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

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[–] crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

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 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

[–] crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] toas3r@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 1 week ago

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

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