Posted by jealibeanz on April 24, 2007, at 21:08:06
In reply to Re: Do any of your doctors have an opinion?, posted by notfred on April 24, 2007, at 20:38:02
> There's been a lot of progress in other areas, and new drugs have been released and used effectively (anti-hypertensives, anti-virals, anti-hyperlipidemia's... haha, I think I made that last one up, the one's that manipulate HDL's and LDL's).
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> Those body systems are easy to understand compared to neurology.
Yes, the physiology is less complicated than neurological physiology, but still not easy. The conditions all involve numerous organs, mechanisms, hormones, transporters, etc. There's not an isolated cause to the disease. They too take a lot of study in order to determine possible contributers. Then, medication is somewhat trial and error, just like psych meds.I think there has been a larger push to approve drugs for certain conditions in the recent past (i.e. cardiac disease, anti-virals especially regarding HIV and AIDS, and now avian flu).
These conditions are directly looked upon as threatening to one's health and resulting in early death. Psych conditions, aside from suicide of their result, have mainly been looked upon as hindering quality of life. It does seem logical to aggressively target diseases which pose a serious threat to the body.
Hopefully things will change. It appears as if there's been more recognition of the seriousness of mental disease and the lack of effective treatment. Now we just have to wait in order to realize the benefits of increased awareness.
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