Posted by 2004ocean on December 10, 2004, at 9:47:02
Dear Sandy web 7/6/04; I just registered with
psychobabble ad found your posting addressing the issue of Thorazine for sleep. There are more update medications that can relieve your sleeping
problems. I have also read the psoting of bluebird of July 6, 2004, and 1980Monroe on July 7, 2004. I downloaded RE:Thorazine for insomnia King Vultan, and have this response regarding taking thorazine for insomnia.
First of all Thorazine is called a "neuroleptic"
which in latin means"neuron killer". It is a
dopamine antagonist and serves as a dopamine receptor site blockade. This can cause several
neurological symptoms including Toxic induced
"psuedoparkinson's disease". There are several
resources for finding out how Thorazine effects
brain chemistry and would give you the information you require to make and informed decision about taking this medication and the
risks involved.
The history of Thorazine goes back to 1954.
At that time psychotic patients were undergoing
surgical frontal lombotmies to sever the nerves
in the frontal lobe which then made the patient more manageable. It was a drug that was widely utilized in state mental facilities, jails, prisons, and it was very cost effective. Today,
there are some institutions that use this drug for the economics involved. Many welfare patients are prescribed this drug because more updated
atypical medications are too expensive.
Over time, thorazine has the capacity to chemically effect the frontal lobes of the brain.
Essentially it is a chemical lobotomy.
If you experience symptoms of restlessness, tremors, or become indifferent to your life and surroundings seek the medical advice of a neurologist that is board certified.
Additionally, it is a very potent and powerful drug and is not a drug prescribed to patients that
are not psychotic, schizophrenic, or diagnosed with a depressive psychosis. It is however prescribed for cancer patients who are in severe
pain and cannot sleep, for severe hiccups, nausea
and vomiting. However, there are new safer medications on the market to address these medical
conditions as well. I hope that your primary physican has informed you of all of the above, and should you need to go for additional information just log on and I will provide you
with pharmacological updated information.
poster:2004ocean
thread:427161
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