said by nonymous:But isnt the expensive med you are taking off-label use? That may add another wrinkle into it more so than the cost?
So wasn't Risperdal when I was put on that as a teenager and then when Janssen Pharm was about to lose patent protection they knew all along that it was good for irritability in children with autism and they submit a supplemental new drug application to get autism added to the label. Then they get an additional 6 months of patent protection called pediatric exclusivety. It's off label for adults with autism but autism doesn't stop at high school graduation.
I'm sure Janseen will do the same thing with Invega to save their patent on Invega. I think the pharmaceutical industry has some dirty tricks up their sleeves. They know these drugs are good for a lot of things, they just don't add it to the label until the patent is going to expire. Same in the tech industry. It's like Apple patenting rounded corners or swipe to unlock except they want to keep generic drugs off the market. I'll tell you the nice thing about Invega is you only take it once a day and it has fewer side effects (mainly less hunger, antipsychotics do make you hungry).