Posted by zeugma on September 14, 2004, at 19:07:02
In reply to Re: where are the diagnostic tests?!! » SLS, posted by zeugma on September 14, 2004, at 18:45:40
Since stimulants are tightly controlled products, it seems that more energy is going into precise determination of just what the existing products are doing in the brain, and less on rushing to produce patentable molecules that will separate from placebo on an RCT. For example there is a huge amount of information on which areas of the brain are targeted by specific stims, but it has proved almost impossible to dig up fruitful information on which regions are targeted by specific AD's. Could it be that since the players (ie., methylphenidate, amphetamine, modafinil) are not going to change anytime soon due to government restrictions, more work is being done out of scientific curiousity rather than corporate greed?
-z
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