[permo-w]

I was surprised with the lengths that doctors went to for the named patients in this article. for the first guy a new drug was synthesised specifically for him and for the others they had experimental surgery in Sweden. do we have the same level of care for the negative effects of drug addiction nowadays or were these just rich people?

[Aerroon]

It could also be the doctors seeing an opportunity to write a paper, learn or to get renown. If this is shown to work on more cases then their name will be forever attached to the "first to use X to treat Y".

[anal_reactor]

Moreover, a druggie with fucked up brain will agree to any experimental treatment, and even if something goes horribly wrong, nobody will investigate, because it's impossible to prove that the side effects came from your treatment, not from the patient's drug habit

[spacemanspiff01]

Also to be fair, many people would prefer death compared to being what seems to be almost paralyzed.

If there is an experiment that has only 5 % chance of success, many will take it.