Posted by djmmm on March 20, 2002, at 11:10:58
In reply to Re: diphenhydramine/dopamine, posted by 3 Beer Effect on March 20, 2002, at 1:25:03
> i've read that diphenhydramine (Benadryl) causes an increase in dopamine & so do ADD stimulants so that could be the reason, not sure.
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> More likely, it is to sedate their kids so they are easier to deal with (it seems like there is something morally wrong with that to me)- heck they might as well give them one of those heavy duty insane asylum tranquilizers so they just sit in the corner & drool on themselves, which would make the job of parenting much easier (for the parents).
H1 antagonists have some effect on dopamine reuptake...but I tend to agree that they are most likely use to sedate.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8791174&dopt=Abstract
This is only one study..I have also read about a diphenhydramine/opioid and a diphenhydramine/norepinephrine connection...
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