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From: kenny@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Treating ANXIETY DISORDERS does any
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Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 13:34:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 20 13:34:00 1986
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/* Written 12:34 pm  Oct  6, 1986 by dlbaer@helm.UUCP in uiucdcsb:net.med */
/* ---------- "Treating ANXIETY DISORDERS does any" ---------- */
	I have read a book by Dr. Harold N. Levinson called PHOBIA FREE
and he practices out of Great Neck,NY. He does not accept MEDICARE and
he charges $750 for inner ear tests and then treats you with DRAMAMINE
and other antimotion sickness drugs.
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Sounds a trifle peculiar to me.  Anyone out there have information about
this?  I suspect that Dr Levinson is taking advantage of the sedative effect
of scopolamine (the active ingredient in Dramamine, Triptone, and several
other over-the-counter anti-nausea agents).  I know that I have never been
able to use Dramamine; the sedative effect hits me more strongly than most.
I am totally zonked out before I have enough dosage to control motion
sickness (and being sedated and nauseated together is no fun at all!).
Fortunately, I haven't suffered from motion sickness since my astigmatism
was corrected.  In any case, claiming that Dramamine is not psychotropic is
a lie.

Kevin Kenny			     UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!kenny
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	       CSNET: kenny@UIUC.CSNET
``Don't worry; I'm a New Yorker!'' ARPA: kenny@B.CS.UIUC.EDU (kenny@UIUC.ARPA)