The year is 2004 and the best treatment for mental dysphoria and a whole other load of symptoms is unfortunately a controversial and dependance producing one.
Opioids are the best we have. Opioids seem to have a perfect excitatory effect on just the right dopamine in just the right areas of the brain while simultaneously having a mild and positive inhibitory effect as well. They treat mental dysphoria. They treat lack of energy. They treat anxiety, and in particular, social anxiety, which other anxiety medications totally fail to treat. they invoke a feeling of dopamine drive and motivation without the anxiety and other side effects that stimulants have. They ease almost all pain with the exception of neuropathic pain. They do no physical harm to any organ systems of the body.
So what's the problem, why are opioids demonized and why cant they be widely used from mental problems as well? Of course the political and social controversy is just a bunch of made up opinion so the only REAL problem with their use is simple: Tolerance and Dependance. Opioids best work their mental magic when there is little or no tolerance. Opioid receptors quickly tend to downregulate in the presence of an agonist thus diminishing the benefits while at the same time increasing dependance and withdrawal potential.
But there is new hope. Scientists have found ways to prevent or at least significantly lower the development of tolerance. One such discovery was when scientists found that binding of a compound called DAMGO to a small number of receptors in a group caused the whole group to become upregulated. In an animal test, rats were given morphine with a small amount of DAMGO for 7 days. on the 7th day the morphine was as effective as the first day and tolerance was absent(1). Other researchers discovered the same to be true with Naltrexone. UltraLow dose Naltrexone with an Opioid effectively hinders the devolopment of tolerance and enhances analgesia(2). As a result of these findings, a medicine containing ultralow dose Naltrexone and Oxycodone called OxyTrex is already devoloped and in trials(3).
If we could have an Opioid pill where tolerance and dependance is no longer an issue, it would undoubtedly be invaluable to the treatment of many mental problems for many people. It is a moral urgency that such medicines be developed and easily available to all.
- Tone
Refs:
(1) Unisci: Reducing Tolerance To Morphine
Could Aid Pain Therapy
http://www.opioids.com/tolerance/damgo.html
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(2) Queen's Researchers Discover Paradox Of Pain Control; Morphine Effectiveness Restored To Between 80 And 90% Of Original Amount
http://opioids.com/tolerance/paincontrol.html
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(3)Pain Therapeutics, INC: OXYTREXâ„¢
http://www.paintrials.com/oxytrex.html
Full Version: The Best Mental Medication
what sort of opioids? Morphine?
Well i dont like morphine as much as hydrocodone, oxycodone and tramadol. the latter are more stimulating and feel much better. morphine is more sedating
Chiropractors Offer Hope for Kids with ADHD
http://www.hunterdonhealthonline.org/healt...ils.cfm?id=1933
In the past decade, prescriptions for Ritalin, a stimulant medication commonly used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), increased five-fold, with 90 percent of all prescriptions worldwide consumed in the United States. As many parents grow leery of the traditional medical approach to ADHD, doctors of chiropractic are offering promising results with non-drug treatments that focus on postural muscles, nutrition and lifestyle changes that affect brain activity.
Some children may simply have difficulty learning certain subjects, but the current system - in a sense - prompts school officials to encourage their parents to have the children diagnosed with ADHD, says Dr. Scott Bautch, past president of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) Council on Occupational Health. "The higher the number of disabled kids in the school, the more funding the school can apply for," says Dr. Bautch.
Some teachers might also have difficulty with students who have a different style of learning, according to Dr. Bautch. If the child is a visual learner, and the teacher is not, perhaps the child is not being taught in a way he or she can learn. Before diagnosing the child with ADHD, Dr. Bautch recommends doctors talk to the child and the parents: "Is the child too active? Bored? Has dyslexia or a different learning pattern? It can be a behavior problem, problems at home, or frustrations with the teacher's style," explains Dr. Bautch. "If we went to a conference where the speakers taught in a way we can't learn, we would be frustrated and would misbehave - we'd get up and leave or chat to the person sitting next to us."
The traditional medical model, however, seems to follow the cookie-cutter principle. The diagnosis of ADHD is based on a questionnaire. But this is not enough, says Dr. Robert Melillo, a chiropractic neurologist. "True ADHD patients have other signs - tics, tremors, balance or postural problems, or unusual sensitivity to touch, movement, sights, or sounds." Unfortunately, although medications can keep ADHD under control, they don't cure it. Eighty percent of patients have ADHD features in adolescence, and up to 65 percent maintain them in adulthood.
Doctors of chiropractic and chiropractic neurologists offer a non-drug and non-invasive treatment alternative for ADHD patients that targets the underlying problems, not just symptoms. "Motor activity - especially development of the postural muscles - is the baseline function of brain activity. Anything affecting postural muscles will influence brain development. Musculoskeletal imbalance will create imbalance of brain activity, and one part of the brain will develop faster than the other, and that's what's happening in ADHD patients," says Dr. Melillo.
Chiropractic neurologists are trained to identify the underfunctioning part of the brain and find treatments to correct the problem, to help that hemisphere grow. "On every patient, we perform a brain function exam," says Dr. Frederick Carrick, president of the ACA Council on Neurology. "We test visual and auditory reflexes through, for example, flashing light in the eye, or asking patients to listen to music in one or the other ear."
When the problem is identified, patients are placed on a treatment program - and most of the therapies can be done at home. "Patients are asked to smell certain things several times a day ... or wear special glasses," says Dr. Mark S. Smith, a chiropractic neurologist. "We also focus on their individual problems. Some children, for example, have difficulty with planning, organization, and coordination - so they benefit from timing therapies. They learn to clap or tap to the metronome, perform spinning and balancing exercises."
Although currently no studies comparing chiropractic neurological and medical treatment for ADHD are available, chiropractic neurologists are compiling the data. "We test children before they start the treatment and then every three months," says Dr. Melillo. "Within the first three months, the children get a two-grade-level increase on average - which is pretty dramatic. With children on medications, the improvement in academic performance is short term and lasts only as long as they take the medication. Our programs change the brain function and the improvement doesn't go away."
While chiropractic neurologists have found success in treating ADHD and learning disabilities by providing the necessary brain stimulation, they also recommend nutrition and lifestyle changes that may help correct or prevent biochemical imbalances that cause ADHD.
Parents are encouraged to:
1. Remove as many food dyes, sugar, preservatives, and additives from the diet as possible.
2. Focus on natural, mostly organic foods with as few pesticides or herbicides as possible.
3. Determine if there is an allergy - usually starting with dairy and gluten and try elimination diets.
4. Stop using pesticide sprays in the house.
5. Avoid taking medications, nicotine, alcohol, and other drugs in pregnancy that may harm the fetus.
6. Find ways to relax during pregnancy. Stress on the job may affect the unborn baby's health, as well.
7. Breastfeed. The first months and years of a child's life are critical to physical and psychological development. Breastfeeding mothers' diets are important as well.
Chiropractic Care Can Help...
If you or your loved one is diagnosed with ADHD or has the symptoms, ask your doctor of chiropractic if he or she has experience treating patients with the condition. Doctors of chiropractic are trained to identify neurological problems and find individual non-invasive treatment modalities. They can also assess your nutritional status and help you find the diet that will help you manage your condition.
http://www.hunterdonhealthonline.org/healt...ils.cfm?id=1933
In the past decade, prescriptions for Ritalin, a stimulant medication commonly used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), increased five-fold, with 90 percent of all prescriptions worldwide consumed in the United States. As many parents grow leery of the traditional medical approach to ADHD, doctors of chiropractic are offering promising results with non-drug treatments that focus on postural muscles, nutrition and lifestyle changes that affect brain activity.
Some children may simply have difficulty learning certain subjects, but the current system - in a sense - prompts school officials to encourage their parents to have the children diagnosed with ADHD, says Dr. Scott Bautch, past president of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) Council on Occupational Health. "The higher the number of disabled kids in the school, the more funding the school can apply for," says Dr. Bautch.
Some teachers might also have difficulty with students who have a different style of learning, according to Dr. Bautch. If the child is a visual learner, and the teacher is not, perhaps the child is not being taught in a way he or she can learn. Before diagnosing the child with ADHD, Dr. Bautch recommends doctors talk to the child and the parents: "Is the child too active? Bored? Has dyslexia or a different learning pattern? It can be a behavior problem, problems at home, or frustrations with the teacher's style," explains Dr. Bautch. "If we went to a conference where the speakers taught in a way we can't learn, we would be frustrated and would misbehave - we'd get up and leave or chat to the person sitting next to us."
The traditional medical model, however, seems to follow the cookie-cutter principle. The diagnosis of ADHD is based on a questionnaire. But this is not enough, says Dr. Robert Melillo, a chiropractic neurologist. "True ADHD patients have other signs - tics, tremors, balance or postural problems, or unusual sensitivity to touch, movement, sights, or sounds." Unfortunately, although medications can keep ADHD under control, they don't cure it. Eighty percent of patients have ADHD features in adolescence, and up to 65 percent maintain them in adulthood.
Doctors of chiropractic and chiropractic neurologists offer a non-drug and non-invasive treatment alternative for ADHD patients that targets the underlying problems, not just symptoms. "Motor activity - especially development of the postural muscles - is the baseline function of brain activity. Anything affecting postural muscles will influence brain development. Musculoskeletal imbalance will create imbalance of brain activity, and one part of the brain will develop faster than the other, and that's what's happening in ADHD patients," says Dr. Melillo.
Chiropractic neurologists are trained to identify the underfunctioning part of the brain and find treatments to correct the problem, to help that hemisphere grow. "On every patient, we perform a brain function exam," says Dr. Frederick Carrick, president of the ACA Council on Neurology. "We test visual and auditory reflexes through, for example, flashing light in the eye, or asking patients to listen to music in one or the other ear."
When the problem is identified, patients are placed on a treatment program - and most of the therapies can be done at home. "Patients are asked to smell certain things several times a day ... or wear special glasses," says Dr. Mark S. Smith, a chiropractic neurologist. "We also focus on their individual problems. Some children, for example, have difficulty with planning, organization, and coordination - so they benefit from timing therapies. They learn to clap or tap to the metronome, perform spinning and balancing exercises."
Although currently no studies comparing chiropractic neurological and medical treatment for ADHD are available, chiropractic neurologists are compiling the data. "We test children before they start the treatment and then every three months," says Dr. Melillo. "Within the first three months, the children get a two-grade-level increase on average - which is pretty dramatic. With children on medications, the improvement in academic performance is short term and lasts only as long as they take the medication. Our programs change the brain function and the improvement doesn't go away."
While chiropractic neurologists have found success in treating ADHD and learning disabilities by providing the necessary brain stimulation, they also recommend nutrition and lifestyle changes that may help correct or prevent biochemical imbalances that cause ADHD.
Parents are encouraged to:
1. Remove as many food dyes, sugar, preservatives, and additives from the diet as possible.
2. Focus on natural, mostly organic foods with as few pesticides or herbicides as possible.
3. Determine if there is an allergy - usually starting with dairy and gluten and try elimination diets.
4. Stop using pesticide sprays in the house.
5. Avoid taking medications, nicotine, alcohol, and other drugs in pregnancy that may harm the fetus.
6. Find ways to relax during pregnancy. Stress on the job may affect the unborn baby's health, as well.
7. Breastfeed. The first months and years of a child's life are critical to physical and psychological development. Breastfeeding mothers' diets are important as well.
Chiropractic Care Can Help...
If you or your loved one is diagnosed with ADHD or has the symptoms, ask your doctor of chiropractic if he or she has experience treating patients with the condition. Doctors of chiropractic are trained to identify neurological problems and find individual non-invasive treatment modalities. They can also assess your nutritional status and help you find the diet that will help you manage your condition.
| QUOTE (Tone @ Oct 01, 08:06 PM) |
| The year is 2004 and the best treatment for mental dysphoria and a whole other load of symptoms is unfortunately a controversial and dependance producing one. Opioids are the best we have. Opioids seem to have a perfect excitatory effect on just the right dopamine in just the right areas of the brain while simultaneously having a mild and positive inhibitory effect as well. They treat mental dysphoria. They treat lack of energy. They treat anxiety, and in particular, social anxiety, which other anxiety medications totally fail to treat. they invoke a feeling of dopamine drive and motivation without the anxiety and other side effects that stimulants have. They ease almost all pain with the exception of neuropathic pain. They do no physical harm to any organ systems of the body. So what's the problem, why are opioids demonized and why cant they be widely used from mental problems as well? Of course the political and social controversy is just a bunch of made up opinion so the only REAL problem with their use is simple: Tolerance and Dependance. Opioids best work their mental magic when there is little or no tolerance. Opioid receptors quickly tend to downregulate in the presence of an agonist thus diminishing the benefits while at the same time increasing dependance and withdrawal potential. But there is new hope. Scientists have found ways to prevent or at least significantly lower the development of tolerance. One such discovery was when scientists found that binding of a compound called DAMGO to a small number of receptors in a group caused the whole group to become upregulated. In an animal test, rats were given morphine with a small amount of DAMGO for 7 days. on the 7th day the morphine was as effective as the first day and tolerance was absent(1). Other researchers discovered the same to be true with Naltrexone. UltraLow dose Naltrexone with an Opioid effectively hinders the devolopment of tolerance and enhances analgesia(2). As a result of these findings, a medicine containing ultralow dose Naltrexone and Oxycodone called OxyTrex is already devoloped and in trials(3). If we could have an Opioid pill where tolerance and dependance is no longer an issue, it would undoubtedly be invaluable to the treatment of many mental problems for many people. It is a moral urgency that such medicines be developed and easily available to all. - Tone Refs: (1) Unisci: Reducing Tolerance To Morphine Could Aid Pain Therapy http://www.opioids.com/tolerance/damgo.html -- (2) Queen's Researchers Discover Paradox Of Pain Control; Morphine Effectiveness Restored To Between 80 And 90% Of Original Amount http://opioids.com/tolerance/paincontrol.html -- (3)Pain Therapeutics, INC: OXYTREXâ„¢ http://www.paintrials.com/oxytrex.html |
This is nothing short of a revolutionary discovery in my mind. Controlling receptor up and down regulation may very well be a key to eliminating many disorders as well as a great deal of suffering in general.
Imagine taking a drug with the beneficial effects of mdma without the side effects that never failed to produce the desired effects.
This gives new hope for the effort to free mankind from the hedonic treadmill.
Sean
www.abolitionist-society.com
| QUOTE (Robert the Bruce @ Nov 10, 07:56 AM) |
| Chiropractors Offer Hope for Kids with ADHD http://www.hunterdonhealthonline.org/healt...ils.cfm?id=1933 In the past decade, prescriptions for Ritalin, a stimulant medication commonly used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), increased five-fold, with 90 percent of all prescriptions worldwide consumed in the United States. As many parents grow leery of the traditional medical approach to ADHD, doctors of chiropractic are offering promising results with non-drug treatments that focus on postural muscles, nutrition and lifestyle changes that affect brain activity. Some children may simply have difficulty learning certain subjects, but the current system - in a sense - prompts school officials to encourage their parents to have the children diagnosed with ADHD, says Dr. Scott Bautch, past president of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) Council on Occupational Health. "The higher the number of disabled kids in the school, the more funding the school can apply for," says Dr. Bautch. Some teachers might also have difficulty with students who have a different style of learning, according to Dr. Bautch. If the child is a visual learner, and the teacher is not, perhaps the child is not being taught in a way he or she can learn. Before diagnosing the child with ADHD, Dr. Bautch recommends doctors talk to the child and the parents: "Is the child too active? Bored? Has dyslexia or a different learning pattern? It can be a behavior problem, problems at home, or frustrations with the teacher's style," explains Dr. Bautch. "If we went to a conference where the speakers taught in a way we can't learn, we would be frustrated and would misbehave - we'd get up and leave or chat to the person sitting next to us." The traditional medical model, however, seems to follow the cookie-cutter principle. The diagnosis of ADHD is based on a questionnaire. But this is not enough, says Dr. Robert Melillo, a chiropractic neurologist. "True ADHD patients have other signs - tics, tremors, balance or postural problems, or unusual sensitivity to touch, movement, sights, or sounds." Unfortunately, although medications can keep ADHD under control, they don't cure it. Eighty percent of patients have ADHD features in adolescence, and up to 65 percent maintain them in adulthood. Doctors of chiropractic and chiropractic neurologists offer a non-drug and non-invasive treatment alternative for ADHD patients that targets the underlying problems, not just symptoms. "Motor activity - especially development of the postural muscles - is the baseline function of brain activity. Anything affecting postural muscles will influence brain development. Musculoskeletal imbalance will create imbalance of brain activity, and one part of the brain will develop faster than the other, and that's what's happening in ADHD patients," says Dr. Melillo. Chiropractic neurologists are trained to identify the underfunctioning part of the brain and find treatments to correct the problem, to help that hemisphere grow. "On every patient, we perform a brain function exam," says Dr. Frederick Carrick, president of the ACA Council on Neurology. "We test visual and auditory reflexes through, for example, flashing light in the eye, or asking patients to listen to music in one or the other ear." When the problem is identified, patients are placed on a treatment program - and most of the therapies can be done at home. "Patients are asked to smell certain things several times a day ... or wear special glasses," says Dr. Mark S. Smith, a chiropractic neurologist. "We also focus on their individual problems. Some children, for example, have difficulty with planning, organization, and coordination - so they benefit from timing therapies. They learn to clap or tap to the metronome, perform spinning and balancing exercises." Although currently no studies comparing chiropractic neurological and medical treatment for ADHD are available, chiropractic neurologists are compiling the data. "We test children before they start the treatment and then every three months," says Dr. Melillo. "Within the first three months, the children get a two-grade-level increase on average - which is pretty dramatic. With children on medications, the improvement in academic performance is short term and lasts only as long as they take the medication. Our programs change the brain function and the improvement doesn't go away." While chiropractic neurologists have found success in treating ADHD and learning disabilities by providing the necessary brain stimulation, they also recommend nutrition and lifestyle changes that may help correct or prevent biochemical imbalances that cause ADHD. Parents are encouraged to: 1. Remove as many food dyes, sugar, preservatives, and additives from the diet as possible. 2. Focus on natural, mostly organic foods with as few pesticides or herbicides as possible. 3. Determine if there is an allergy - usually starting with dairy and gluten and try elimination diets. 4. Stop using pesticide sprays in the house. 5. Avoid taking medications, nicotine, alcohol, and other drugs in pregnancy that may harm the fetus. 6. Find ways to relax during pregnancy. Stress on the job may affect the unborn baby's health, as well. 7. Breastfeed. The first months and years of a child's life are critical to physical and psychological development. Breastfeeding mothers' diets are important as well. Chiropractic Care Can Help... If you or your loved one is diagnosed with ADHD or has the symptoms, ask your doctor of chiropractic if he or she has experience treating patients with the condition. Doctors of chiropractic are trained to identify neurological problems and find individual non-invasive treatment modalities. They can also assess your nutritional status and help you find the diet that will help you manage your condition. |
Robert the Bruce,
Would you mind checking over our 'resources' page? It contains a listing of things that one can do right now to increase overall happiness and adaptability;
http://www.abolitionist-society.com/resources.htm
Please let me know if you have any suggestions for additions, edits, etc..
Thanks!!!!
Sean
www.abolitionist-society.com
Dear Sean
I make no inputs here now on such things. I am following your effort with interest and I see lots of ethical problems that include such power in the hands of bureaucrats leading to a Matrix. I know of many other things that tie in with that assertion. Should you wish my inputs I request you go to another site where you can find me.
I make no inputs here now on such things. I am following your effort with interest and I see lots of ethical problems that include such power in the hands of bureaucrats leading to a Matrix. I know of many other things that tie in with that assertion. Should you wish my inputs I request you go to another site where you can find me.
| QUOTE (RobertBruceBaird @ Nov 28, 08:15 AM) |
| Dear Sean I make no inputs here now on such things. I am following your effort with interest and I see lots of ethical problems that include such power in the hands of bureaucrats leading to a Matrix. I know of many other things that tie in with that assertion. Should you wish my inputs I request you go to another site where you can find me. |
Ethical problems - that's an understatement - building a 'brave new world' is certainly a possibility - but something that can be avoided.
Robert, if you do have any ideas to share with me (regarding earlier post,) please PM me.
Thanks,
Sean
I was under the impression that Naltrexone was ineffective orally. Is this product injectable?
QUOTE(Guest @ Feb 26, 08:32 PM) 
I was under the impression that Naltrexone was ineffective orally. Is this product injectable?
You are thinking of Naloxone
Ah, hedweb. Now there's an interesting thought.
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