Posted on Jan 5, 2016
Nasal Spray May Prevent PTSD, Study Finds - Moods Magazine Blog
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The emotional connection between a memory and an event can be powerful. A child rescued from a house fire or a soldier returning from Afghanistan may be plagued by flashbacks that elicit guilt, fear, and anxiety. These associations may disrupt daily functioning, causing social isolation, difficulty sleeping, and paranoia—all symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Traditionally, PTSD has been treated with counseling and cognitive behavioural therapy, as well as psychiatric medications. Now, new research by biochemistry professor Esther L. Sabban and colleagues at New York Medical College is exploring how to stop the negative emotional association from being formed in the first place. They developed a nasal spray that, when administered before, during, or after crises, may do just that.
The spray contains Neuropeptide Y (NPY) which, at low levels, is associated with reduced negative emotional processing of events. Increased NPY in the amygdala and hippocampus—structures of the brain involved in processing memory and emotional responses—is associated with decreased anxiety, fear, and depression resulting from stressful situations.
The emotional connection between a memory and an event can be powerful. A child rescued from a house fire or a soldier returning from Afghanistan may be plagued by flashbacks that elicit guilt, fear, and anxiety. These associations may disrupt daily functioning, causing social isolation, difficulty sleeping, and paranoia—all symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Traditionally, PTSD has been treated with counseling and cognitive behavioural therapy, as well as psychiatric medications. Now, new research by biochemistry professor Esther L. Sabban and colleagues at New York Medical College is exploring how to stop the negative emotional association from being formed in the first place. They developed a nasal spray that, when administered before, during, or after crises, may do just that.
The spray contains Neuropeptide Y (NPY) which, at low levels, is associated with reduced negative emotional processing of events. Increased NPY in the amygdala and hippocampus—structures of the brain involved in processing memory and emotional responses—is associated with decreased anxiety, fear, and depression resulting from stressful situations.
Nasal Spray May Prevent PTSD, Study Finds - Moods Magazine Blog
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
So will this medication be used before an outbreak or does the person with PTSD have to use it when they feel an outbreak coming on?
So will this medication be used before an outbreak or does the person with PTSD have to use it when they feel an outbreak coming on?
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These folks are not claiming they have a cure for PTSD ... they are claiming they have a nasal spray that can prevent PTSD. Here's the rub: you have to use the stuff BEFORE the traumatic event, at least as I understand it.
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Vietnam was a long time ago, and I haven't had a real bad dream in the two and a half years I've lived in Florida---Last night I had a bad one--even after forty five years it still happens----I find it impossible to believe nasal spray is going to make it go away.
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CPT Christopher Webb
They are claiming only that it can prevent PTSD ... but you've gotta know when to squirt it up your nose BEFORE the traumatic even occurs. Seems to me you'd have to be using it all the time.
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