Tag: dopamine

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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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Blocking serotonin, promoting dopamine may reverse cardiovascular disease (CVD)

The claim in the title stems from the fact that bromocriptine – the drug used in the…

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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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Dietary sugar can treat chronic depression

Not much to comment on here, except to point out that the sugar “addiction” in depressed people…

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Even very low-dose endocrine disruptors induce learned helplessness, anhedonia

Not much to comment on this study, considering the mountains of literature already available on the topic…

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Dopamine agonists can treat anhedonia

The title may sound obvious to many, but this study is one of the few to bring…

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Serotonin puts the brakes on libido, by lowering dopamine

Nothing really surprising, as far as Peatarians are concerned, in the findings of this study. I am…

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Vitamin D may treat (opioid) “addiction”

Interesting article, which corroborated the role of vitamin D as an anti-stress hormone. As vitamin D is…

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Ketamine cures depression by reducing serotonin, increasing dopamine

As many of my readers know, FDA recently approved the party drug ketamine (known as Special-K on…

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Drop in dopamine behind giving up

I would have much preferred if the authors of the study below investigated the level of serotonin…