Posted by morgan miller on September 3, 2011, at 9:16:15
In reply to Re: Zolpidem (Ambien) 'miraculous' for brain-damage » morgan miller, posted by bleauberry on September 3, 2011, at 7:17:54
> > BB, it does matter how Ambien works. If we understand how it works, then scientists may be able to come up with an even better drug for brain damaged patients in a semi-vegitative state.
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> Well yes, of course that is true. But what I am trying to say is, we don't need to know right now. We don't need to invent some drug based on the same mechanism. We already have something that works pretty good. Run with it. it would be nice to know how it works, but getting the patient better right now is what really matters. Explaining it all, in my opinion, takes a back seat. We can do that later after a bunch of people have been improved. If we wait till we know more, those people are going to be dead. They deserve productive lives now, right now. So who cares how a pill works....if it works give them the friggin pill.
>I understand, and I agree. But you know they're trying to figure out how it works already. And hopefully one day, there will be something even better than Ambien, something that will work on more brain damaged victims. I'm sure Ambien's success in these patients has much to, do with the specific way someone's brain has been damaged, and what is still accessible as far as potential function is concerned. Anyway, whatever happens, it is very cool that there is something like Ambien that works in this way.
Morgan
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