Wednesday, April 23, 2008

What are current and past treatments of HD...?

There is now way to stop HD in this day and age. However, doctors may prescribe different medications to help with the emotional and movement problems (Klonopin, Haldol, Clozaril). Most of them however have side effects including fatigue, restlessness, or hyper excitability. No matter what, people who have HD eventually become physically and mentally disabled. In the past, people have been mistaken for being alcoholics or addicts when they really had HD. The gene was discovered in 1993, so there is really no past treatments on it.

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MRI of normal (non Huntington's) brain on the left compared to a Huntington's brain on the right.