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Re: melatonin antagonists? » Tom Twilight

Posted by laima on August 15, 2006, at 12:32:24

In reply to Re: melatonin antagonists?, posted by Tom Twilight on August 15, 2006, at 12:11:33


Is "agonist" and "antagonist" different then? I might not have heard my doctor or remembered correctly then- the words sound so similar and I am no bio-chem expert. I'm not even sure what processes they are specifically referring to. Thanks for the correction.

> > If my memory is accurate, my psychiatrist described the new sleep drug, rozerem, as a "melatonin antagonist".
> >
> Rozerem is a Melatonin Agonit!
> Otherwise it would cause insomnia rather than helping it
>
> Caffeine reduces Melatonin production
>
> I know clean Melatonin antagonists exist, although I have no idea what they are or how to get them!
>
>


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