We found a favorable effect of simvastatin on negative symptoms of patients with schizophrenia; however, future studies are warranted to confirm these results.
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I wish they could talk about specific negative symptoms, not just this blanket ânegative symptomsâ description, because this is very vague. and obviously even normal peoples motivation or involvement in life fluctuates from day to day, it is hard to determine that the medicine was what produced the change. like me, my motivation fluctuates from day to day, but is mostly at a normal level. Now as for other negatives like lack of interest and alogia i never get better from them. I think @Andrey was one of the better posters for things concerning negs. With him i always knew it was going to be a post worth reading and responding to
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I donât see it as vague. I think I make worthwhile posts in the news section and quite frankly I am getting a little pissed off with the increasing negativity from some quarters. Medications for negative symptoms are usually produced for a set of negative symptoms rather than for a specific negative symptom.
To go down that path would mean patients being given multiple meds ,one for each negative symptom. That would cause increased problems via polypharmacy.
This study was done by Iranians, it shouldnât be trusted.
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(sarcastic mode on)Those pesky foreigners. They shouldnât be trusted. They are trying to subvert American minds(sarcastic mode now off).
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Thatâs not the first time Iâve heard that. Lol.
Iran is a known and widely recognized supporter of terrorism. Iâm not saying all Iranians are bad Iâm just saying we shouldnât trust anything that comes from their government, or from researchers who work for their government (as those do).
Plus theyâre slicker than â â â â and not very good doctors.
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They might be good doctors, I donât know. Like I said my issue is we shouldnât trust this study because it came from their government. Government universities, government hospitals, etc. Their government is completely untrustworthy and VILE.
My psychiatrist is Indian and sheâs decent.
If they had the cure though Iâd change my name to Mohamed and sneak across the border to Tehran.
I think hospitals and researchers operate independently of how theyâre corrupt governments may act. Iâm sure sz is a big problem in Iran too.
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Itâs not all that independent. In the US, government universities are generally prohibited from certain research that the government disapproves of. So the government guides and manipulates things all the time.
Doctors have an oath no matter where theyâre from.
Just because they support terror doesnât mean theyâre not sincere about researching diseases.
They made have more crude practices than we do and a shoddy approval process but theyâre looking for the same thing we are
I very much doubt Iranian psychiatrists are terrorists. Sorry but I canât see that saying Simvastatin helps negative symptoms is the precursor to some heinous terrorist plot.
Others are researching it. They are not Iranians. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214647415000859
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Personally I donât care where the answer comes from. If some dr in Iran finds the cure then Iâm not gonna deny it because itâs from Iran. But theyâre is a stereotype that they are slick and not to be trusted.
I lived in LA and that was the word on the street.
Donât place too much trust in âmedicalâ research from âdoctorsâ in third world countries.
I googled it though, the Med itself is not without its side effects. Not as bad as the atypicals but certain risks for liver failure were noted in the study. specially if taken long term which Iâm pretty sure would be the method of administration given the nature of negative symptoms. But Iâm not totally sure
Well, Simvastatin is just Zocor, itâs a pretty common medication.
I donât have negative symptoms anyway but I know people who do and it would be happy to see the Drs figure that one out. I have a hard time believing that Zocor is the answer but Iâm no doctor. I might even have some Zocor here in me medicine cabinet
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We just need to have neutral countries confirm this study, thatâs all. Iâll be much happier when the Canadians or the Italians can back this up.
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Someone from NATO needs to take Zocor and get back to us.
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