Posted by med_empowered on March 3, 2007, at 16:40:01
In reply to Re: The Zyprexa story ))phillipa, posted by alienatari on March 2, 2007, at 23:35:27
Here's the thing: I'm all for trying to get better meds for "schizophrenia" (the term is so incredibly vague and broad I think it should always been in quotes), but...how much better can they be if they're just like Thorazine, only causing fewer observable side effects?
All the antipsychotics block D2. Some are more tolerable; some suck and should be banned. Aren't there other ways to go about treating psychosis? Some case studied suggest opiates. I seem to recall one of marijuana's components acting similarly in animal studies to clozaril, except it worked on some alternate pathway (glutamate, maybe?). Seriously--today's drugs are just slightly more tolerable versions of yesterday's drugs. I don't think we should be surprised that lots of patients hate them and that they have horrid side effects; blocking D2 for a long term tends to cause pretty significant problems.
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