Medicine as a profession. Vol I. A chemist-fantasy pharmacist’s eyes

When civilian regulators are powerless to stop this mad screaming, an elite special forces unit — Tranquilizers and sedatives (such as benzodiazepines) — harshly deploys to the dispatch centers. In the State metaphor, these are the brutal Riot Police (OMON) Officers of the nervous system.

They arrive at the panic-overloaded control panels and, without further discussion, crank the power of the organism’s built-in braking systems to the absolute maximum. Their work is incredibly spectacular: it is like pouring liquid nitrogen over a scalding, ready-to-explode server or activating total cellular communication jammers during a violent street riot.

The OMON fighters approach the main braking panels — the GABA-A (gamma-aminobutyric acid) receptors. Acting as allosteric modulators, they do not replace the native dispatcher of silence (GABA), but stand right beside him, helping him forcefully swing the chloride channels wide open. Negatively charged chloride ions rush inside the excited cells in a massive, icy torrent, instantly cooling their electrical potential. All panic screams, hysterics, and convulsive neural impulses immediately fall silent. Within minutes, an absolute, deafening, yet life-saving silence, blissful relaxation, and peace blanket the terror-stricken country.

Professional Risks:

Such total, forceful jamming of communications has its own reverse, dark side. While shutting down the panic, the OMON officers concurrently disable useful, operational signals managing movement, memory, and wakefulness. A pronounced, insurmountable drowsiness, muscle weakness (arms and legs turn to jelly), and a severe slowing of all reactions blanket the country. The brain begins to struggle with writing information into the memory archives.

In the event of a severe overdose, the special forces might accidentally block the control panels of the respiratory center, and the city will simply stop pumping air. But the greatest danger is the formation of a rigid, slave-like dependence on the “officers of silence” during a prolonged contract. The organism forgets how to brake itself and demands the special forces again and again. For this reason, their service is strictly limited to short courses (up to 2—4 weeks), and during their duty, citizens are categorically forbidden from getting behind the wheel of city transport.

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