Castration for young horny autistic kids, the new US crusade

[loborojo]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-a ... full.story

[TheZach]

This is not new.... old news.

[Sophist]

Hmmm, I wasn't familiar. It's horrible some of the drug treatments they can get away with, even though they're essentially being used other than as intended.

[bandeon]

Without touching on the mercury idea too much, though I still believe the presence of any mercury is unsafe as it is, this doesn’t sound to me like it’s genuinely intended for that. This essentially seems to be a small scale form of eugenic treatment. That's always been a constant concern of mine.

[loborojo]

What about campher wich thye alos give to young soldiers?

[Aspen]

Without touching on the mercury idea too much, though I still believe the presence of any mercury is unsafe as it is, this doesn’t sound to me like it’s genuinely intended for that. This essentially seems to be a small scale form of eugenic treatment. That's always been a constant concern of mine.

In the one case they detailed, I don't think it was intended as eugenics. I think in that case, the 18 year old son had an unusually high level of testosterone and the Lupron reduced it.

My female cousin took Lupron as a shot in her buttocks when she was a teenager because she had really bad endometriosis and it stopped her periods for a while, which is a treatment for endometrosis. I think in any given case, you need to balance the benefits against the risks. In my cousin's case, I think the treatment helped because she was able to have two sons later when she got married.