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Paxil "where is it gone"

posted by Linda Ford on 09 Nov 2005 at 8:45 pm

I can only take Brand name Paxil, the generic does not do anything for me. I keep being told be my doctor and pharmaist that they can't get it from the manufactuor because there is on backorder , and that includes everywhere in Canada......... What will happen or what is happening?

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I feel the same thing

posted by blaire on 15 Nov 2005 at 2:06 pm

I am going through the EXACT same thing and don't know how to find the brand drug. I went to 10 pharmacies. Please let me know if you can figure anything out!

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ME TOO

posted by DL on 17 Nov 2005 at 2:23 am

I am also going through the same thing...My doctor placed me on Paxil CR and I am not doing too well!!

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Help Me Soon

posted by Vicki on 29 Dec 2005 at 5:43 pm

I don't know what I'm going to do -- I've been on Paxil for 13 years and the generic brand doesn't help. My doctor increased my dosage by 50% but it still isn't helping. Will the manufacturers just let us drift into madness -- don't they care?

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Need Paxil

posted by Debbie on 13 Jan 2006 at 11:25 am

I am having the same problem. How can they do this? I have been all over looking for it. I can see how they've had problems with people on the generic form. I do not feel the same and have noticed an underlying depression I can't shake! Help!

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Paxil - Playing with our lives

posted by cheryl on 13 Feb 2006 at 2:42 am

Brand name paxil worked good untill they switched cr - it's not the same. We need the brand please

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I need Paxil too

posted by Billie on 10 Apr 2006 at 5:09 pm

I'm going thru the same ordeal as others--I was able to get paxil last Nov. dropshipped to my pharmacy - I got this info from Glaxo. Everyone call them and tell them what we are going thru - I've been on Paxil for 11 yrs--tried many others--still get "withdrawal symptoms" that many Drs. do not understand. I can't take (or should I rephrase) Paxil CR still leaves me with withdrawal symptoms. (ears ring, anxiousnous, dizzy, etc) Glaxo still says the drug is "back-ordered"

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Paxil Still Backordered?

posted by Debbie Angel on 21 May 2006 at 2:10 pm

I tried the generic and it's NOT the same. I have been on Paxil CR for about 4 months and it is NOT the same. I felt perfect on the brand name Paxil. WHY WHY WHY won't you help us Glaxo?????????

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You'll Never Believe It!

posted by Debbie Angel on 11 Jun 2006 at 4:13 pm

I was in Walgreen's today getting Rolaids and just happened to ask Pharmacist if they had gotten brand name Paxi...and they had!!! I got 30 days worth and hope to feel normal for at least a month! Keep looking everyone!

(In the USA Walgreen's is a chain of pharmacies)

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Glaxco/makers Of Paxil Strikes Again!

posted by michelle on 03 Oct 2006 at 1:43 pm

This is ridiculous. Why such important warnings not to stop paxil abruptly, yet they make everyone who takes it stop abruptly. This is inexcusable to allow people taking this medication to go through this. This is the 3rd time in a year in half that this has happened. Someone somewhere should fine that glaxo/smithkline company, very irresponsible business practice.

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I Found Cheap Brand Name Paxil

posted by bubbles on 19 Oct 2006 at 8:14 pm

I know it's difficult and no one should suffer because of circumstance. If it helps. E me and I will enlighten and ease the burden of barriers, so to speak

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Paxil

posted by W.M on 06 Jan 2007 at 9:48 am

I came by this post. I have had the same problem ...no brand name paxil and the generic is crap. I just stopped taking it all together but now, after a year or so, I'm feeling some depression and anxiety again. I wish I could start back up on Paxil.

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