Entries tagged with: Persistent Vegetative State
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A Life or A Person?
Well, that didn't take long. Back in September, I pointed to news that the sleeping drug zolpidem (sold in the US as Ambien) could awaken patients in persistent vegetative states about 2/3s of the time; that post led to ensuing...
A Last Comment on New Awakenings
I've found it fascinating the kinds of emotions the story about the zolpidem treatment for persistent vegetative state elicits in people. This is clearly a story that hits us in the gut even more powerfully than in the mind. It's...
Further Thoughts on New Awakenings
It's clear from the details in the Guardian article that application of zolpidem to treat PVS does not need to happen immediately, nor only to "mildly" damaged individuals. One of the recipients described in the piece was brain damaged at...
New Awakenings
This is astounding. The sleeping pill zolpidem (sold in the US as Ambien) awakens people in persistent vegetative states as often as 60% of the time. Across three continents, brain-damaged patients are reporting remarkable improvements after taking a pill that...
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