Posted by samplemethod on July 21, 2003, at 8:24:49
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 Lar have you found anything interesting on aspirin related to serotonin lately?
cheers
> > 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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