tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post5484339416416518675..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: There are pills that make you large . . .Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-39934152461572539072009-11-03T15:46:41.656-05:002009-11-03T15:46:41.656-05:00Take Lunesta. If you own a television,
Precisely...<i>Take Lunesta. If you own a television,</i><br /><br><br /><br><br />Precisely. I find that the solution for so many of these problems is not to own a television.greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076525911162049138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-54650806955375109462009-10-29T16:06:06.798-04:002009-10-29T16:06:06.798-04:00well, i think it is weird as hell, too. not a lot ...well, i think it is weird as hell, too. not a lot of what i'm hearing is making a lot of sense to me. <br /><br />i've never heard the term "brain spasms" before, and the closest thing i can up with colloquially is something like a petit mal seizure. and [a] this doesn't really sound like one, although i guess it could be a symptom, and [b] that's a neurological condition, which [c] needs competent assessment.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-62315607381944811012009-10-29T13:49:32.395-04:002009-10-29T13:49:32.395-04:00If this physician thinks your friend may have had ...If this physician thinks your friend may have had vasospasms, that indicates a medical emergency and should have meant going to the ER without passing go and without collecting 200 dollars. If the doctor believes in "brain spasms," he probably should stick to taking care of Teddy Bears.<br /><br />The drug is a calcium channel blocker, not dangerous, but this doctor would seem to be very dangerous. The whole story is weird as hell.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-11952482198084360862009-10-29T13:43:31.449-04:002009-10-29T13:43:31.449-04:00"Brain spasms?" WTF is that supposed to..."Brain spasms?" WTF is that supposed to mean?Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-56467671910721803902009-10-29T13:25:26.539-04:002009-10-29T13:25:26.539-04:00obviously, i'm not a medical doctor or pharmac...obviously, i'm not a medical doctor or pharmacologist. all i've got is dr. google and some native skepticism. maybe there are a lot of important things that i'm missing.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-5626248324837782522009-10-29T13:23:23.972-04:002009-10-29T13:23:23.972-04:00interesting stuff.
this is somewhat off-topic -- ...interesting stuff.<br /><br />this is somewhat off-topic -- i'm having a real concern about a med prescribed to a friend for an off-label use, and what a mere mortal like me can figure out is that my friend seems to be acting as a guinea pig for unproven medicine. <br /><br />the med is Nimodepine, which i understand is used for a certain kind of brain hemorrhage. she has NOT had a neuro consult, and does not have an acute problem. she has some chronic auto-immune and pain disorders, and recently was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease. the med was prescribed because of a short episode of feeling thick-tongued, which the mito doc thinks might be "brain spasms." <br /><br />my friend essentially blames all medical problems in her family on this mitochondrial disease, from serious physical ailments through her daughter's serious mental illness. and i've been urging caution because i cannot see that mitochondrial disease is a well-developed area of medicine, with proven treatment results.<br /><br />but i'm horrified that she was prescribed what sounds like a powerful medicine with potentially serious effects, on the basis of a transient and minor symptom, without a real neurological evaluation. it's one thing to prescribe placebos, but i've got all kinds of red flags waving about this noncholant off-label use.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-59216114695089623832009-10-29T11:42:57.500-04:002009-10-29T11:42:57.500-04:00so it's an expensive, more effective placebo. ...so it's an expensive, more effective placebo. pt barnum had our number.rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910951099847351232noreply@blogger.com