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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Jimbee on 02/11/2023 12:58:00
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Anyways, as you can see, I brought this up a while ago on this board, a drug to treat violence: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=52123.msg439475#msg439475 (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=52123.msg439475#msg439475)
Some posters there claim there are already chemical agents that do that. Actually, I see now that they may have meant like anti-psychotics and Ritalin. Those can deal with the violence sometimes associated with those problems. But I think on another message board, someone might have said there really is something that treats violence directly. I am still not sure what is wrong with Oxytocin. It creates warm, empathetic feelings. Isn't that what sociopaths lack?
Also, you know violence is part of our genetic make up. We used to use to protect ourselves and our territory. But we don't need it anymore. We don't our need appendix or tonsils. And when they cause a problem, they usually remove them.
Of course, as the movie A Clockwork Orange points out, actually we do still need to defend ourselves someday. IAE, my question is only is there a medicine like that now?
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IAE, my question is only is there a medicine like that now?
No.
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I don't think there are. There are many medications that will accomplish this effect but with horrendous side effects, principally the neuroleptic group. But a medication with solely an anti-aggressive effect, no. Tonsillectomies were quite common once but the current practice is not to remove them unless they are causing a real nuisance as they are part of the immune system. My wife had her tonsils out when young and she suffers a lot more upper respiratory infections than I do(my tonsils are intact). Oxytocin has to be administered by injection and as such is not practical.
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Violent crime is mostly male so maybe a testosterone cut? That is up for sociological debate as once you remove the dominant party from the ecosystem others usually fill the gap. Maybe areally strong psychoactive like lsd, extacy, vallium, prozac. Men commit 98 percent of sexual crimes, most murders are done by someone known to the victim so we could lock ourselves away and make sure we never see anyone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57070883