Tag: allopregnanolone

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Chronic stress causes depression by depleting allopregnanolone

This is perhaps one of the very few articles that directly makes the claim that stress can,…

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Finasteride causes gut inflammation, high serotonin, low dopamine; allopregnanolone may treat

A great new study, which goes a long way towards explaining the dreaded post-finasteride syndrome (PFS). Currently,…

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Progesterone, bromocriptine may treat autism

A great new study, which, while genomic in character, inadvertently points the finger directly at estrogen and/or…

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Allopregnanolone found safe, may slow brain atrophy from Alzheimer’s

A great new study, which is one of the very few to examine the safety and effectiveness…

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Oral allopregnanolone coming soon to a pharmacy near you

Kidding aside, it looks like pharma companies are starting to develop a very strong interest in oral…

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Endocrine disruptors in cosmetics may cause postpartum depression, premature births

Hardly a surprising finding, but it will probably come as a shock to most modern women who…

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Progesterone and allpregnanolone are protective against COVID-19

I think we will be seeing more studies on this topic, especially in light of the ongoing…

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Allopregnanolone as a treatment of Alzheimer Disease (AD)

It looks like the recent FDA approval of allopregnanolone (ALLO) for postpartum depression may open the floodgates…

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Allopregnanolone deficiency during pregnancy causes autism

Yet another study that links prenatal stress with the offspring developing autism. The rates of autism have…

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Pregnenolone Is A Potent (functional) Endotoxin (TLR4) Antagonist

It seems that pregnenolone is finally starting to look exciting to the medical industry. In addition for…