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what, pray tell, is the pharmacological implication of the sugar???
WHAT?!
The REAL ANSWER isn't what she was taking, but the fact that they kept her from killing people WHEN SHE WAS ON IT!!!!! She became a murderous whore when she STOPPED taking the medication! And he husband KNEW she wasn't taking it and WAS WARNED NOT TO TAKE HER OFF OF IT!
As for what evidence the DA needs, man I don't get this one. 5 counts of child endangerment is definately there. He asked for his mothers help. If she was a great mom, why would he have done that? Then I'd lay on emotional cruelty and criminal neglect and child abandonment in the hands of a mentally unstable person. How many manically depressed babysitters do you let watch your children! Russell Yates is the real peice of crap in this whole mess! A classic psochiopath!
I don't quite get your point as to what the mother's meds or lack of taking meds has to do with the father's culpability, but to humor you:
Haldol is prescribed for psychotic patients hearing voices or thinking delusionally," said Dr. Lucy Puryear, a psychiatry professor in Baylor College of Medicine's mood disorders research program. "The patient usually functions normally as a result of the medication, but is also subject to reoccurrences when he or she goes off it, so it's important to be sure they're not at risk of hurting themselves or someone else."(for complete article: Houston Chronicle: 6/25/01Haldol treats symptoms such as delusional or hallucinogenic thinking by blocking the flow of dopamine to the part of the brain that can hear voices. Puryear said Haldol has long been one of the first-line drugs for psychosis, though in recent years there are new ones she would prescribe first.
Haldol was one of four drugs Russell Yates said his wife took. He said she was taking Effexor and Remeron, both anti-depressants, at the time of the killings and was taking Wellbutrin, an anti-depressant, and Haldol before that.
He said that previously she had been in therapy but was not at the time. He said they had recently talked about her going into therapy again but she had not got around to it yet.
John Vincent, chairman of the University of Houston department of psychology, called that "most unfortunate." He said studies have shown that patients do best who receive both medication and psychotherapy and that relying on medication alone can be risky.
Russell Yates probably knew the effects of his wife not getting psychotherapy and only receiving meds, too. His wife needed help and she wasn't getting it. He is culpable.
used in the treatment of chronic psychosis and also used to control Tourette's syndrome. Also used to control sever behavioral problems in children.
ACTION - Alters the effects of dopamine in the CNS, also has antichollinergic and alpha-adrenergic blocking activity.
THERAPUTIC EFFECT - Diminishes signs and symptoms of psychosis.
Usage safety has not been established in pregnant or lactating women, and from what I remember, sugar does not interfere with the drug - although other CNS depressants and antidepressants will
It doesn't really matter what medications she was on previously, or what happens when you mix sugar with them since she was on no medication when she murdered her children. Even when you look at the liberal bigots defending Andrea Yates here, SHE not her children is the victim in their minds. It is so easy to lose sight of who the victims of crime are. AND THEY ARE NEVER THE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT THEM. Insanity pleas are lawyers defense mechanisms to try to excuse the inexcusable.