• Lumidaub@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    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.

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        What made me think that is the exclamation mark at the end of your sentence. “Hey, this is important, oh no, watch out!”

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        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.