Posted by alesta on August 24, 2004, at 8:14:25
In reply to Re: are stimulants neurotoxic? thanks in adv--jon, posted by JayDee on August 23, 2004, at 17:50:38
hi, again, jon,:)
ok, here's my input:
i trust what the national institute on drug abuse, national institutes of health has to say. and all they are saying is that ritalin increases dopamine. so that's fine.
where they go from there with this info is a huge, illogical leap right into saying that dopamine causes neuronal cell death. it makes no sense how they came to this conclusion from the above. and then they cite a few people as references. no cigar, baby. they're gonna have to do a lot better than that...
in addition, they don't elaborate on *anything*. and they don't explain how an *essential neurotransmitter* is toxic (they don't even say at elevated levels), when everyone obviously has dopamine in their brain! i guess we're all poisoned from birth...
hope this might put your mind at ease...i try to steer clear of this website whenever possible..
take care,
amy :)
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