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Antidepressant improves recovery from spine injury
A common antidepressant combined with an intensive treadmill training program helped people with partial spinal cord injuries walk better and faster, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
They said Forest Laboratories' antidepressant Lexapro or escitalopram, which affects a message-carrying brain chemical called serotonin, helps strengthen remaining nerve connections along the spine, giving patients with spinal cord injuries more ability to control their muscles during training.
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Posted 18 October 2009 - 08:12 PM
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Posted 18 October 2009 - 09:56 PM
This is cool indeed.
Garners a hell of a lot more hope than the stem cell thing.
Garners a hell of a lot more hope than the stem cell thing.
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I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 01:02 AM
Makes me wanna get the Celexa out of the medicine cabinet!
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 05:54 PM
Ches, on Oct 19 2009, 01:02 AM, said:
Makes me wanna get the Celexa out of the medicine cabinet!
Good idea! But make sure you get the CELEXA and not the Valtrex this time.. The bottles look kind of the same.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 04:32 PM
You left your Valtrex here again? Damn dude, take it home already.. no one is gonna know.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 04:38 PM
Ches, on Oct 20 2009, 04:32 PM, said:
You left your Valtrex here again? Damn dude, take it home already.. no one is gonna know.
Well your mom asked if she could borrow some so take it up with her.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 04:40 PM
Hahaha.. damn you. You win 
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 08:31 PM
Hi Boss,
Think I'll get depressed so that I can get some of that Lexapro.
Think I'll get depressed so that I can get some of that Lexapro.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 09:05 PM
Well HELLO! Positive Mental Attitude and exercise having an effect...!! These 2 things in life are always gonna make a situation better, but (and hey, shout me down here) if we can find a way to the PMA without drugs, it's gonna be a whole load healthier....
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