Comment · Fri, August 23, 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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ADrugUser · 1 points
Do you think supplementing with Superoxide Dismutase could help attenuate MDMA-induced neurotoxicity too?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11435997
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8584978
I was thinking of buying this, however I have no idea how much I'd need to take for it to have any effect, if it would at all: http://www.iherb.com/Source-Naturals-S-O-D-2000-Units-90-Tablets/1506
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Perhaps some. However, I would need to do more research. ALA is damn good, so I am not sure we need to add another ROS scavenger in there. We have to be careful of antioxidants turning pro-oxidant, as they can sometimes do.