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Phentermine and Neurotransmitters |
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Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and norephinephrine, are brain chemicals than are transmitted by the synapses in the brain. These chemicals are synthesized through varying processes; however, all are synthesized from substances that come from diet.
There are many chemicals known as neurotransmitters. some of the more well known neurotransmitters include; dopamine, serotonin, norephinephrine, epinephrine, histamine and acetylcholine. Many of these chemicals have a multitude of other functions in the body aside from synaptic transmission. All, however, are at their highest concentrations in those neurons that use them as synaptic transmitters. Neurotransmitters are synthesized from various substances the body receives through diet. For example, Tyrosine, an essential amino acid, is contained in a great many foods and is the precursor molecule for the synthesis of catecholamines, such as dopamine, norephinephrine and ephinephrine. Choline is the precursor molecule for the formation of acetylcholine and can be found in high concentrations in peanuts, egg yolks and liver. The quantity of any neurotransmitter produced will vary according to diet. For this reason, diet is often involved when treating a number of behavioral disorders in addition to or instead of drugs, with a goal of altering the balance of synaptic transmitters in the brain. This is why kids who are hyperactive are often put of special diets, as well as those suffering from depression (too little catecholamine production) or mania (to much catecholamine production). Drugs can alter the action of neurotransmitters in a variety of ways. They can stimulate increased or decreased production of chemicals, increase or decrease the synaptic release of a chemical or limit or even stop the reuptake of a chemical. As well, they can destroy the activity of the enzymes that create and/or destroy brain chemicals. For example, as with amphetamines, Phentermine inhibits the reuptake of catecholamines, thus increasing the level of norephinephrine in the brain. This is one of the ways in which it is believed to suppress appetite. Drugs that affect synaptic transmission of neurochemicals are known as either antagonists - drugs that block or inhibit postsynaptic effects, or agonists - drugs that facilitate postsynaptic effects.
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