Drug Found to Aid Vegetative Patients

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 23, 2006 @09:24PM from the super-smelling-salts dept.

Oxygen99 writes "BBC News is reporting on some amazing effects of a drug called Zolpidem on patients suffering from persistent vegetative state. Apparently the drug, usually used to treat insomnia, activates dormant areas of the brain that can make patients aware of their surroundings and even hold conversations. This raises several interesting points including the diagnosis of PVS and the attendant ethics of the associated life support, as well as the way the brain responds to injury and damage."

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NOOOO!!!! TERRYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! by modmans2ndcoming · 2006-05-23 23:39 · Score: 0, Flamebait

She could have been saved!!!!!!!!

ok, I know she had no brain left due to the extent of time she was in a PVS, but early on in her diagnosis, this might have benefited her..... thank god this did not come out while the controversy was going.