(June 21, 2016 at 4:43 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(June 20, 2016 at 9:07 pm)Little lunch Wrote: It is fishy that the big pharmaceutical companies would repackage Prozac as Sarafem just as it is nearing it's patent expiry date.
Umm, generic fluoextine (Prozac) has been available since 2001.
Sarafem is a different formulation (fluoextine hydrochloride). Sarafem is not Prozac.
Might want to check again.
http://www.rxlist.com/prozac-drug.htm
http://www.rxlist.com/sarafem-drug.htm
Just because a pharmacological agent is a marketed as free base, a salt, ..... does not change the mechanism of action. Think bioavailability (primarily dissolution and absorption).
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
