Posted by bleauberry on August 14, 2011, at 14:19:43
In reply to DL Phenylalanine vs. L Phenylalanine, posted by Lao Tzu on August 6, 2011, at 12:51:49
This is just a guess, but I think maybe a way to make opioid mechanisms such as DL work good is to block the mu receptors. A super tiny dose of naltrexone can do that. LDN therapy is usually thought of in terms of 1.5mg to 4.5mg at bedtime. However, doses much smaller than that....ultra ultra low....block the mu receptors but not the others. The mu receptors are involved with dysphoria.
Heroin addicts have discovered that these ultra ultra low doses prevent tolerance and withdrawal, and they theorize it is because those tiny doses are only impacting the mu receptors. We're talking tiny....1/10th of 1mg and smaller.
Maybe the DL or D form are allowing extra endorphins to flood all the related receptors, but the fact that one of those receptors is the mu receptor makes the difference between whether someone feels good with it or not...depending on the status of their mu receptors in relation to the other opioid receptors.
Dunno. Just thinking out loud.
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