Comment · Fri, April 5, 2013
MDMA Supplementation
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 205 points
Ok, I did promise that I would make another post regarding supplementation to mitigate MDMA induced neurotoxicity. I have just been putting it off. Since my last post, I have gathered more information regarding my theory about MDA metabolism being the main cause of MDMA's neurotoxic effects. I will try to not get into that in this post, and keep this mostly about supplementation. As seems to be the norm with me, this may be long winded. Obviously everything I put on this list is not necessary. I will be placing supplements into different categories, with reasonings and references. I will let you decide which ones will be a part of your regimen.
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Essential Supplements:
* Alpha Lipoic Acid- This is one that everyone should be taking. It is a powerful antioxidant that scavenges reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. It also has a nice benefit of regenerating other vitamins, like C, after redox cycling. It exists in two enantiomers, R-ALA and S-ALA. R-ALA is the biologically active isomer that we are looking for. Most supplements a…
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krebss · 1 points
Yeah I can't say I noticed any perceivable differences from it but it shouldn't cause any problems. I think the CYP3A4 inhibition is the only thing it's really used for so it shouldn't do anything much different from drinking a bunch of grapefruit juice.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
I tried a little experiment with some black pepper. I took 20 or so whole black pepper kernels with my kratom to see how well the CYP3A4 inhibition worked. I also took my grapefruit juice like I normally do. Holy hell did it work! It made the kratom way more effective. My pupils were pinholes. I'd say it definitely added to the CYP3A4 inhibition of the grapefruit juice.