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Dr. Erhard Busse, in addressing members of the Oakville Friends of Schizophrenics at a recent meeting at St. Jude‘s Church, said his experiences with this relatively new drug have led him to conclude that it should be available to far more patients than it is now. But the government is holding it back. It considers clozapine too expenâ€" sive for general use and restricts it to hardâ€"toâ€"treat patients who have failed to improve on traditional medications, explained Busse. But he argued that, even though it costs $5,000 a year per patient, it is still more costâ€"effective than other drugs. Clozapineâ€"treated patients stay better longer, require fewer hospital visits and are more productive in the community. All that adds up to lower medicare costs in the long run, he said. To Busse and to a few parents in the audience, clozapine is the closest drug companies have come to making schizophrenics whole again. Although touted as the "wonder drug" some 10 years ago, its use was discontinued when several patients in Europe died when their white blood cells were damâ€" aged to such an extent that they were unable to fight any infection invading their bodies. A few years ago it was reâ€" instated, this time with weekly blood test screening to monitor white blood cell counts. According to Busse, it has worked well. Unlike risperidone, another relaâ€" tively new medication for schizophrenia that has had sporadic successes and which might be equally successful when refined and becomes less expensive, clozapine is a consistent achiever. 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As with traditional medication, clozapine stabilizes the patient by acting on those defective areas in the brain that produce hallucinations, delusions and irrational behavior (positive symptoms of schizophrenia). In doing so, however, it doesn‘t leave the same side effects. Although clozapine patients may experiâ€" ence overâ€"salivation, drowsiness and dizziness, they do not have to contend with the Parkinsonian side effects â€" rigidity in posture, shuffling feet, shakiâ€" ness â€" of the older drugs. Tardive dyskenesia, a permanent Parkinsonian disability resulting from extended use of neuroleptics (anxietyâ€"controlling drugs), is not a threat to patients on clozapine, noted Busse. But the golden promise that clozapâ€" ine holds for patients is that it appears to eradicate the negative symptoms of schizophrenia as well as the positive. Negative symptoms include lack of enjoyment, lack of concentration, faulty interpersonal skills and poor stress tolerâ€" ance that makes it difficult for patients to stick to their jobs. For the first time, the drug seems to offer them a chance to function on about the same level as everyone else in society. How good is clozapine? Doubleâ€" blind experiments in the United States involving 268 schizophrenic patients indicated clozapine was responsible for improvement after only six weeks. Busse said his experiences with the drug were equally positive. In one instance, one of his clozapine patients was able to return to university where he did well but, when taken off the drug after his blood count fell, he reverted to his forâ€" mer lowâ€"functioning self. However, he contribute to society. St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School 1550 Nottinghill Gate Principal: Mr. Ted Meyer Tel. 847â€"0595 Date: Thursday, Jan. 27/94 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Irene McCauley Chair of the Board THE HALTON ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD NOTICE TO PARENTS OF GRADE 8 STUDENTS INFORMATION SESSIONS AT CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS Halton Catholic secondary schools, in partnership with home and church, are dedicated to providing excellence in education by developing Faithâ€"centered individuals able to accepted the risk of going back on the drug by signing a liability waiver and is currently continuing his university studâ€" ies. "We need more people like that so patients and their families can make decisions, not the bureaucrats," Busse stated. "The criteria should loosen up a little bit." One woman in Oakville, whose story of her desperate search for the drug related in the Beaver two years ago, provided an update. Shortly after the story appeared, her son became part of Busse‘s clozapine program. "It‘s been like night and day," she said, still preferring her anonymity for her son‘s sake. ‘"My son didn‘t work at all but now he goes to the workshop every day. He used to live in an old age institution in Acton because they thought he needed 24â€"hour supervision; now he‘s in his own apartment in Oakville, cooking his own meals and keeping house, albeit somewhat erratiâ€" cally. Besides all this, his personal grooming is 100% better." Formerly unable to follow the plot of a movie, he now stays up past his bedâ€" time enjoying late movies and videos, she said. Where once he had to be dragged to family gatherings which he left "after five minutes," he now seeks out and enjoys all sorts of social funcâ€" tions. However, he still has problems handling money. "On clozapine, you don‘t get a 100% cured person but you get someone who has a decent lifestyle," she concluded. "And that‘s the best you can expect." Maybe not. According to Busse, new medications are coming up the stairs all the time. He mentioned a pharmaceutiâ€" cal company that is so certain its new medication will outâ€"perform all others â€"complete with no side effects â€" that it has formed a new company for its sole manufacture. Now being tested in Canada, he thought the medication might be available in a few years. Still, with more knowledge about the schizophrenic brain and how medicaâ€" tions affect it coming to light all the time, Busse painted a positive picture of future successes. _ "It‘s an exciting time to be a psychiaâ€" trist because we can see improvement now like we never did before," said Busse. "In the next few years, you‘ll see those people who are now functioning at a lower level zoom up to a much higher level, thanks to the new medications." Parents and students are invited to attend information sessions regarding programs and services offered in Halton‘s Catholic secondary schools. 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