Posted by Mitch on September 1, 2001, at 19:08:28
In reply to Re: Marplan » SalArmy4me, posted by kazoo on September 1, 2001, at 11:01:52
> > What was so wrong with isocarboxazid, that people abandoned it for the more volatile (IMHO) phenelzine and tranylcypromine? Its back on the market now, and I wonder how it does popularity-wise.
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> ^^^^^^^^^^
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> MARPLAN was considered the "weakest" of the three other major MAOIs. Roche discontinued it when sales dropped (typical!). The drug is available generically. I took it 20 or so years ago: did nothing.
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> MARPLAN also happens to be one of the character names of some alien in an old Star Trek episode.
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> What? No infringement litigation against Captain Kirk? I'm shocked! Someone call Johnny Cochran, quickly!Hey, I like that sense of humour! It makes me want to try it just so I can tell people-"uh, I dunno, I take Marplan, you know, the name of that alien on Star Trek?"
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