On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:49:06 GMT, james.teo at chch.ox.ac.uk (Millennial
Dragon) wrote:
>>Don't take my word on this since I am not a qualified doctor, but as
>someone who has studied some psychopharmacology of schizophrenia,
>sulpiride is quite a popular atypical anti-psychotic as it is
>relatively safe and has less severe Parkinsonian side effects as the
>phenothiazines. However the problem with sulpiride is that a large
>percentage (about 30%) of patients do not respond. I have no idea what
>a low dose might accomplish, but he will have to take it chronically
>so tolerance to the drug might develop (uncommon though).
>>If the patient is experiencing very severe symptoms, clozapine might
>due to its effectiveness. However it can be extremely toxic if taken
>chronically (which he will probably have to).
>>When you say chronically , would that mean for a long time, year or
more , or forever?
thanks
>On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:34:14 GMT, jasonb5 at earthlink.net (jay) wrote:
>>I just stumbled onto this NG and after reading an old post I was
>>wondering if I could get someone's opinion on this:
>>I have a friend who overdosed on GHB and afterwards experienced
>>extreme anxiety and has schizophrenic symptoms.
>>Would a low dose of Sulpiride possibly help him return to somewhere
>>near his original mental state?
>
