Posted by CaptainAmerica1967 on January 18, 2009, at 12:06:57
In reply to Re: GHB, Oxytocin, D-Cycloserine, others off-label, posted by desolationrower on January 18, 2009, at 6:37:33
Everyone has their own opinions and views of what medicine is good or bad and there have been countless medicines through time that people had once thought were of no good only to turn out to be live savers, ie thalidomide once thought of only causing thalidomide babies now saves the countless of lives of for those suffering from inoperable brain cancers that metastasize by inhibiting tumor necrosis factor.
Many poeple throughout the ages are resistant to change from the "norm" of what's the accepted value of thinking, but without being open to new possibilities (Scientific Theory), we'd still think the Earth was the center of the Universe and that Earth was flat or that mental illness is caused by demons in the brain.
I saying Xyrem may not work for some individual, but if one's life is resigned to living inside with agoraphobia for the rest of life never to socialize outside of their home again, why not be open to trying something that has been proven to be safe. The individuals abusing GHB made it into an illicit status nutritional supplement, not the medical professionals using it to help their clients overcome their fears. Any medicine can be abused including acetaminophen, caffeine, and alcohol, but used responsible they can help.
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