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sands of time
20-06-2005, 23:41
I know that morphine, GHB and I think THC are produced by the brain. Can anyone name any more, and is THC produced by the human body?
sterling77
21-06-2005, 00:48
THC isn't produced by the body, but there are specialized receptors in the brain for it. DMT is also produced in the brain by the pineal gland.
sands of time
21-06-2005, 00:51
THC isn't produced by the body, but there are specialized receptors in the brain for it. DMT is also produced in the brain by the pineal gland.
Oic.. Well are there any other drugs produced by the body?
Adrenaline is one that comes to mind
seratonin, dopimine those are the two that come to mind right now. mind you i'm tripping my ass off
Muirner
sterling77
22-06-2005, 16:46
There's actually a term for drugs produced in the body, they are Endogenous. Our brain makes endorphins, which is the equivalent to morphine. It makes adrenaline and noradrenaline (the uppers). It also makes downers in the form of serotonin and GABA.
N,N-DMT, 5-Meo-DMT, 5-Ho-DMT (Bufetonin), Tryptophan and 5-htp are
produced by the body, and quite a few other Tryptamines as well (I
don't remember).
Morphine produced by the brain? I think this is wrong...
sands of time
22-06-2005, 17:15
N,N-DMT, 5-Meo-DMT, 5-Ho-DMT (Bufetonin), Tryptophan and 5-htp are
produced by the body, and quite a few other Tryptamines as well (I
don't remember).
Morphine produced by the brain? I think this is wrong...
I recall reading an article claiming that morphine was produced naturally in the brain. Perhaps they had they're facts wrong cause it doesn't seem to have been excepted by the medical community.
dopefiend
24-06-2005, 13:18
"...it doesn't seem to have been excepted by the medical community."
If this is the Medical community i'd love to see the Med school.
Peace
sands of time
24-06-2005, 15:12
"...it doesn't seem to have been excepted by the medical community."
If this is the Medical community i'd love to see the Med school.
Peace
Ummm I don't know what your getting at but this is not the medical community lol.
sterling77
24-06-2005, 15:46
I didn't say our brain produces morphine, I said it produces endorphins that are our natural equivalent to morphine because they provide the same effects as opiates.Also, morphine binds to the same receptors as the endorphins.
No, Sterling, you didn't say it but the threadstarter did
I know that morphine ... are produced by the brain.
Nothing like a good rush after a set of abcrunches! (no, im not trying to sell anything)
from what ivé read morphine is produced in the body, i will look for the article, i´ts one of our bodies pain relievers, and most strong opiods are broken down into morphine
sands of time
24-06-2005, 23:48
There's actually a term for drugs produced in the body, they are Endogenous. Our brain makes endorphins, which is the equivalent to morphine. It makes adrenaline and noradrenaline (the uppers). It also makes downers in the form of serotonin and GABA.
The name endorphin comes from "endogenous morphine". Are endorphins chemically different from morphine?
from what ivé read morphine is produced in the body, i
will look for the article, i´ts one of our bodies pain relievers, and
most strong opiods are broken down into morphine
Yeah you might be right with the decomposition of Opioids "down" to
morphine. I m not sure about that. But thats not the same like it is
produced from the body! For example n-OH-2c-b is a chemicals that
simply decomposes in my trouser pocket to 2c-b. But nobody would say,
that my trousers can produce 2c-b :D
The question is, whether it is PRODUCED by the body.
Edited by: Dimitri
Human Body Makes Morphine (http://www.health24.com/news/Pain/1-935,29545.asp)
sands of time
25-06-2005, 07:15
Human Body Makes Morphine (http://www.health24.com/news/Pain/1-935,29545.asp)
Thank you! I knew I read about this somewhere.
wow...Well, you are right, I didn't know that (is pretty new stuff)
I found another more detailed article here...
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20040921/02
Anyone else feel the body turn on endorphin while watching TV. I stopped watching TV a number of years ago, but I will watch every now and then. When I do watch I can feel something in my head and it seems similiar to opiates.
Sloppo
every drug has an endogenous counterpart or else it wouldn't be a drug. as far as the exact chemical being produced by the body DMT is the only one i know of, which isn't to say that there arn't more.