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Neurotransmitter depletion: "Neurotransmitter levels
that are not high enough cause disease". Notice it was not
said, "Low levels of neurotransmitter cause disease". When
neurotransmitter testing is performed by a properly
calibrated lab statistical review of tens of thousands of
lab results reveals that patients with and without
neurotransmitter disease commonly associated with low levels
of neurotransmitters all have the same neurotransmitter
levels prior to treatment. In most cases neurotransmitter
depletion is not the cause of disease. For an in depth
discussion of the cause of neurotransmitter disease go to:
The bundle damage theory of neurotransmitter disease
In the
clinic neurotransmitter depletion needs to be managed
properly even though it is not the cause of more disease.
Neurotransmitter depletion in the clinic is iatrogenic,
meaning "doctor induced". Improper management of
prescription drugs and nutrients in the clinic causes
neurotransmitter depletion leading to numerous problems in
the patient. Prescription drugs that work with
neurotransmitters and the nutrients 5-HTP, tyrosine, levodopa,
and tryptophan will deplete neurotransmitters is not used
properly.
WHAT DOES
NEUROTRANSMITTER DEPLETION LOOK LIKE IN THE CLINIC?
- Drugs that work with
neurotransmitters do not work if there is not enough
neurotransmitters to work with. When neurotransmitter
depletion from drugs is severe enough the drugs quit
working.
- The serotonin and
dopamine neurotransmitter systems are deeply
intertwined. 5-HTP and tryptophan (the precursors of
serotonin) deplete dopamine if not used in proper
balance. Tyrosine and L-dopa (the precursors of
dopamine) deplete serotonin if not used in proper
balance. Using only 5-HTP depletes dopamine, when
dopamine levels drop low enough the 5-HTP will not work
at any level of dosing. Using only L-dopa depletes
serotonin, when serotonin levels drop low enough the
L-dopa will not work at any level of dosing.
HOW DOCTORS
ADDRESSED NEUROTRANSMITTER DEPLETION BY DRUGS IN THE PAST
Doctors have seen drug causing neurotransmitter depletion
for year but they did not know what they were looking at.
When the drugs that work with neurotransmitters quit working
doctors do one of the following:
- Increase the dose of the
drug
- Switch to another drug
- Add a second drug
All
three of these things does nothing to address the
neurotransmitter depletion that caused the drug to quit
working and simply sets up condition that cause more
neurotransmitter depletion.
HOW
MEDICAL DOCTORS (MDs) ADDRESS NEUROTRANSMITTER DEPLETION BY
NUTRIENTS
The
quick answer here is, "they don't". When a doctor treats
Parkinson's Disease with L-dopa and the L-dopa quits working
it is because the L-dopa has just burned out (depleted) the
serotonin to the point the L-dopa will no longer work.
Instead of giving the patient proper levels of 5-HTP or
tryptophan the doctor simply increases the L-dopa dosing
leading to more neurotransmitter depletion of serotonin.
When
5-HTP quits working or does not work from the start of
treatment doctors in general increase the dose of 5-HTP
instead of giving proper levels of L-dopa or tyrosine this
in turn causes the 5-HTP to deplete dopamine even more.
NEUROTRANSMITTER DEPLETION
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