As a chronic insomniac (and consequently incoherent raver - the mutterings at the end of the Beatle's "I'm so tired" represent my daily conversation), I am very interested to read of a possible drug that targets a hormone family called "orexins", low levels of which are found in narcoleptics. Apparently the drug has few if any known side effects.
Some of you neurologically and pharmacologically educated bloggers: read and expound on this please! I'm so tired...
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I only mention this because it infuriates the wingnuts and religious ravers, but if you go to my university's main web page you might see an article about me
Not all my mail is from cranks and ravers; I actually get some nice and friendly and interesting mail, too. Like this one, from Hank Alme, who asks a good question:
Sounds like Fisk had a stroke and started buying into Troofer nonsense this week. I'll get right to the relevant passage and in honor of Mr. Fisk I think we'll Fisk it.
In the wake of some recent deaths in Edmonton of teenagers who took Ecstasy, DrugMonkey gets irritated with a doctor who made some proclamation to the press:
Eh? What? Oh!
Sorry, must have nodded off.
Bob