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Re: L-Dopa » Larry Hoover

Posted by yxibow on May 29, 2006, at 18:20:19

In reply to Re: L-Dopa » jealibeanz, posted by Larry Hoover on May 29, 2006, at 10:15:03

> > Why isn't this commonly used for depression? Is it dangerous? Wouldn't it help some people?
>
> Sure, it would help some people. The issue is dose. In reading my esteemed peers' responses, there is a lot of propaganda out there about dopaminergic treatment. Lord love a duck, you can't have people going around and feeling good about a treatment. Then we'd have to make it illegal, and send in the police.
>
> Do a google on Mucuna pruriens, velvet bean.
>
> Lar


Its not about "feeling good" -- dopamine doesn't just ordinarily make you feel good and if you want that, go take Wellbutrin.

Levidopa-carvidopa is reserved I would say almost exclusively for parkinsonism for the exact reason that the previous poster had mentioned her doctor saying. It can cause uncomfortable dyskinesias as I mentioned as well, though maybe not TD, it is possible, even with dopamine agonists.

 

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