Re: Stimulants vs reuptake inhibitors?

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On Jun 24, 10:37*pm, "John" <nos...@no.where> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just wonder if there is any difference in the effect you get from
> stimulants (i.e. medications directly acting as a certain neurontansmitter
> or on a certain receptor) vs reuptake inhibitors (i.e. medications
> inhibiting the reuptake of neurotransmitters produced by the body itself,
> thereby increasing the amount available at the synapse)?

Interesting question, of course there's a difference and this has been
pointed out. According to the late David Horrobin, both approaches are
wrong. He claimes that mental health disease must and can be resolved
at the phospholipidic layer and not at the synaptic (read:
neurotrasmitter) level, hence the suggestion of curing depression and
shizophrenia with EPA fish oils:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9543204