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- From: decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz)
- Subject: Re: Smart drugs
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:07:36 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.130736.15957@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- References: <1993Jan14.161238.10974@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <1993Jan22.054237.18305@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan22.054237.18305@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>, bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (William E. White ) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan20.184144.6464@noao.edu> forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach) writes:
- > >From article <1993Jan14.161238.10974@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>, by mgross@server.cs.jhu.edu (Matthew B. Gross):
- > >> I take phenylalanine about every day, and it really sharpens my awareness,
- > >> but I'd like to find something which could help me in the long-term.
- >
- > Try tyrosine, it's one step closer to what you're trying to get (or you could
- > just take L-DOPA, or eat a lot of broad beans.)
- >
- > >I like caffeine, myself.
- >
- > Actually caffeine is an adenosine antagonist, not at all the same sort of
- > sympathomimetic as, say, ephedrine or amphetamine. In the long run, tho,
- > it still results in sympathomimetic action, with all the negative long-term
- > side effects, namely the downregulation of tyrosine hydroxylase; the brain
- > self-corrects for excesses and this prevents you from keeping permanently
- > buzzed.
- >
- > Now, what we really need are drugs to inccrease production of tyrosine
- > hydroxylase.
-
- Don't forget vasopresin, which is why I recommended choline chloride
- to go with the phenyl alanine. By the way, as far as manufacturers
- go, I recommend Twin Labs.
-
- Disclaimer: I am not a doctor nor am I a chemist. I only know
- what I have read and discussed on this subject. I don't really
- recommend taking anything unless you have researched it carefully
- and have a clue about it. I also do recommend you be careful with
- such things, watch the blood pressure where "smart drugs" are
- concerned, and eat a balanced, nutritionally useful diet. I don't
- actually think there is a great value in a regular program of
- "smart drugs." I think that, in the long term, you are much better
- off keeping fit, eating wisely, and not trying to "cheat" your way
- to intelligence or improved memory with specific nutritional
- overloads.
-
- Dean Kaflowitz
-