing to see a psychiatrist who has integrity and compassion..
He must be in the top 0.1 % of his profession which has these qualities ..
Still..
Fair play to him
Posted by truthman30 at March 1, 2008 11:42 AM
marketing rant, because that's my job.
I also hate that name they gave it, i think the marketing team flunked on that one. it's like how home depot is orange and more men shop there; and lowe's is blue due to women liking to shop in that color theme and they get more business from women.
sorry off on a tangent, but marketing is a plus for this pharma stuff, and if it's geared toward me, they better work harder than that.
I'm looking forward to meeting the reps in the waiting area to see what the mugs look like. Invega's were home depot orange. yes, dud indeed.
Posted by Stephany at March 1, 2008 10:13 PM
Pristiq, a combination of pristine and mystic, enticing us normal humans with our achy legs and runny noses, itches and aches and doubts to come in from the cold to the comfort of a pristine and yet mystically clean life, a purple pill for a clean healthy body and tastefully trendy yoga class mysticism, eternal youth is implied...and my instincts were correct, one of it's colors is purple, http://www.wyeth.com/hcp/pristiq/home?WT.mc_ID=7D74D7FF-10D7-45EB-9E1F-2F3AC5B3DEA3&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_ev=click
You're right about Invega Stephany, though maybe they were trying to market it to the manly man, a macho pill...sounds a little like viagra maybe they should rebrand invega as duravigra and show an unhappy man, unshaven and zyprexa gutted flacid pale arm dragging a basket around a pink and silver grocery store and then flash to the post Duravigra man tan, buff, in a hard hat driving a bright orange back hoe..."Duravega, it'll crank your tractor."
Sorry for the ramble now I'm going outside.
Posted by Sally at March 2, 2008 08:16 AM
Actually, Invega really is marketed to men, and of course not shaving, i.e. having a beard is now a symptom of schizophrenia...just look:
http://www.invega.com/invega/assets/Patient_Daily_Checklist.pdf#zoom=100
Posted by Sally at March 2, 2008 09:43 AM
I'm with Stephany. I was on Effexor, and I was hot and sweaty all the time. Moved to Texas and changed to Lexapro, which is only a little better. I have a hard time believing a close relative would reduce hot flashes.
Posted by anne at March 3, 2008 09:41 AM