Tianeptine and IBS » Bryn

Posted by Declan on March 12, 2007, at 15:40:09

In reply to SAMe + Cat's Claw, posted by Bryn on March 11, 2007, at 16:49:16

Hey Bryn
Quintal had posted this on the main board. You might be interested.
In fact tianeptine may finally reach the USA branded not as an antidepressant, but in the guise of a treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). For in 2004 Vela Pharmaceuticals registered a patent for the use of tianeptine to treat IBS. In March 2006 Pharmos Corporation acquired Vela. Tianeptine for IBS is now in "late-preclinical development" (mid-2006). If and when a medicine gains a US product license, physicians can then prescribe it "off-label" for whatever they see fit, including depression. But this prospect is several years away at best.

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Nice to meet you, too, and what I'm taking.. Bryn 3/9/07
Re: Nice to meet you, too, and what I'm taking.. Declan 3/10/07
Re: Nice to meet you, too, and what I'm taking.. » Bryn Meri-Tuuli 3/11/07
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Tianeptine and IBS » Bryn Declan 3/12/07
Interesting - Thanks! (nm) Tianeptine, IBS))Declan (nm) Bryn 3/15/07

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