Showing posts with label thioridazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thioridazine. Show all posts

Thursday 23 May 2013

Schizophrenia medicine works on antibiotic-resistant bacteria

File:Staphylococcus aureus VISA 2.jpg
 
Researchers have shown that the drug thioridazine,
 
 
which was once used to treat schizophrenia, is also a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350622#ixzz2U5bilVl5  or