Category: Drugs and Herbs

  • Aspirin: A Potential Treatment for Lithium-Associated Sexual Dysfunction in Men

    Bipolar affective disorder (BAD) is a mental illness characterized by episodes of depression and mania. Lithium is a commonly used medication for BAD that helps stabilize mood and prevent future episodes. However, one common side effect of lithium therapy is sexual dysfunction, which can significantly impact quality of life for patients. A recent study published…

  • Wellbutrin (Bupropion) Increases Testosterone

    Used to treat sexual dysfunction and depression, the antidepressant bupropion (Wellbutrin or Zyban) significantly increases testosterone levels in men. “Methadone is largely recognized as an effective treatment for opiate-dependent patients; however, it causes reduced brain dopaminergic action resulting in significant sexual dysfunction. Bupropion is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor which can potentially improve erectile function among…

  • Cyproheptadine: Pro-Social Autism Destroyer

    The portrait’s of “the Wild Boy of Aveyron,” Victor, who had undergone one of the earliest rehabilitation programs for autistic symptoms. Although behavioral programs have some success, it’s imperative that parents understand the real, measurable biochemical abnormalities in children with autism, which offers insight into potential pharmacological treatments, whether with pharmaceuticals or hormones.Here’s a post…

  • How Vitamin B3 Can Replace for Benzodiazepines

      Nicotine, niacinamide and the benzodiazepine class of drugs all have anxiety-reducing effects via different mechanisms, but all three enhance the activity of GABA in the brain. Although the benzodiazepines have been linked to dementia, niacinamide and nicotine protect the brain from stress. The benzodiazepine diazepam (Valium) has a central nervous system (CNS) depressive effect,…

  • Prednisone: Natural Alternatives

    Here’s something that may be relevant in Dr. Peat’s writings: “While one of Selye’s earliest observations related gastrointestinal bleeding to stress, Meerson’s work has revealed in a detailed way how the usually beneficial hormone of adaptation, cortisone, can cause so many other harmful effects when its action is too prolonged or too intense. Some of the…

  • Lamotrigine Accelerates Brain Aging

    Lamotrigine, an anticonvulsant used to treat bipolar II disorder (cyclical depression without mania) has been shown to extend lifespan but induce motor retardation as a proxy for brain aging. Other anticonvulsants, including lithium and valproic acid (Depakote) have beneficial effects on both longevity and healthspan. “The discovery of life extension in Caenorhabditis elegans treated with…

  • Caffeine Tolerance: Anti-Aging, Anti-Diabetic and Anti-Obesity … Cognitive and Exercise Performance… Liver Info Including Taurine

    Many use coffee (or caffeine) to improve symptoms of mild hypothyroidism, but tolerance for caffeine seems to have a biphasic effect across individuals. Severely hypothyroid experience caffeine-induced anxiety due to poor glycogen (sugar) storage and “the pathology of estrogen dominance,” where estrogen impairs the liver’s detoxification pathways and leads to greater accumulated estrogen. Estrogen interferes…

  • Anxiety Answers

    It’s well known that cortisol accelerates the aging process, and Dr. Peat has written extensively about the destructive effects of both prolactin and cortisol, where it’s ideal to keep prolactin under a lab value of 9.Buspirone, an anxiolytic medication used to treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) increases cortisol and prolactin concentrations, so it has detrimental…

  • Lamictal (Lamotrigine) Lowers Serotonin and Glutamate, Heightens Sexual Satisfaction, Blocks the Stress Response and Improves ADHD Symptoms

      “Alteration of monoamine levels by some antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) was elucidated in this study. Lamotrigine (LTG) is a new AED, acting the sodium-channels. LTG was given as add-on therapy to 16 patients aged 4.5-18 yrs with intractable epilepsy and comedicated with carbamazepine or valproate. An equal group of epileptics with comparable clinical characteristics and…

  • DNP Alternatives

      Q: “I’ve been thinking about the advantages of caffeine as an uncoupler, similar to T3, and I wonder what your opinions are on such a substance compared to T3. Obviously, T3 (or NDT) possesses similar uncoupling benefits without the negative effects on sleep quality (and possibly brain development). Aspirin, while possessing the positive benefits…