The American Scholar: The Degradation Drug - <a href='https://theamericanscholar.org/author/carl-elliott/'>Carl Elliott</a>

A medication prescribed for Parkinson’s and other diseases can transform a patient’s personality, unleashing heroic bouts of creativity or a torrent of shocking, even criminal behavior

The Degradation Drug - The American Scholar Skip to content Article The Degradation Drug A medication prescribed for Parkinson’s and other diseases can transform a patient’s personality, unleashing heroic bouts of creativity or a torrent of shocking, even criminal By Carl Elliott | September 29, 2022 It started with selfies. Hannah had never taken a selfie before, or even given the idea much thought. She was a tenured 39-year-old psychology professor at a New England college. But eight days after she started on pramipexole, a drug prescribed off-label by her psychiatrist for depression and anx

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