The intellectual species are finding newer ways of making human life simpler. The latest in the area of medical news is a pill that will help erase bad memories. According to the study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, the drug propranolol, which is a generic beta-blocker, is used to banish bad memories with the aid of therapy. Tests have been conducted by other researchers on both rats and humans and rats. The conclusions have been standard wherein the patients displayed fewer signs of stress while recalling the traumatic incident.

Another positive aspect of this drug is the fact that the drug works even when it is out of the system. When the patients were tested the next day after the use of the drug, they showed less fear suggesting that the memory has been completely erased.  This new drug has overcome the traditional long process of teaching people with disorders, ways to overcome the after affect of a bad incident by helping them build new associations which enables them block bad memories. The drug prevents the re-creation of the memory and prevents the individual from reliving it.

The only concerning issue with this drug is the ethical furor it might give rise to. There are several with the opinion that this drug will threaten the very identity of human kind. Emotions, which is the basic differentiator between the human species and the rest is at question due to this drug. Experts say that this will raise many disturbing ethical questions about what makes us human. It also brings to light yet another vital aspect of psychological consequences which is triggered by an event which leads to learning from the mistakes made in life. Although this drug can relieve us from bad memories, the question remains whether it really is a good thing for us, humans, to erase bad memories?

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