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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1974
Experimental drug erases offensive experiences
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors
are experimenting with a memory
erasing drug that can rid a surgical
patient of unpleasant recollections
about the operating room.
Called lorazepam, the drug still is
experimental and available only for
medical research.
When administered intraven
ously before surgery, a patient can
remain awake in the operating room
under a local anesthetic and not re
member the experience.
“Anesthesiologists frequently are
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Talbertsons
faced with a situation where they
prefer to have patients awake while
anesthetized with a regional block
technique. However, the patient
desires to have no recall of the
operating room or even leaving the
hospital room,” said Dr. David V.
Heisterkamp of the University of
Colorado medical center in Denver.
Heisterkamp and Dr. Peter J.
Cohen, also of the University of
Colorado, reported Tuesday on
their research during a meeting of
the American Society of Anes
thesiologists.
The doctors said the drug is under
consideration by the Food and Drug
administration.
If it eventually becomes more
widely available, Heisterkamp and
Cohen said it might find other ap
plications in medicine where block
ing recall of the trauma connected
with medical treatment would be
nefit a patient.
The drug has been available ab
road under the trade name Atiban
for several years, the doctors said. It
has been used largely as a sedative.
The Colorado doctors have
studied nearly 100 patients. Their
report Tuesday was about results
with the first 69.
Patients were given the drug 45
minutes before surgery. Thirty mi
nutes later they were shown a dou
ble size picture of a dollar bill and
asked to describe it.
Then they underwent surgery in
yvhich they remained awake under a
local anesthetic. During surgery the
patients were asked if they recalled
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Ifhe dollar bill and again 24 hours
later.
A group of control patients not
given lorazepam also were shown
the dollar bill and asked to recall it.
Those administered the drug at 5
miligram doses had no recall at all.
Most of those receiving 3 miligram
doses also had no recall.
Control patients had perfect re
call, the doctors said. Still uncertain
is what side effects the drug might
have.
House
approves
Amtrack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con
gress finished work Tuesday on bills
authorizing a $200-million federal
grant for Amtrak trains and ending
auto-safety belt interlocks and con
stant buzzers which force motorists
to buckle up before their cars will
start.
The House, by 299 to 35 on the
Amtrak bill and by voice vote on a
comprehensive motor vehicle and
school-bus safety measure, passed
the Senate-approved compromise
packages and sent them to Presi
dent Ford.
The $200 million authorized in
the Amtrak measure is in addition to
the $359 million Amtrak already has
received in federal subsidy and the
$197 million being provided by par
ticipating railroads.
The legislation also would boost
the ceiling on federally guaranteed
Amtrak loans to $900 million from
the present $500 million. The loans
go to finance improvements in
equipment for the National Railroad
Passenger Corp., Amtrak’s formal
name.
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TONIGHT
PENTAGON AREA HOMETOWN CLUB will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in room 502 of the Rudder Tower.
MOTORCYCLE CLUB will meet in room 203 of the
MSC at 7:30 p.m. Everyone going to Cameron
Saturday should attend.
ALPHA LAMBDA will meet at 6:30 p.m. in room
225, MSC.
ARTS COMMITTEE will present Rob Inglis in his
solo rendition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales at 8
p.m. in the Rudder Theater. Admission is 50c for
students.
BRYAN COUNCIL OF STUTTERERS will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation
Center.
THURSDAY
MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION will hold a
Eid-ul-Fitr prayer meeting at 7:45 a.m. in the
All-Faith Chapel
TAMU HORSEMAN’S ASSOCIATION will meet at
7:30 p.m. in room 215 of the Animal Industries
Bldg.
CIRCLE K will meet at 7 p.m. in room 228 of the
MSC.
GREAT ISSUES will present a speech entitled “Con-
trasumers: A Citizen s Guide to Resource Con
servation,” at 8 p.m. in room 601 of the Rudder
Tower.
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY
ENGINEERS will meet at 7:30 p. m. in room 209
of the Harrington Center.
WOMEN’S AWARENESS WORKSHOP will meet
at 8:30 p.m. in room 402 of the Rudder Tower.
BOWLING CLUB will hold a constitutional meeting
at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC Bowling Alley.
FRIDAY
TOWN HALL will present Trapeze and the Hues
Corporation for a special presentation at 8 p. m. in
G. Rollie White Coliseum. Everyone must buy a
ticket.
BASEMENT COMMITTEE will continue its Tree
tunes’ program from noon to 4 p.m. at the MSC
fountain.
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