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Posted by velaguff on July 26, 2002, at 13:50:48
Go to www.nutrachem.com Also, sold on other websites. I'm going to try it. Supposedly this blend is a "precursor" to phenylethylamine (PEA). Go to www.chocolate.org/pea.htm That's a "Hedweb" site, they have lots of useful info on all kinds of things. They seem to be dedicated to the idea , as am I, that happiness should be a right, not a privelege. PEA is in chocolate, but it's nearly all destoyed by the digestive tract; however if you can get it into the bloodstream by other means, the AD effect is often apparent. Some doctor I found on the web a while back has patented PEA as an antidepressant, but he's not, so far as I know, getting much response. I can't even find his website anymore. Precursors, like Em-Balance, are usually not nearly as effective as taking the genuine article directly. PEA, in a sublingual formula (enclosed in the cyclodextrin molecule) might make a good AD. I wring my hands...why aren't these things being tried?
Posted by oracle on July 26, 2002, at 14:59:07
In reply to Anyone tried Em-Balance? ...Worth a look!, posted by velaguff on July 26, 2002, at 13:50:48
I wring my hands...why aren't these things being tried?
Why do you think they have not been ?
Posted by velaguff on July 26, 2002, at 16:02:01
In reply to Re: Anyone tried Em-Balance? ...Worth a look!, posted by oracle on July 26, 2002, at 14:59:07
My, guess, oracle? These and other things are perhaps not being tried because they might work a little "too" well, "too" soon, thus putting a lot of shrinks out of business. Especially if they could be bought OTC, which, with PEA can't be done by just anyone (if it can be done at all), because as I pointed out, some guy has patented that (natuarally, he was a shrink, not just a regular doc, I think I recall...Figures!). He didn't patent PEA itself, just it's APPLICATION as an AD. You don't necesarily have to invent a medicine or substance to make $, just think of a new USE for it, and patent it. This will make said use of PEA with cyclodextrin more difficult. Negotiations. Delays. Royalties. The FDA will probably have to approve it, wheras they probably WOULDN'T have had to if it were not patented, since it's naturally found in food...but I'm not sure about that. Legal question.
Posted by shar on July 30, 2002, at 0:47:47
In reply to Re: Anyone tried Em-Balance? ...Worth a look!, posted by velaguff on July 26, 2002, at 16:02:01
So...could a person get otc PEA if they said it was NOT for use as an AD?
Shar
Posted by hildi on July 30, 2002, at 15:37:47
In reply to Anyone tried Em-Balance? ...Worth a look!, posted by velaguff on July 26, 2002, at 13:50:48
Where on that website do they talk about em-balance or PEA?
Posted by hildi on July 30, 2002, at 15:53:34
In reply to Re: Anyone tried Em-Balance? ...Worth a look! » velaguff, posted by hildi on July 30, 2002, at 15:37:47
Posted by velaguff on July 30, 2002, at 20:01:40
In reply to Anyone tried Em-Balance? ...Worth a look!, posted by velaguff on July 26, 2002, at 13:50:48
It's puzzling, when I found that doctor's website, the one who had patented PEA as an AD, I also found a website that sold PEA powder. At that time, I considered the idea of trying to have a compounding pharmacist make up sublinguals for me, but I don't think they generally know how to do that, especially with cyclodextrin. The PEA powder was not hugely expensive, it was at a "research chemical" sales site. I searched the same search engine with the same terms in the last couple days, but can't find the patent doc's web site, or the chemical sales site either. It's only been about a year. Apparently, at that time, at least, PEA wasn't "scheduled".
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