Posted by jojo on August 25, 2001, at 17:01:17
In reply to Re: Temgesic » jojo, posted by Elizabeth on August 24, 2001, at 12:18:22
> > That's why I put the word "race" in quotes. Whatever scientific meaning that it may posess is statistical and says nothing about the individual, but it does refer to one's chance of possessing certain genes, which has an effect on their disease susceptibility and drug response, and is more than just being a fast or slow metabolizer. As to individual drug response, the proof is still in the pudding, as they say.
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> I understand. (Didn't I put "race" in quotes too? :-) )
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> > BTW, it sounds like you and JahL (don't know about Neal) would make really lousy heroin addicts.
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> I've been told that before (by other people who should know).
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> > Do either of you know if you respond to amphetamine with euphoria.
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> The only times I've taken amphetamine (Dexedrine and Adderall -- 5 mg was the most I tried of either one), I was on Parnate. I got really jittery and hypertensive. (So that would be a "no.")
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> > There was an article some years ago about that being a predictor of one's chance of responding to imipramine vs amitriptylene, if one was going to respond to one of them.
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> I remember. I'd like to see if the result can be replicated.
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> -elizabeth
elizabeth-
Here's a relevant article regarding "race" and drug reaction:: Hum Exp Toxicol 1994 Aug;13(8):542-4
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