Posted by Sebastian on May 13, 2004, at 17:21:50
In reply to Re: question to chemist » Sebastian, posted by chemist on May 12, 2004, at 19:28:43
Acording to NIDA(National Institute of Drug Abuse). Dopamine is what you give someone who is trying to give up drugs, that are addictive. Dopamine is not addictive. The reason, pill medicine(which is not addictive, like zyprexa, for example), will fill the reward mecanisim, being dopamine receptors, so that they do not want the bad drugs. Also people who use illegal drugs, like the ones listed, have a depletion of dopamine in the brain, which is why they want the illegal drugs. Studies prove that when you give someone(or a lab rat) dopamine that they turn down the usage of illicit drugs. Thats why. I belive the drug used (or one of) in the tests was Selegelin.
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