Again, patients showed lower brain volume and larger fluid-filled spaces on MRI
scans, with no differences between those who began treatment either a few months
or more than 1,year after an initial period of psychosis. …
Day: September 15, 2008
New cannabis-like drugs could block pain without affecting brain, says study
“Our new study is very promising because it suggests that we could alleviate
pain by targeting the cannabinoid receptor CB2 without causing the kinds of
side-effects we associate with people using cannabis itself.”
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Atypicals no better than older meds in kids
That’s bad news for the companies that make leading atypicals–Johnson & Johnson Risperdal, Eli Lilly (Zyprexa), Bristol-Myers Squibb (Abilify),Pfizer (Geodon), AstraZeneca(Seroquel). Prescription rates for these meds have enjoyed a
strong growth curve, increasing more than fivefold among children over the past
15 years. …