Drug to prevent and forget fearful memories?

Posted by seldomseen on March 2, 2009, at 7:52:04

This is kind of an old story, but this new study may suggest that propranolol may have significant therapeutic application in people with PTSD and anxiety.
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v12/n3/abs/nn.2271.html
I'm sorry but this study is not freely available and I can't post a link to it or the article because of copyright etc....
However, one does wonder can a pill make you forget fear, or at least the behavioral expression of fear? There could be some significant reprocussions of this potential discovery.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17849331?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed
And, propranolol? It's such an old drug. Wow.
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