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- From: mmaryo@udecc.engr.udayton.edu (Michael J Maryo (U))
- Subject: Re: Smart drugs (L-Dopa)
- Organization: Univ. of Dayton, School of Engineering
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:23:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <C1Hw6M.CFv@udecc.engr.udayton.edu>
- References: <szikopou.727735773@cunews> <1993Jan25.230954.20254@NOC.Vitalink.COM>
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- In article <1993Jan25.230954.20254@NOC.Vitalink.COM> rbuchanan@vitalink.com (Rick Buchanan) writes:
- >In article <szikopou.727735773@cunews>, szikopou@superior.carleton.ca (Steven
- >Zikopoulos) writes:
- >
- >> Anyway L-Dopa isn't cheap and not easy to get. Besides...if one
- >> doesn't watch it they may end up inducing a schizophrenic psychosis!
- >> Nasty nasty!
- >
- >I think that dyskinesia (uncontrollable writhing or flailing movement) will
- >kick in well before psychosis with L-Dopa. Bromocriptine (a dopamine
- >agonist) is a different story.
- >
- >By the way, just in case somebody has access to pure L-Dopa, it should really
- >be taken in conjunction with carbidopa (the prescription name of the combo is
- >Sinemet.) Levodopa alone will cause raging nausea in most people.
- >
- >--- Rick Buchanan (rbuchanan@vitalink.com)
-
- Hey, just a simple addentum to the L-Dopa thing. If you have ever
- seen the movie "Awakenings" (I believe that is the right movie), they used
- L-Dopa to temporarily treat some strange disease that some old people had,
- where they were basically inactive, unable to talk, or anything. The
- disease was compared to Parkinson's disease. The movie was supposed to be
- based on a true story. Was this possible that the drug that was used in real
- life was L-Dopa also? The effects were kinda cool after a large dosage...
- shaking, violence, etc. Anyone care to comment?
-
- Mike Maryo mmaryo@udecc.engr.udayton.edu
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