Posted by Squiggles on November 29, 2002, at 6:48:14
In reply to Re: Update on hard to treat depression strategies, posted by catmint on November 29, 2002, at 2:20:43
Actually, i suspected that. In my search
on mood stabilizers, i noticed that recently
there have been many studies on "alternatives"
to lithium. Why "alternatives"... well, reasons
are givens such as "some people cannot tolerate
lithium", "it has been found that lithium is
as good as this new drug we've got", "lithium
lead to weight gain"... etc. One thing that
is rarely mentioned in these studies is the
importance of the dose adjustment to individual
for this drug.Nothing beats lithium for mania and bipolar
disorder - nothing - it's the best. The
real scientitist are now looking into the inositol
and glutamate secrets that make this drug so good,
and applying it to many other neurological
disorders, e.g. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's;I wonder if the patent on lithium has not run
out eons ago, and the drug companies are
vulturing in for the kill.Squiggles
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