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Re: How does Mania respond to Resperpine » linkadge

Posted by SLS on October 11, 2002, at 9:18:13

In reply to How does Mania respond to Resperpine, posted by linkadge on October 9, 2002, at 14:22:58

> This is just a theoretical question,
> but what happens when mania is treated
> with resterpine ? - a plant compound that
> increases monoamine oxidase activity
> and lowers the tertiary amines.
>
> Linkadge


Wonderful deduction!


I believe it was used for both bipolar disorder (mania) and schizophrenia before the advent of the phenothiazine antipsychotics.


The following are listings of abstracts from Medline.


Bipolar Disorder:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=4&term=bipolar%20disorder[MESH]+reserpine&dispmax=200

Schizophrenia:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=4&term=schizophrenia[MESH]+reserpine&dispmax=200


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