Metyrapone Drug Can Erase Painful Memories, Research Shows

Metyrapone Drug Can Erase Painful Memories, Research Shows

A new research shows that now the memories related to past grievances can easily be erased just by consuming a pill. Does it not seem to be interesting? Now there is no way feeling dejected if something happened wrong with you in the past, you can just take a magic pill and make it all go away. May be most of us might not let go some moments of our past in vain just like that but for people who have had post-traumatic stress disorder, such a pill can bring immense relief.

A study that has solved grave problem of stress disorder has shown that right medication can actually help rub out haunting remembrances. As a part of this study the researchers to test the effectiveness of metyrapone drug in decreasing the recall of miserable events, chose some 33 students and divided them in three categories as per the prescribed dose of drug. After making each participant to read a story they were quizzed both immediately and four days later, after the drug had cleared their system. It was found that the group who was given the double dose could not hold back the negative aspects of the story.

The research has shown that the metyrapone drug can have intense effect in emergency situations where the past desolation for the patient proves to be very fatal.


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