Un médicament miracle sort une femme du coma

Since then, another South African and an American, both classified as being in a permanently vegetative state, have also been roused to full consciousness by the drug. There have also been reports that about 10 to 15 patients in a minimally conscious state have been awakened. One of them can be seen coming out of her partial coma for the first time on My Shocking Story: Coma Miracle on the Discovery Channel on Thursday. Dianne Katz, 51, had been in a semi-conscious state since she had two brain aneurysms and three strokes two years ago. The book-keeper from Kenilworth, Johannesburg, couldn’t talk, eat or wash unaided. She is seen coming round and talking shortly after taking the drug, while her family looks on in amazement. But it is not only those with impaired consciousness who have been helped by the sleeping pill. Those brain damaged by trauma and strokes have also significantly improved. Dr Clauss says Zolpidem seems to help between 30 to 60 per cent of patients with less severe injury, such as a small stroke. For those with serious impairment of consciousness the figure is around 15 per cent. Dr Nel also has a small number of patients with spinal injuries, which have had some response. One quadriplegic patient is now able to hold his torso upright in his wheelchair. Some patients can talk again, hear and move their limbs.

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