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New Drug May Help People Erase Bad Memories
« on: February 15, 2009, 02:32:13 PM »
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LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, perhaps treating some anxiety disorders and phobias, according to a Dutch study published on Sunday.

The generic beta-blocker propranolol significantly weakened people's fearful memories of spiders among a group of healthy volunteers who took it, said Merel Kindt, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, who led the study.
http://www.zimbio.com/Reuters+Health/articles/478/Study+takes+step+toward+erasing+bad+memories

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Re: New Drug May Help People Erase Bad Memories
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2009, 06:26:01 PM »
You may be on to something there, Floppy-ears.
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Re: New Drug May Help People Erase Bad Memories
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2009, 06:55:25 PM »
I we already had such a drug: Booze.
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