What Doctors Don't Tell YouAlthough the dose should be corrected according to the individual patient, often it is determined by habit rather than rational assessment (Br J Psych, 1992; 160: 621-37). Individual patients have ...
Clozaril (clozapine) has been seen as the last great hope for seriously schizophrenic patients who have not been helped by other antipsychotic drugs. Not only did patients show real improvements with Clozaril, they were free of the embarrassing...
In the last five years it has become virtual dogma that a low fat diet is a healthy diet. The same people who 20 years ago used to urge us to eat plenty of meat and cheese now encourage us toward ...
Prescribing anticonvulsants is an ineffective way of controlling neonatal seizures, say researchers. ...
Many of the drugs given to children have never been proven to be safe or effective for children. ...
Surgery is resorted to only when drug therapy fails. Possible procedures include everything from implanting devices and transplanting neural tissue to blasting the troublesome brain cells with an electrode - all with limited success and major side...
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EPILEPSY: Guess what? Yup, the drugs don't work (part 4,791)
EPILEPSY: If you’ve been told your child has it, he probably hasn’t
