psylence
05-18-2009, 04:14 AM
I found an interesting article today about opiate addiction.
According to this, morphine naturally occurs in the brain and some have a deficiency of this. It's not too much unlike how our brains synthesize dopamine and serotonin. People with this deficiency are more prone to the abuse of opiates.
Even more intriguing is that there is a natural non-narcotic substance called Reticuline. This is a precursor that allows the brain to synthesize the natural amount of morphine in the brains of normal human beings. It is non-narcotic and does not get you high.
I really wonder why more effort has not been put into researching this as a possible cure for opiate addicts?
Upon further research, I found out that hyrdrocodone (my drug of choice) does not metabolize into morphine in the brain as most (almost all) opiates do. So, this may not be a big help for me. However, I feel that with Heroin, Morphine, Codeine and Oxycontin (oxycodone, Percocet) addicts may benefit from the use of this.
It’s a much better alternative to the highly unsuccessful and dangerous practice of methadone and Buprenorphine methods.
I am a Bio-Chemistry major, so I find this very interesting and possibly useful. I plan on doing further reading.
The article is here if anyone wants to read it
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2004/09/65053
Thanks again for all the support.
According to this, morphine naturally occurs in the brain and some have a deficiency of this. It's not too much unlike how our brains synthesize dopamine and serotonin. People with this deficiency are more prone to the abuse of opiates.
Even more intriguing is that there is a natural non-narcotic substance called Reticuline. This is a precursor that allows the brain to synthesize the natural amount of morphine in the brains of normal human beings. It is non-narcotic and does not get you high.
I really wonder why more effort has not been put into researching this as a possible cure for opiate addicts?
Upon further research, I found out that hyrdrocodone (my drug of choice) does not metabolize into morphine in the brain as most (almost all) opiates do. So, this may not be a big help for me. However, I feel that with Heroin, Morphine, Codeine and Oxycontin (oxycodone, Percocet) addicts may benefit from the use of this.
It’s a much better alternative to the highly unsuccessful and dangerous practice of methadone and Buprenorphine methods.
I am a Bio-Chemistry major, so I find this very interesting and possibly useful. I plan on doing further reading.
The article is here if anyone wants to read it
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2004/09/65053
Thanks again for all the support.