Pill 'reverses' vegetative state

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Pill 'reverses' vegetative state
The drug works on nerve cells in the brain

A sleeping pill can temporarily revive people in a permanent vegetative state to the point where they can have conversations, a study finds.

Zolpidem is usually used to treat insomnia.

South African researchers, writing in the NeuroRehabilitation, looked at the effects on three patients of using the drug for up to six years.

But one expert in neurological rehabilitation said it was possible the patients had a different condition.

This drug could be unmasking a condition from which people are able to wake up temporarily

A person in a vegetative state will appear to be awake and may have their eyes open, but will show no awareness of their surroundings.

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