Alpha Lipoic Acid in Diabetic Neuropathy.

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

Diabetes mellitus (DM), a very common disease around the world, is a complicated variety of neuropathies or damaged nerves. This is most common in longer nerves of the body, causing “hot, burning, electric, sharp, achy and tingling sensations in a stocking-glove distribution”. Patients may complain of numbness and trouble walking, and the cause is believed […]

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Conditions: Depression, Diabetes, Hyperglycemia, Oxidation, Pain, Peripheral neuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Seizures

Supplements: Alpha lipoic acid, Antioxidants, Glutathione, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), Vitamin E

Foods: Glucose

Miscellaneous: Anticonvulsant, Antidepressant, Antioxidant, Opiate

Opiates and Androgen Deficiency.

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Dr. Gary Pack

To read the author’s abstract of the article, click on the title of the article. Then, to read the full article, click on the full text icon. KEY WORDS: Analgesia, Androgen deficiency, Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Depression, Endocrinopathy, Erectile dysfunction, Fatigue, Follicle stimulating hormone, Gonadotrophins, Hair, Hot flashes, Hypogonadism, Libido, Luteinizing hormone, Opioid and opiate, Opioid associated […]

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Conditions: Androgen deficiency, Depression, Endocrine dysfunction, Erectile dysfunction, Fatigue, Hot flashes, Hypogonadism, Libido, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Pain

Supplements: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

Miscellaneous: Analgesic, Follicle stimulating hormone, Gonadotrophins, Luteinizing hormone, Opiate, Prostate, Testosterone

Dopamine Hypothesis of Addiction.

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Dr. Gary Pack

Dopamine (DA), a neurotransmitter*, is involved with brain activity in drug abuse and other addictions. The activity of DA neurons in the brain is reduced in alcohol, opiate and cannabinoid-dependent rats. DA activity is depressed in an area of the brain called the nucleus accumbens in drug-dependent rodents. These deficiencies contribute to the ‘dopamine-impoverished brain’ […]

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