[BBFRN]

http://health.msn.com/centers/mental...1603&GT1=10509

"
TUESDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An drug used to treat epileptic seizures could be added to the short list of medications prescribed to help alcoholics control their addiction, a new study suggests.
The drug topiramate proved measurably better than a placebo at helping alcoholics stay away from heavy drinking, the study authors said."



Hmmmm...interesting.

[DaFreak71]

Originally Posted by Baptized_By_Fire

http://health.msn.com/centers/mental...1603&GT1=10509

"
TUESDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An drug used to treat epileptic seizures could be added to the short list of medications prescribed to help alcoholics control their addiction, a new study suggests.
The drug topiramate proved measurably better than a placebo at helping alcoholics stay away from heavy drinking, the study authors said."



Hmmmm...interesting.

Is that the same as Topamax? If so, I was on that for a period of time. They call it dopamax because it seriously messes with your cognitive abilities. I rather liked it because you couldn't feel anything on it, no depression, no extreme happiness, it was like being in a beautiful neutral zone. Until I had to go back to school, LOL. I had one instructor come up to me and ask me "OmG, did you have a stroke"? Yeah, it's that bad. But maybe for some the good will outweigh the bad.

[BBFRN]

Duh...I didn't put 2 & 2 together on that. You're right- it is Topamax.

Thanks for the education on that.
I wonder if that's why it helps with alcoholism- it turns you into a zombie.

[DaFreak71]

Originally Posted by Baptized_By_Fire

Duh...I didn't put 2 & 2 together on that. You're right- it is Topamax.

Thanks for the education on that.
I wonder if that's why it helps with alcoholism- it turns you into a zombie.

LOL, maybe that's the whole point?

[nyapa]

Its an expensive way to give up alcohol.

[BBFRN]

Yeah, but to compare, Chantix is an expensive way to give up cigarettes. People still say it's worth it if it works for them.

[PRESLA]

Some alcoholics who have no other alternative then death this might be an option.

Lisa

[NurseCherlove]

I once heard a psychiatrist call Topamax "Stupomax". However, I have a friend at work who I think takes it and she is probably the brightest nurse on the floor.

[banditrn]

I've taken it for a long time for my essential tremors, and my grandson takes it for seizures, and I haven't noticed those side effects in either of us.

I wonder if it depends on what you take it for?

[teeituptom]

whether its giving up cigarettes or giving up alcohol

Im amused at the idea of using a chemical to substitute for a chemical to get off a chemical.

I quit both alcohol and cigarretes

I did it the only effective way, I just quit. Yes it was tough. But you just quit. No crutches ever again