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...similar way but probably on the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine. The tricyclic antidepressants (such as Elavil and Tofranil) also blocked the absorption of neurotransmitters, especially norepinephrine, but the drugs had significant side effects. Another class of first-generation drugs, the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) such as Nardil and Marplan, can be effective but can also produce dangerous side effects. A transdermal patch just approved by the Food and Drug Administration will give new life to MAOIs by reducing the side effects they sometimes caused when taken orally...
Moscow's nonstop diplomatic offensive is creating interest in the West, particularly in Western Europe. In London a Marplan survey suggested that Gorbachev is overtaking an Iranscam-weakened Ronald Reagan in the battle for public opinion. Among British respondents, 30% said they trusted Reagan more than the Communist boss to end the arms race, vs. 27% who put faith in Gorbachev...
There has been a general decline in the use of shock therapy since the 1950s, when various antidepressant drugs such as Marplan and Thorazine came into wide use. Although their effect generally takes place more slowly, they do not present the doctor with the problem of first having to combat his patient's fear of the treatment, as in the case of shock. In treating depression, psychotherapy is always used by psychiatrists, sometimes in combination with shock or drugs. Prevailing medical sentiment seems to have shifted to the idea that shock therapy ought to be only an emergency measure...
...over the greatly favored Labor Party. The outcome confounded bookmaker, poll taker and political pundit alike. A few days before the election, London's bookies, who are among the world's biggest odds makers, had been giving bets at 6 to 1 on Wilson's triumph. The Gallup and Marplan polls predicted that Labor would win a popular majority of as much as 8.7%, which would have resulted in a 150-seat majority in Commons. One opinion sampling showed that 67% of the population were convinced that Wilson would win. British sociologists wrote reasoned dissertations suggesting that Wilson had created...
...campaign's closing week, the Harris poll showed Labor's winning mar gin declining from 7% to 2%, but the Gallup and Marplan polls both showed a continued rise in Labor's edge. Only one sampling, which was conducted by the Opinion Research Center poll, predicted a Tory victory ? but only by a bare margin of 1%. Heath shrugged off all the surveys, insisting that the To ries would win. "The only poll that counts is the one on June 18," he said...