Posted by SLS on October 3, 2012, at 16:47:02
In reply to Re: PS. what should i do?, posted by phidippus on October 3, 2012, at 16:15:57
Just because a drug has therapeutic properties doesn't mean that it must not be judged by evaluating its benefits versus costs and risks. It does.
Lithium is an effective mood stabilizer. Yet, people have died of kidney failure for having taken it. How would you evaluate the value of lithium?
I don't understand your point.
If Zyprexa has no value, why do you recommend it to others that they take it and take more of it?
I think your definition of "mood stabilizer" is far too broad. For some people, Xanax prevents "mood swings". Is Xanax a mood stabilizer?
Zyprexa is what is. According to your definition, it is a mood stabilizer. In addition, according to the definition suggested by the literature you cited, Zyprexa is a mood stabilizer while Xanax is not.
What other drugs do you consider to be "true" mood stabilizers?
"A true mood stabilizer will work in acute manic episodes without inducing depression, acute bipolar depression without inducing mania, and protect the patient from future episodes of mania or depression."
It's really not a bad definition.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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