Doctors Perspective on Meth Abuse
Medical doctors share personal views during a special clinical panel about methamphetamine abuse.
Neuropsychological testing is provided if the person is psychotic upon entry at drug court. We repeat testing when the psychosis subsides, and we perform a third scan with neuropsych tests after six months of sobriety. The subjects are placed on low-doses of the new anti-psychotic medication risperidone (Risperdal). This is our best chance to do follow-up evaluations. Is the methamphetamine psychosis persistent? What about the abnormal blood flow pattern? Judge Aiona’s drug court may help provide some answers to a frightening concern. In Honolulu’s emergency rooms or police cell blocks, it looks like Armageddon. We must bring more scientific research to bear on this problem.
DR. LUKAS: As a researcher, I have been trained to live and die by statistics, but we cannot lose sight of the real-life stories and the faces behind those statistics, graphs or charts. Like a broken record, I cannot overemphasize that point enough. Because there is no silver bullet for drug abuse, medication development and Fashion
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