Posted by desolationrower on June 11, 2011, at 13:17:08
In reply to Re: Dr. Gillmans Helpful Info re MAOI, posted by Conundrum on June 4, 2011, at 12:06:34
> > I like reading Gillman's stuff. He sort of takes the science studies, dissects them, and combines it with his own clinical observations to come up with some good stuff.
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> I agree. I find Stahl's books too focused on drug mechanisms and not based on what actually works. I'd rather hear stories about patients jumping out of chairs saying this worked than this hits this receptor and causes the relesase of chemical 'x', while inhibitnig the release of chemical 'y'. I've tried going down that route and the brain is way to complicated to try to figure what will work. It is a lot of educated guesses but mostly trial and error. Unfortunate.I think the problem with Stahl is he has the idea that all the research from the last decade tells us important things abotu how these drugs work, but that researach from the upcoming decade will not tell us anything of note about them.
-d/r
[oh and i didn't have gillman's site bookmarked, but was kind of feeling like there was a site i'd like to link to. thanks for the link.]
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