Talk:Tametraline

this was horribly edited (with some opinion lumped in) and needs a fix

Stereochemistry
Calling Zoloft® "3,4-dichloro tametraline" is weasel language on 2 counts.

Firstly, it overlooks the fact that sertraline is the SS isomer, whereas tametraline would have been marketed as the 1R/4S salt.

Secondly, Zoloft is a brand name that is specifically referring to the sertraline.HCl marketed by Pfizer and not just sertraline. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuklear (talk • contribs) 09:46, 9 August 2009

This talk page comment moved from the article Astronaut (talk) 12:45, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


 * A couple of points: Adding ".HCl" after sertraline is confusing (I thought you had forgotten the space at the end of the sentence and randomly added HCl for some reason) - would "-hydrochloride" be a better wording? And what do "SS isomer" and "1R/4S salt" mean? - I think the relationship between tametraline and sertraline is better expressed in this article with "3,4-dichloro ...".  Readers can click on the sertraline link if they wish to learn more about that compound and its use in Zoloft.
 * As for Zoloft itself, the article linked to is the generic compound sertraline. Its use in Zoloft is almost coincidental.  As a general rule you should not give undue weight to a commercial product, eg. compare the article on the generic painkiller Ibuprofen to the articles on the commercial products Advil and Nurofen.  Also note that on Wikipedia we generally avoid ®, ©, ™ and other markings that express "ownership" of a word or phrase.  Astronaut (talk) 13:13, 9 August 2009 (UTC)