[nfb-talk] A little concerned about this new drug aimed at totally blind population

[Larry D. Keeler]

If its melatonin or melatonin related, it does indeed help with circadian 
rhythm disorders. For some, those who have trouble sleeping or those that 
have seasonal effective disorders it can help. Watch it though, it used to 
be that it was thaught to help sexual disfunction as well. This isn't 
necessarily true. Unless the only issue has to do with depression or sleep. 
Did a paper on it a number of years ago.
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Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 4:33 PM
Subject: [nfb-talk] A little concerned about this new drug aimed at totally 
blind population


> Hi, folks. Just wanted to see if I could get the scoop on this new drug 
> that's supposed to correct the sleep/wake cycles in people who are totally 
> blind. I'm totally blind myself, but haven't had any problems with my 
> sleep patterns, so, even though I've seen lots of ads for it on 
> blindness-related web sites and know that they've been a major sponsor at 
> our conventions, I wasn't all that concerned about it one way or the 
> other. As far as I can tell, their ads have been pretty tastelike and 
> their recruitment techniques, fairly low key. Lately, though, they seem to 
> be ramping up the message. From what I can tell, they now seem to be 
> claiming that this sleep/wake thing is a serious problem, affcting around 
> eighty thousand people in the US, the majority ofthe totally-blind 
> population. I think that's deceptive. I know that they need to reach the 
> largest number of people possible in order to make a sufficient profit, 
> but I don't think they should exaggerate the seriousness of this so-called 
> disorder.
>
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