Tag: addiction

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Blocking serotonin (5-HT) may treat alcoholism

After decades of animal research implicating the serotonin system in the development of all sorts of “addictions”,…

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Estrogen is required for developing cocaine “addiction”

The role of estrogen in developing various addictions is well-known in animal research, with a lot of…

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Blocking serotonin (5-HT) stops withdrawal symptoms in addicts

The role of 5-HT and other stress mediators such as cortisol, adrenaline, estrogen, prolactin, histamine, etc has…

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Big Pharma – oral GABA doesn’t work; Also Big Pharma – oral GABA works, can replace alcohol

We are now living in an openly clown world, so I don’t really expect many doctors to…

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Pregnenolone (P5) blocks stress-induced anxiety, hypertension and cocaine cravings

A great new study, and with humans too! As the study aptly demonstrates, the primary driver of…

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Lowering adrenaline as effective as opioids for severe/chronic pain

Most of my readers know about the raging opioid abuse epidemic in Western countries. What most people…

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Gut bacteria overgrowth drives (cocaine) addiction; glycine can reverse it

Yet another study highlighting the importance of the microbiome for our health, and suggesting again that there…

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Progesterone may help quitting smoking

A very interesting article, on a topic that has been studied for decades but has not seen…

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Estrogen promotes, progesterone inhibits drug (cocaine) abuse

An interesting study, which not only exposes yet another negative side of estrogen but also demonstrates the…

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Maternal SSRI/SNRI use leads to offspring addiction/withdrawal

After being told for decades that SSRI/SNRI drugs are safe for usage during pregnancy, now the truth…