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Drugs which Maguire's group has tried

From: Ora McCreary
Date: 14 Oct 2010
Time: 03:36:38 -0500
Remote Name: 98.14.249.93

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My understanding is that drugs which Maguire's group has tried (including drugs which he's tried on himself) include: Risperdal, Zyprexa/olanzapine (which he was on himself for a number of years), and more recently, Abilify/ariprazole and Geodon/ziprasidone (which he's also taken himself for a period). Do you have any reaction to whether these off-label treatments are promising? Have you got any feeling about whether it would be reasonable to work with Maguire's group to try these medications, or whether it's still premature to pursue that approach. I'm not asking you for definitive information or opinions on issues which are not yet sufficiently investigated, but perhaps you could offer a personal sense of whether such approaches could be fruitful at this time. Beyond that, perhaps you could offer some guidance on how one might approach considering/evaluating such treatments. Should we simply relax now and wait, then ask these questions again in five years? Or is it reasonable to consider trying off-label treatments now (as long as they're being offered under the care of an experienced professional)?


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