The Low Down

Who wants some drugs?

What kind of drugs? Well, what did the psychiatrist order? Let's start with this one:

"For example, in 1954 the antipsychotic drug Thorazine (chlorpromazine) was marketed as a breakthrough drug for treatment of “mental illness.” However, within a very short time doctors in Europe and the United States realized that the drug frequently induced Parkinson’s disease symptoms—shuffling gait, grimacing and drooling. Known as Tardive Dyskinesia (tardive,meaning “late” and dyskinesia meaning, “abnormal movement of muscles”), in the United States in June 1955, more than 100 psychiatrists met in Philadelphia and spoke at great length about this irreversible drug-induced damage. But that didn’t stop them from prescribing the drug."

Doesn't sound like a good time? We haven't even broken out of the 50s yet - it only get worse. It's still worse.

posted by Kombucha @ 11/01/2006 01:08:00 AM