Comment · Mon, January 26, 2015 · Ceretropic
Leads on treating nicotine dependence and withdrawal anxiety/stress.
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shrillthrill · 15 points
Prompted by /u/NellucEcon posting Chronic nicotine consumption causes dynorphin/KOR upregulation (2012) over [here](/r/Nootropics/comments/2skosf/chronic_nicotine_consumption_causes_dynorphinkor/) with a comment on the negative side effects of pure nicotine, where I wrote:
Based my experience of nicotine gum overuse I fell into nicotine dependence. I was also part of a study on nicotine gum addiction (Etter JF if you were interested in the researcher. research not yet published). Withdrawal was stressful and it was probably months before I felt normal again. At least one other person has reported the same thing around here (/r/nootropics).
I decided to ignore the matter of that publication and look at what else has recently been said about remedying negative effects of nicotine. Found some interesting (may be useful aside from nicotine) stuff that I'm lumping together in this post rather than posting the studies individually.
Before someone says "nicotine isn't addictive without a maoi": the picture doesn't look so clear in the animal model ([different side effects in different strains of mice](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed…
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Lyle_Cantor · 1 points
A little off topic, but have you ever looked into Adenosine agonists? I had a thought that they might make excellent sophorics.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Not in any meaningful detail.