Posted by katekite on July 22, 2002, at 11:00:12
In reply to Re: enhancing and decreasing the same neurotransmitter, posted by Shawn. T. on July 18, 2002, at 20:10:48
I'm unclear on what you think. I've read most of your posts but find it hard to distinguish between plugs for particular drugs and what you think the actual mechanisms of disease and treatment should be, and what you think is a hypothesis and what you think is the bare truth.
So if you could answer a few questions it would help me to put together what you think. thanks. You bring up a lot of points which are interesting to think about.
Do you think treatment based at the 5HT2 receptor alone will control schizophrenic symptoms?
Do you think a drug with 5HT2 antagonism could more effectively treat schizophrenia than a drug that also blocks D2 receptors?
Do you think shizophrenics should ever be treated with the older-type anti-psychotics that do not affect 5HT2?
Do you think that schizophrenia is due to a problem with under-control by serotonin? OR is it due to a problem with dopamine/receptors. OR is it both?
Do you think that all schizophrenia is due to the same problem? Or is it like insomnia, a common final pathway from multiple possible original problems?
Thanks,
kate
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