Posted by Larry Hoover on May 29, 2006, at 19:04:24
In reply to Re: L-Dopa » Larry Hoover, posted by yxibow on May 29, 2006, at 18:20:19
> > Lord love a duck, you can't have people going around and feeling good about a treatment. Then we'd have to make it illegal, and send in the police.
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> > Do a google on Mucuna pruriens, velvet bean.
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> Its not about "feeling good" -- dopamine doesn't just ordinarily make you feel good and if you want that, go take Wellbutrin.It's simply an option, to try consuming some beans from that particular genus. I think it is a genus thing, not just that species. Some people just eat them, and feel good.
> Levidopa-carvidopa is reserved I would say almost exclusively for parkinsonism for the exact reason that the previous poster had mentioned her doctor saying.
I have to emphasize dose. It really matters how much one uses, to contemplate effect size. In some cases, even the effect type varies with dose.
> It can cause uncomfortable dyskinesias as I mentioned as well, though maybe not TD, it is possible, even with dopamine agonists.
>Can, yes. May not. Certainly, a well-informed person can manage the concept presented here. Attempting to draw absolute conclusions about the idea is what I'm resisting. Properly matching the symptoms with the treatment is a definite advantage.
There was a dopaminergic drug withdrawn from the world market.....I forget its name, but it was causing spontaneous orgasm and other "adverse" effects. It was not tested in people with sexual dysfunction, as far as I know. People who lost their sexual desire or function. It seems tragic that the option is gone, despite the potential for misuse.
Lar
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