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- From: domnatr@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kane)
- Subject: Re: Robitussin
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:36:55 GMT
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- Dear Eli --
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- substrate: a chemically specific bonding structure which only bonds with
- acceptable sites
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- collecting: getting together
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- surface: top of something
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- brain: organ which controls electrical transmission of thoughts
- (see 'synapses')
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- synapses: neuroelectrical signals related to conscious thought, motor
- responses, general mental activity
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- transmission: the act of a substance or concept travelling
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- pathways: methods a substance moves through or from (see 'transmission')
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- synaptic: of or referring to 'synapses' (see 'synapses')
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- So --
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- If a Robitussin or alchol SUBSTRATE bonds to a SUITABLE SITE on the SURFACE
- of the BRAIN, it significantly changes the PATHWAYS of the SYNAPTIC
- TRANSMISSIONS, as well as the SYNAPSES themselves. If enough of the SUBSTRATES
- COLLECT on the SURFACE of the BRAIN, they alter the PATHWAYS and SYNAPSES in/of
- the TRANSMISSIONS sufficiently so that the BRAIN sends faulty information to
- the nervous and sensory systems.
-
- Got it? Good. I didn't think all those 'brain-related' terms were that hard.
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- Before sending the previous post off, I (a Chem Engineering major - not that
- it matters that much) had discussed the physiological effects of alcohol and
- physical suppressants with two friends (BioChem and Pre-Med Bio) and had
- figured out in a general sense what was happening (physically) behind the
- agreeable (mental) symptoms.
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- The above complicated brainrelated discussion, by the way, also partially
- explains why drinking water before and after getting in on a really good drunk
- helps you recover more quickly and lessens the hangover's severity somewhat.
- You're replacing some of those SUBSTRATES with water (that's H2O) molecules,
- which is what should be there in the first place! This helps correct
- SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSIONS.
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- If I could remove the 'not documented' from my previous post, I would; but
- it's up now. The whole point was to gather (COLLECT) comments about the use
- of Robitussin as a narcotic substance. And maybe, if anybody in the
- reading distribution had any specific physiological knowledge, get some
- discussion going about the drugs themselves, and not just their symptoms.
- NOT to invite mindless cutdowns.
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- The point in mentioning the SYNAPTIC alterations was that a lot of drugs
- DON'T do that. They interfere directly with the nervous system -- preventing
- axons and dendrites (which cause pain, involuntary muscle response, etc) from
- operating exactly as they should.
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- I'm still welcoming comments regarding Robitussin or what have you in the
- original article.
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- But not onesupmanship games.
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- *I* thought before I posted.
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- Jerk.
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- Flame off.
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- __________________________
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- Kane
- domnatr@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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- __________________________
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- An undergraduate education doesn't disallow free thought.
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