Equetro: New Name, Old Drug
The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 3, Number 6, June 2005
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/tcprv3n6/
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Topics: Bipolar Disorder
Daniel Carlat, MD
Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Okay, we’ll lay our cards on the table right away. Rarely has TCR been as annoyed by the launch of a new medication as we are by the launch of Equetro. The last time the pharmaceutical industry embarrassed itself this much was when Eli Lilly launched “Sarafem,” calling it a “new” medication for PMDD when it was simply Prozac with a new name and a new (pink) color (see TCR Vol. 2, No. 9).
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