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Posted by ed_uk on December 5, 2004, at 8:26:17
Certain drugs have been investigated for use as serenics (specific anti-aggressive drugs). One such drug was eltoprazine which was said to be a specific treatment for aggression in animal models....... apparantly it was also anxiogenic in some tests so maybe it wasn't that specific after all! The development of eltoprazine has since been discontinued.
I was thinking about that fact that there appears to have been been little effort to design drugs to reduce aggression. Do you think that the development of serenics would be a useful advance in psychiatry or a dangerous method of social control?
Ed.
Posted by linkadge on December 5, 2004, at 12:46:16
In reply to Serenics, posted by ed_uk on December 5, 2004, at 8:26:17
I found the only agents that were specific serenics in me, were the ones that gave me a reason to calm down.
postsynaptic 5-ht1b receptor agonists apear to be useful serenics. Not surprisingly, 5-ht1b is very involved in the antiagressive effects of SSRIs', 5-ht1b activation is also rewarding.
Linkadge
Posted by Maximus on December 5, 2004, at 16:26:21
In reply to Serenics, posted by ed_uk on December 5, 2004, at 8:26:17
Well, don't search so far Ed. Any SSRIs will give you a good "zombified" state, apathy or "i'm well and i don't care about anything.
Very good for prisoners.
Posted by fachad on December 7, 2004, at 0:20:58
In reply to Serenics, posted by ed_uk on December 5, 2004, at 8:26:17
Serenics would be a godsend to people who live with anger/rage-a-holics.
It seems like this is one form of behavior which causes massive suffering and is not really addressed by current meds or targeted by rational drug development.
Posted by linkadge on December 7, 2004, at 10:15:25
In reply to Re: Serenics, posted by fachad on December 7, 2004, at 0:20:58
This is the end of the thread.
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