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Friday, January 30. 1987 / University Daily Kansan
KU prof hopes drug cures alcoholism
Bv CAROLINE REDDICK
Staff writer
A drug designed to cause nausea and vomiting may not appeal to everyone.
But according to Morris Faiman,
that's why 150,000 to 200,000
Americans take disulfiram, a drug
used to treat alcoholism, every day.
They take the drug knowing that they
beak them and they drink alcohol in
the next 24 hours.
Faiman, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, described the effect alcohol has on a person taking disulfiram.
"If someone has disulfiram in his system and ingests alcohol, that person may become violently ill. The effects may include vomiting, headache, flushed skin, increased heart rate and decreased blood pressure. Wainman said yesterday that he had been told to get the drug may even react to the alcohol in some cough syrups and shaving lotions."
Faiman has been studying the moment of alcoholism for the last 12 years.
"The effectiveness of the drug depends on the alcoholic's willingness to be treated. The drug now has to be taken every day so if a person decides to drink, he simply doesn't take his pill that day." Faiman said.
Faiman received a two-year, $158,000 contract from Bend Research Inc., of Bend, Ore., to
develop the technology for a form of disruption that could be implanted under the skin once a month and be removed by dermatologists. That similar to time-release tablets.
"We have two goals." Faiman said "The first is to correct the amount of disulfiram to avoid the terrible side effects but retain the benefit. The second goal is to develop a drug that won't have to be taken every day."
Disulfiram prevents the body from completely breaking down alcohol,
"It's believed to inhibit various enzymes which are responsible for metabolizing alcohol," he said.
Bend Research is known internationally for its work in membrane technology. Bend will develop the membrane, or covering, for the implant after Faiman has perfected the required dosage
Kelly Smith, director of the Controlled Release Division of Bend Research, said KU was one of only two three places where this type of research was done. Faiman probably is the world's leading researcher on disulfam. Smith said
Jack Colyer, director of treatment for the Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism, said it is an effective treatment in many cases.
"A person may drink after taking disulfiram, but he'll wish he hadn't. He probably won't die but he'll wish he would." Colver said.
Breaking pattern
Darcy Chang/KANSAN
A student waits in front of the Strong Hall windows that overlook Javhawk Boulevard. creating a silhouette
Three-day workshop designed for women
By LAURA BOSTROM
Staff writer
Sherry A. McGowan became involved with the women's movement after a lecture from "Mary" of singing group, Peter. Paul and Mary.
The group had sung at a benefit concert for a Kansas politician whose wife was an abolitionist.
"Mary told me that I wasn't really illiterated," McGowan of Topeka
As part of her commitment to the women's movement, McGowan has planned a three-day women's work-community empowering and Nurturing Conference."
The seminar begins today at the Lawrence Holiday Inn Holdome and offers more than 50 workshops covering everything from exercise to communication skills.
The $325 workshop fee includes hotel accommodations, meals, eight individual pamping sessions, workshops and special events, such as a slumber party and fashion show. Participants also may register for individual days, which range in cost from $75 to $100.
More than 60 women have preregistered for the conference, and McGowan estimated that another 20 would walk in.
McGowan wants the weekend's combination of business and personal workshops to empower women.
"Women give to others all day. This will be an opportunity for them to give to themselves," she said.
McGowan did most of her under-graduate study at the University of Kansas. She worked in the mental health field for 16 years and now sells real estate and runs a consulting business.
Feminism attracted her, she said, after she worked on the pascue Vietnamese language.
She said of feminism, "Once that door was opened, it all came rushing in."
Alexis Kreibinger, a spiritual counselor and healer, planned the nurturing part of the conference. She calls the workshops pampering sessions. They include massage, color makeup and a psychic reading.
Harriet Lerner, author of "The Dance of Anger," will give the keynote lecture Friday. She will speak on the management of anger and
Other workshops will cover professional areas such as interpersonal communication and business.
McGowan used to think that the pressure on women to look attractive was ridiculous.
"But it's the truth. People judge you based on what you are wearing," she said. "Women wander around in them, and they're not going to have any power."
Kreiberg said she wanted to teach women to have more.
"Not just material things, but whatever they want to have more of." Kreiberg said. "Women feel guilty when they do things for themselves. It's not decadent to do things for yourself."
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