Brain breakthrough: Dopamine doesn't work at all like we thought it did (newatlas.com)

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[-] crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org 11 points 6 days ago

Wow so really using certain medications to flood the brain is like using a bazooka vs how dopamine is meant to be more precisely distributed.

[-] ushmel@piefed.world 8 points 6 days ago

We don't have many legitimate medications that would do what you're saying.

[-] crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

Exactly! People will look back at us akin to how we look at people who were given cocaine for a sore throat years ago

[-] ushmel@piefed.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Please share with the class what medication you're vaguely alluding to

[-] toas3r@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Probably amphetamines, people love to shit on amphetamines when it comes to their use in treatment of ADHD. Most of that criticism comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of both chemistry and biology.

[-] ushmel@piefed.world 1 points 4 days ago

Agreed. It's eugenics when you hammer down into it.

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