commentr/StutterSeptember 9, 2021

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Rule 4 states: No advice involving drugs or medication, including dosage or where to obtain. To your point, yes, we cannot and should not have people (especially kids) come here seeking medical advice from a subreddit. One does not need to look further than people currently taking horse de-wormers to treat covid based on poor information and ending up in hospital beds (as a relevant example, not to turn this into a covid discussion). However, we cannot completely ignore the possibility to treat stuttering via medication. Clinical trials for drugs as Pagoclone are still being conducted by the FDA specifically for treatment of stuttering. Thus, we do need a forum to *responsibly* discuss medications, including the research behind it, preliminary results, side effects, etc. The point is not to provide advice on drugs or medication, how much to take, or provide sources. The point is to allow this subreddit to enable having an intelligent discussion on medication, information that is already readily available through clinical papers, other subreddits, etc. Edit: Spelling

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