remedy48 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 It amazed me when you read up on all of the atypical antipsychotics and how few Canada has. There latest approved one was Ziprasidone. But there are so many more like abilify, amisulpuride, iloperidone and many more. It just amazes me how far behind Canada is in approving these antipsychotic medications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenllama Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 amisulpride is not licensed in the US either iloperidone has just got FDA approval and other countries will license different meds differently. For example Seroquel does not have a license for use in bipolar depression in scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mejeba Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I've heard that Abilify has just been approved in Canada. But yeah, the list seems pretty short... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entities Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Britain isn't "creative" with it's psychotropic drugs. They don't like to push the boundaries of their PRECIOUS BNF (British National Formulary) Doesn't matter if it's been used in the US since the birth of the country. They're completely blind to it. The medics don't even think about thinking outside of the BNF, that would be blasphemy! British medics are BNF mad, and I mean full on reliant on it. They couldn't function without it, they'd stumble around aimlessly like zombies for decades not knowing what to do. Off-label, why that's sedition against the great BNF makers and not to forget the NICE guidelines, I won't even go into that because a post that size would bog down the interwebs. I want Britain to have Invega, I'm on Abilify. My last AP that isn't likely to cause weight and it did. I'm not even taking it, because it made me gain 50lbs. QQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remedy48 Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 From what I know of Abilify is only available through the special access program and its expensive. Still hasn't been approved officially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mejeba Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 oooh, my new pdoc is British but I don't know how long he's been here. I hope he isn't carrying around the BNF banner.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 It amazed me when you read up on all of the atypical antipsychotics and how few Canada has. There latest approved one was Ziprasidone. But there are so many more like abilify, amisulpuride, iloperidone and many more. It just amazes me how far behind Canada is in approving these antipsychotic medications. ...yet Canada now has generic olanzapine, and received generic risperidone years before such products were available in the United States. Strangely, zolpidem isn't licensed in Canada, but zopiclone is (only the S-isomer of zopiclone, "eszopiclone", is available in the USA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remedy48 Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Its very weird whats aproved in certain places yet isn't approved in this place or this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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