What's That Buzzing Sound?
Last night I climbed into bed and heard an annoying buzzing sound off in the distance. I thought perhaps a pond pump was acting up again or maybe it was the neighbor's pool filter. I closed the window, but that didn't help muffle the noise. It was too late to do anything about the noise, so I just did my best to sleep.
I did okay until 4 am when I woke up. The buzzing was driving me crazy. It just felt like that sound was right next to my ear, then I realized that the sound was right next to my ear. It was my alarm clock. Fumbling with it in the dark, pressing buttons and moving switches at random, it suddenly went silent. Do I ever feel blonde.
Written by Melissa on 12:17 PM
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You mentioned Aricept (donepezil) recently in a comment on my blog, and today I was reading Scientific American and came across it in an article on brain enhancers. It said that some healthy people take it for off-label use, even though they don't have Alzheimer's.
Do you know anybody who does that? Does it help with memory and learning? Are there side effects?
What were we talking about?
Are you saying that because I listened to an alarm buzzing most of the night without a clue as to what it was, that I might need some chemical help? Well, let me tell you, I'm beyond help. :) Now, what was your question?
dk, Scientific American? I'm impressed, I would have taken you for a popular science or computer mag reader, and of course some cooking mags.
I've been a science geek since before 3rd grade. My dad was an electronics engineer, and I inherited his geek gene. I love Sci Am, and I do read computer mags, but not Pop Sci, and not cooking mags. The cooking stuff I get from the Internet or watching Alton Brown, Bobby Flay or Rachel Ray. mmmm.... Rachel Ray. :)
Oh, and did I mention I took biochemistry when I was about 9?
Alton Brown? I love Alton Brown. It's so sad that he's married. Don't you find Rachel Ray to be a little too perky?
I looked up Aricept in the PDR and I don't think that you would find it helpful. It doesn't make people smarter or faster learners. (It doesn't sound like you have any challenges in that area) It just slows down the degenerative changes associated with alzheimers. I'm not familiar with off-label uses in normal people, but I wouldn't play with it. The side effects are mostly GI problems, but like most drugs, it can affect any system in the body.
What keeps me sharp and learning fast is plenty of sleep. (This is where the lecture starts.) It doesn't appear to me that you get enough sleep. If I'm sleep deprived, I'm a totally different person in temperment and don't function well mentally.
But then, I'm only guessing what your issues are. Maybe you're just fine and don't have any real issues. Sorry I can't be of more help. :)
The PDR is not helpful in off label uses. I don't suppose you get many neurologists on your floor but they may be helpful, the info of course would only be anecdotal.
For the insurance companies to get paid the drug must be indicated for the condition, otherwise the only sales they could generate would be from cash patients.
The drug companies would have to put out the R&D money for a drug they're already selling and the patent has already been out a couple of years (meaning once it expires it can go generic.) They stand to make more by slighlty altering the property of the drug, doing the studies and then having their new drug be indicated for use for that condition. The enhancement of memory or learning in an otherwise normal healthy brain is not considered a medical necessity and therefore would not be paid for by the insurance companies.
The largest volume of research by pharmaceutical companies is done on "me too" drugs. These are drugs that are only slightly different from existing drugs on the market but capture the greatest market share i.e. hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes.
Always the money. Our health system is just so broken. sigh
Rachel Ray absolutely can get too perky. And she has a habit of laughing at her own jokes and making sex sounds when she eats. But she's easy on the eyes, and sometimes when life is glum it's nice to have a little perky for balance. I also like the travel aspect. I haven't been able to travel nearly as much as I'd have liked to. Some day...
In the meantime, I can always turn down the sound on the TV. :)
I would have thought that you enjoyed the sex sounds when she eats. :)
With all that perky, giggly, wiggly, descriptive i.e. YUMMO (she truly believes that is a word). I am pretty sure she would be unbearable during sex. She even keep her mouth shut while she's eating how could she...uh never mind.
Bad Sarah! :)
"Perky, giggle, wiggly, yummo!"
Oh, dear. I think I need a cold shower.
Bad Sarah! :)
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