Posted by samplemethod on July 13, 2003, at 11:53:20
In reply to Re: aspirin and serotonin, and also opiods » avid abulia, posted by Larry Hoover on July 13, 2003, at 7:16:11
Hey,
hmmm so would you suggest to have aspirin regularly. Has anyone found any trials, journal articles or tests that would suggest we should include it into our diets regularly.
If so I think there would be alot of people on these boards adding aspirin to their daily regimen.
I cant tell you that when I have aspirin.. just one tablet it really hurts my stomach.
Would that suggest I have something wrong with me?? Or that I should take such and such a supplement
Oh australia hey... Ive actually been interested in tramadol in the past but more for occasional use.
cheers for the info guys....u all do a great job
> > Hey, you guys are mostly a lot smarter than me here, but i've never seen this posted here, so i thought that perhaps i would tell you guys that salicylates (including aspirin) are inducers of tryptophan hydroxylase, the rate-limiting factor in the production of serotonin. It is occasionally successful in treating Tourette's syndrome, for that reason, and one well-respected expert on Tourette's, Dr. David Comings, published in his authoritative tome "Tourette's Syndrome and Human Behaviour" that his first recommendation to all new patients is to try taking two aspirin in the morning to see if that controls symptoms.
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> That's fascinating. I didn't know that. Thanks.
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> > So far as opiods go--i'm not a fan myself, i think mainly because i've used them for very severe pain (basilar migraines) in the past, but some people do quite well on them, and i'm not one to knock another's drug. And, incidentally, chronic (but not acute) morphine ingestation has been shown to induce tryptophan hydroxlyase as well... but, sticking to more practically relevant
> > info here (i can just see it... "Doc, I'm depressed... I hear morphine might do me some good, though." "Uh-huh... well, I'm not that kind of doctor. You might try that old croaker down the road with a forged medical license, though.")... well, tramadol (a codeine analog with low affinity for mu-opiod receptors and serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitory properties) has recently been shown in several clinically trials in several different countries to be an effective, rapid-onset antidepressant for some people, and... I think it was in Australia, if i remember right... it is currently going through the approval process to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Tourette's syndrome. Unlike morphine, tramadol has very low abuse potential, and shows no immuno-suppressive effects. In fact, it actually enhances natural killer cell function.
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> > ~AA
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> Yes, I've seen some reports of these trials, but I've never found anyone who used tramadol, and had a lasting benefit.
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> The rapid-onset antidepressant effect is quite startling. Hours. But use it every day, and the antidepressant effect diminishes, perhaps over two weeks. That's my experience, and the experience of everyone I've ever talked to, who tried it.
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> Bottom line, it may serve as an augmentative, or a "tweaker", but only for short-term benefit. That's anecdotal, of course, but I've never found anyone who could achieve long-term benefit from tramadol, buprenorphine, or any other semi-synthetic opiate antidepressants.
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