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To: Tennessee_Bob
"Zolpidem tartrate - aka Ambien. Pretty amazing that a sleeping pill can wake the brain dead."

Not brain dead -- persistent vegetative state. There's a big difference.
24 posted on 11/20/2006 2:13:04 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
"Not brain dead -- persistent vegetative state. There's a big difference."

A difference? Yes. A big difference? No. PVS is severely brain-damaged.

36 posted on 11/20/2006 2:32:18 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Nedd to get that word "vegetative" out of that diagnosis. It's a loaded word.


80 posted on 11/20/2006 6:46:08 PM PST by ichabod1 (Democracy = Anarchy)
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