Predicting new effective treatments of alcohol addiction on the basis of their properties of inhibition of noradrenergic activity and/or thromboxane or on the activation of the dopamine reward system and/or beta-endorphin.
On the basis of their properties of noradrenergic and/or thromboxane inhibition, or on their activation of the dopaminergic reward system and/or beta-endorphin, the following substances or treatments are predicted to be effective in treating alcohol or drug addiction: ginger; carbon dioxide; dietary sulfur; methionine; calcium; LHRH; high intensity light; interferon; negative ions; serotonin antagonists such as methysergide and cyproheptadine; guanabenz and guenfacine; antihistamines; head-out water immersion; X-irradiation; and forced unilateral left nostril breathing.
Backon
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Mount Pleasant Hospital Addiction Studies Foundation, Lynn, Massachusetts.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004723:Endorphins / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000502:physiology
D015259:Dopamine Agents; D004723:Endorphins; D013931:Thromboxanes; D014667:Vasopressins; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase