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Posted by patty Gates on June 17, 1999, at 6:47:05
Just met with a woman in our support group who has been a foster mother to abut 20 children. She mentioned that one child who has Autism and hadn't made eye contact since birth, at about the age of 6 or so, was able to do so after taking the drug Revia. Pretty wild,huh? ANy comments? (He still is mute,however.)
Posted by Wayne R. on June 17, 1999, at 14:26:39
In reply to Revia/Naltrexone and Autism, posted by patty Gates on June 17, 1999, at 6:47:05
Patty, I am very interested in Naltrexone since it has relieved my depression. In searching the internet I have noticed many hits regarding its use in Autism. It seems like they have just begun to discover its effects but don't seem to know much about why it works... Wayne
Posted by JD on June 17, 1999, at 16:17:41
In reply to Revia/Naltrexone and Autism, posted by patty Gates on June 17, 1999, at 6:47:05
Though there's still a lot of research to be done on naltrexone and autism, one leading hypothesis is that people with autism (like certain self-injury patients, perhaps) have a peculiar endorphin system that makes them intensely focused on internal (rather than external) rewards. Hence the self-stimulating or self-injurious patterns often seen, the self-injurying ones occuring because the person gets "addicted" to a certain kind of endorphin rush associated with pain. Still lots of controversy about whether naltrexone helps these patients, and if so how much, but it's a pretty promising area of research from what I've seen.
Best,
--JD
> Just met with a woman in our support group who has been a foster mother to abut 20 children. She mentioned that one child who has Autism and hadn't made eye contact since birth, at about the age of 6 or so, was able to do so after taking the drug Revia. Pretty wild,huh? ANy comments? (He still is mute,however.)
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