cinzia
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More info on hair toxicology:
Hair sample
Hair is capable of recording medium to long-term or high dosage substance abuse. Chemicals in the bloodstream may be transferred to the growing hair and stored in the follicle, providing a rough timeline of drug intake events. Head hair grows at rate of approximately 1 to 1.5 cm a month, and so cross sections from different sections of the follicle can give estimates as to when a substance was ingested. Testing for drugs in hair is not standard throughout the population. The darker and coarser the hair the more drug that will be found in the hair. If two people consumed the same amount of drugs, the person with the darker and coarser hair will have more drug in their hair than the lighter haired person when tested. This raises issues of possible racial bias in substance tests with hair samples.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_toxicology#Hair_sample
This is useful to know if we ever do see hair tox. results esp. if the results are given in any amount or just present or absent.
Another issue is that of amnesia something I haven't seen mentioned or if it has been, I've missed it.
The benzos and propofol both can cause amnesia of varying durations.
Memory impairment.
Benzodiazepines have long been known to cause amnesia, an effect which is utilised when the drugs are used as premedication before major surgery or for minor surgical procedures. Loss of memory for unpleasant events is a welcome effect in these circumstances. For this purpose, fairly large single doses are employed and a short-acting benzodiazepine (e.g. midazolam) may be given intravenously.
Oral doses of benzodiazepines in the dosage range used for insomnia or anxiety can also cause memory impairment. Acquisition of new information is deficient, partly because of lack of concentration and attention. In addition, the drugs cause a specific deficit in "episodic" memory, the remembering of recent events, the circumstances in which they occurred, and their sequence in time. By contrast, other memory functions (memory for words, ability to remember a telephone number for a few seconds, and recall of long-term memories) are not impaired. Impairment of episodic memory may occasionally lead to memory lapses or "blackouts". It is claimed that in some instances such memory lapses may be responsible for uncharacteristic behaviours such as shop-lifting.
http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/bzcha01.htm#12
Could this have contributed to his odd behavior when KO sent him home?
It has also been shown that during intermittent administration of propofol, subjects had no memory of being asked questions or performing a task, eg. to cough, when they woke up afterwards.
So where am I going with this? I'm not quite sure how relevant it is but it makes me wonder if these drugs caused any amnesia for Michael.
And if so, would it have affected him remembering what murray did to him each night?
And what would the implications be.
Michael well and truly was at the mercy of that person.
Hair sample
Hair is capable of recording medium to long-term or high dosage substance abuse. Chemicals in the bloodstream may be transferred to the growing hair and stored in the follicle, providing a rough timeline of drug intake events. Head hair grows at rate of approximately 1 to 1.5 cm a month, and so cross sections from different sections of the follicle can give estimates as to when a substance was ingested. Testing for drugs in hair is not standard throughout the population. The darker and coarser the hair the more drug that will be found in the hair. If two people consumed the same amount of drugs, the person with the darker and coarser hair will have more drug in their hair than the lighter haired person when tested. This raises issues of possible racial bias in substance tests with hair samples.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_toxicology#Hair_sample
This is useful to know if we ever do see hair tox. results esp. if the results are given in any amount or just present or absent.
Another issue is that of amnesia something I haven't seen mentioned or if it has been, I've missed it.
The benzos and propofol both can cause amnesia of varying durations.
Memory impairment.
Benzodiazepines have long been known to cause amnesia, an effect which is utilised when the drugs are used as premedication before major surgery or for minor surgical procedures. Loss of memory for unpleasant events is a welcome effect in these circumstances. For this purpose, fairly large single doses are employed and a short-acting benzodiazepine (e.g. midazolam) may be given intravenously.
Oral doses of benzodiazepines in the dosage range used for insomnia or anxiety can also cause memory impairment. Acquisition of new information is deficient, partly because of lack of concentration and attention. In addition, the drugs cause a specific deficit in "episodic" memory, the remembering of recent events, the circumstances in which they occurred, and their sequence in time. By contrast, other memory functions (memory for words, ability to remember a telephone number for a few seconds, and recall of long-term memories) are not impaired. Impairment of episodic memory may occasionally lead to memory lapses or "blackouts". It is claimed that in some instances such memory lapses may be responsible for uncharacteristic behaviours such as shop-lifting.
http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/bzcha01.htm#12
Could this have contributed to his odd behavior when KO sent him home?
It has also been shown that during intermittent administration of propofol, subjects had no memory of being asked questions or performing a task, eg. to cough, when they woke up afterwards.
So where am I going with this? I'm not quite sure how relevant it is but it makes me wonder if these drugs caused any amnesia for Michael.
And if so, would it have affected him remembering what murray did to him each night?
And what would the implications be.
Michael well and truly was at the mercy of that person.
