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Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Hold the Haldol: Exploring the Role of Cholinergics in Schizophrenia
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Until now, schizophrenia and other psychotic diseases were consistently treated with heavy duty, anti-dopaminergic, anti-psychotic medications. These drugs- both first and second generation- carry serious and sometimes irreversible adverse effects (think: EPS, NMS, etc.)
In today’s episode, we’ll discuss a groundbreaking phase-2 clinical trial exploring the use of a muscarinic agonist in the treatment of schizophrenia. Worried about DUMBBELLS? So were we! But these researchers have designed a truly elegant cholinergic/anti-cholinergic duet.
This is an exciting article you don’t want to miss out on!
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