Forget it: beta-blockers ‘blot out memories’

Forget it: beta-blockers ‘blot out memories’

July 29, 2005 6:30 pm 3 comments

Anyone read R.U. Sirius and St. Jude’s fictional How to Mutate and Take Over the World? In the beginning R.U.’s taking a drug called “forget it” recreationally.

A common blood pressure drug could help people who have witnessed traumatic events, such as the London bombings, to block out their distressing memories. (BBC News).

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3 Comments

tim boucher

on Aug 02, 2005
at 2:47 pm

PS. The BBC link doesn’t work!

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Administrator

on Aug 02, 2005
at 4:39 pm

Thanks, it’s fixed now.

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monster

on Nov 08, 2005
at 1:48 am

Speaking of drugs that f— with memory, scopolamine is a trip:

http://www.rense.com/general38/frug.htm

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