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New Yorker is right (lazysoci.al)

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

This is a tranquillizer that is used to calm down schizophrenic people in crisis!

You say that like it's a bad thing that its original use is something else.

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You missed the point.

This is not a medicine for insomnia and is extreme overkill for that condition.

Especially given all the sedative hypnotics available that are for insomnia instead of using

a very strong tranquilizer not meant for sleep disorders.

I hope that clears things up.

I never said the medicine was bad for the right intent and don't know how that was implied to you.

[–] subtleorbit@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

You got a study or credentials to go with your advice or are you just spouting uninformed bullshit on the internet?

Since I beat you to it, it is uninformed bullshit. Trazadone is an antidepressant, not a tranquilizer. It's being studied to maybe be used with other medications as a mild treatment for schizophrenia, priapism is a rare side effect, and it has long been used for mild insomnia.

It’s not “extreme overkill” or some sort of emergency-room chemical straightjacket.

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Trazadone is an antidepressant, not a tranquilizer. Trazodone has been around as an antidepressant for over 60 years, but it became popular more recently as a sleeping pill. Trazodone can have a sedative effect, which is why it's used to help people sleep. Taking trazodone won't fix a sleep problem. Trazodone does have some serious side effects.

I have taken it, have you?

[–] subtleorbit@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

“I took it once so now I’m the FDA”. Personal experience is valid—for you. It doesn’t rewrite pharmacology