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Re:Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic... by echelon on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:23AM (#42711894)
Went to look up Ambien's company's stock. Google Gemini is hallucinating like crazy:

> Cosette Pharmaceuticals is permanently closed, so there is no stock for the company.

> Cosette Pharmaceuticals was a pharmaceutical company that manufactured topical creams, ointments, oral liquids, and suppositories. They had facilities in New Jersey and North Carolina.

No, Google. They're just a private company.

Thanks, Google.

Beyond this, I can't imagine this drug will be something people will want to continue taking. It was already posited to not be good for Alzheimer's, and now they have a smoking gun for a plausible mechanism.

Re:Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic... by AbstractH24 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @11:55AM (#42713500)
The other day, I asked Gemini for suggestions on "sunny places in Latin America to visit in January," it recommended Miami.

I'm done with it for another 6 months again.

Re:Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic... by Aurornis on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @11:12AM (#42712727)
> Went to look up Ambien's company's stock.

Ambien has been generic for a very long time. It's not an expensive drug.

It's also not even indicated for long-term nightly use. You can find stories online of people who get continuous prescriptions from their doctor, but doing so is a rare practice. Most doctors are nervous to prescribe any drug of this class right now. When they do, it's only for short-term or occasional use.

I don't think this is really a pitchforks-out moment against drug companies.

Re:Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic... by habitue on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @11:13AM (#42712749)
It's one study, on mice. This is the beginning of a long chain where more studies are done -> a consensus is formed -> doctors start to hear about the consensus and take it into account prescribing it

It could plausibly be 20 years before that plays out