Random, interesting studies

Mauritio

@heyman interesting. I've been taking it for two days . First became really hypoglycemic .

heyman

@Mauritio yeah carbs is important

I try to have some coca cola, sprite on hand

burp

Mauritio

Pregnenolone reduces cocaine consumption in addicts.
Dosage: 300 or 500mg per day.Also interesting that 300mg increased plasma pregnenolone levels more than 500mg after a few weeks.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.07.25320141v1.full

Mauritio

Aspirin for autism?

In this animal model aspirin worked as a treatment for autism.
It completely restored their sociability and improved cognition and oxidative stress.
The human equivalent dosage was around 600mg.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40918592/

Mauritio

They accidentally gave 2 million IUs of vitamin D to a 90 and a 95 year old.
Interestingly, except for a transient spike of Vitamin D levels above the reference range, they were fine.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25269374/

Mauritio

DHEA seems to have some interesting antiviral effects.
At least partly because of its ability to protect the thymus gland from Glucocorticoids.
Sources:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20407244/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1835439/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18682333/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2141095/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18462821/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2974468/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20202657/