Posted by Squiggles on December 2, 2005, at 8:13:18
In reply to Re: Last resorts, posted by med_empowered on December 2, 2005, at 1:56:59
I've been doing some reading on the subject.
I think most doctors now agree that the
effects, though temporarily or transiently
effective in depression, or manic-depression,
or schizophrenia (interesting that all these
would occur in the same pre-frontal area of
the brain), may not last, or if they do, may
result in some memory loss.I would have thought that the transient aspect
of the treatment would make it *cost-inefficient*,
as the patient would have to be under care
for the effects of that, and still take meds.The implant things are being developed not just
for psychiatric drugs but estrogen replacement
(i think) and other conditions. It's a trend.I do wish they would put some technical imagination into making a portable lithium
meter for people taking lithium. I wrote to a
few med instrument and drug companies, and one told me that it just wasn't economically
feasible enough -- not enough people taking it,
but technically it could be done.Squiggles
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