Buy pills for greed!
Nine people without a control group is not a clinical study, but laughter through tears. And, perhaps, the Indian Times (or rather, the original source from which the Indians tore off this note – the Daily Mail, Now a pill that could help cure all you shopaholics! Medicine designed to treat Alzheimer's patients could be used to kick habit, and the caricature is from there) did not invent this story. Although the website of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis mentioned there does not say anything about this study. But funny – VM.
Alzheimer's Drug Helped American Shopaholics
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A cure for Alzheimer's disease has helped Americans overcome an obsessive craving for shopping. Clinical trials of memantine were conducted by a group of specialists from the University of Minnesota, The Times Of India reports.
Memantine inhibits the processes of damage and destruction of nerve cells and has a neuromodulating effect. It is used for dementia of various origins (including Alzheimer's disease), as well as for Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, strokes and traumatic brain injuries. The drug improves memory and the ability to concentrate, reduces fatigue, depression symptoms, and also contributes to the correction of motor disorders.
Nine Americans between the ages of 19 and 59 were selected to participate in the trials. All the volunteers were found to have an obsessive attraction to shopping. As a result of the disorder, patients could not work properly and socialize, and therefore they experienced constant stress and financial difficulties.
Before the start of the two-month course of memantine treatment, the organizers of the trials measured a number of indicators in the volunteers, in particular, the frequency of purchase intentions, levels of anxiety, depression and stress.
According to the results of the study, the time spent by participants in stores, as well as the amount of money spent, significantly decreased compared to the initial indicators. In addition, the severity of obsessive symptoms in volunteers decreased by half.
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