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I just read the coolest thing.
Ambein is now being used to awaken vegetative patients.
The article I read was nowhere near as heart-rending or fluffy as the one above, but the fact remains that a sleep-aide has been found to be effective in waking up people who's brains have completely gone dormant.
And it's not just in one case. The drug has been effective with people who have suffered head trauma, stroke victims, and even a guy who half-drowned.
The patients just simply wake up. They can and have reacted to their own names, recognized others, and can do simple mental problems. The drug affects them for about four hours before they relapse into their coma. But they can be woken up, again.
There have been no recorded side effects, and patients have been on this experimental treatment for years, now. While not approved for long-term use, it's a very simple thing to formulate a slow-release formula that can keep a patient conscious all day.
This is amazing, you guys. I didn't and still don't care about Terri Schiavo, but a treatment like this could have saved her life.
Science, guys. It's awesome!
Ambein is now being used to awaken vegetative patients.
The article I read was nowhere near as heart-rending or fluffy as the one above, but the fact remains that a sleep-aide has been found to be effective in waking up people who's brains have completely gone dormant.
And it's not just in one case. The drug has been effective with people who have suffered head trauma, stroke victims, and even a guy who half-drowned.
The patients just simply wake up. They can and have reacted to their own names, recognized others, and can do simple mental problems. The drug affects them for about four hours before they relapse into their coma. But they can be woken up, again.
There have been no recorded side effects, and patients have been on this experimental treatment for years, now. While not approved for long-term use, it's a very simple thing to formulate a slow-release formula that can keep a patient conscious all day.
This is amazing, you guys. I didn't and still don't care about Terri Schiavo, but a treatment like this could have saved her life.
Science, guys. It's awesome!
