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there is a wealth of articles thst say long term use of restoril causes permenent memory loss and braib damage.i tool a week reading medical journals found no articles stating restoril caused any abnormal functions of brain?what gives
Hi, Howard . . .
I have never seen a report in a medical journal of permanent memory los from Restoril. I have seen individuals who have taken large doses of Restoril who had memory problems, ut those memory problems cleared up when they stopped the medication.
Best regards . . .
Ivan
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Ivan Goldberg, M.D.
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I am a psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist with many years of expereince in treating individuals with depressions, manic-depression (Bipolar Disorder), other mood disorders,. I am especially interested in the psychopharmacologic treatment of individuals with so called "treatment-resistant" syndromes.
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I have been on the staff of the National Institute of Mental Health, Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. I am currently in full-time private practice in New York City.
A.B. Johns Hopkins University
M.D. N.Y.U. College of Medicine
I am the creator of Depression Central:http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html
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