Guest guest Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 This seems to be also called memantadine and viregyt and to be being given as a glutamate antagonist. Lots of positive results on sociability and behaviour. I've posted some of them. Sally Eva family wrote: > tine is also called viregyt -- for some reason that triggered the > PubMed search engine in a way that amantadine didn't > Sally > > Neno/Natasa wrote: > >> Just reading up on antivirals/agents that supress borna, the most >> effective: >> >> >> _tine_ – found effective in treating neurological symptoms of >> people with active BDV. Incidentally also often effective treatment >> for Parkinson’s... >> >> It has also been trialed in autism – for 4 weeks. the feedback from >> parents was not great (but then again the study design was asking >> parents only about irritability and hyperactivity, which actually >> often increase during first months on antivirals). Clinicans’ >> observations of children were comprehensive with more positive >> results, with suggestions for further trials... >> >> >> Cannabinoids (supress microglial activation and inhibit bdv) >> >> >> Ribavarin (antiviral, also deactivates microglia, also found to stop >> autoimmune reactions) >> >> >> >> /....The overall response rate of the amantadine augmentation in the >> BDV-infected patients with regard to depressive symptoms was 68% after >> a mean of 2.9 weeks of treatment. Bipolar I patients improved faster >> and did not show any following hypomania. In addition, the decrease of >> depression tended to correspond with the decrease in viral activity. >> CONCLUSION: Amantadine appears to show a remarkable antidepressive >> efficacy in BDV-infected depressive patients. The antidepressive >> effect in this open trial appeared to be comparable to standard >> antidepressives, possibly being a result of its antiviral effect >> against BDV as a potentially relevant etiopathogenetic factor in these >> disorders. 11254023 >> / >> >> Nx >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.4/1752 - Release Date: 28/10/2008 10:04 >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > DISCLAIMER > No information contained in this post is to be construed as medical advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a suitably qualified practitioner. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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