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- From: bagg@ellis.uchicago.edu (matthew john baggott)
- Subject: Re: help me!
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:47:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.104256.6571@nwnexus.WA.COM> farif@halcyon.com (David John Kunz) writes:
-
- >According to Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw in _Life Extension: A
- >Practical Scientific Approach_, "Niacin is intimately involved in brain
- >metabolism. Large dosages of niacin, C, and B-6 have been effective in
- >the treatment of schizophrenics. Niacin can be used as a safe treatment
- >for bad drug trips with LSD and other psychedelics and possibly PCP.
- >About one hour after a dose of niacin (which may range from 1 to several
- >grams), a hallucinating and frightened tripper may be calm and
- >communicating."
-
- IMHO this is the kind of vaguely worded statement which makes P&S
- a poor source of information. Either they're bad writers or they
- don't really know what they're talking about and being vague to
- avoid being wrong.
-
- Personally, I suspect that this is simply the placebo effect. Without
- large samples and statistical analysis, conclusions are hard to
- draw. The only reference I have found supporting the use of niacin
- in calming trippers is just a letter published in the 1960s.
- Unless there's better evidence I'm going to remain very skeptical.
- A tripper's attitude and emotions can change a lot in an hour
- regardless of any interventions.
-
- --Matt
-