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Neurotransmitter Restorations (NTR)

July 5, 2017
Neurotransmitter Restorations

Neurotransmitter Restorations (NTR) impacts. The joy that comes with is overwhelming

Neurotransmitter Restorations (NTR): Addiction Recovery using Intravenous NAD & amino acids

The first step in addiction recovery is a functional medical investigation targeting the conditions in the body that facilitate fatigue, anxiety, depression, reduced pain tolerance, poor focus and the likes further demanding the neurotransmitter restorations. These common underlying conditions include food sensitivities, gluten intolerance, adrenal and thyroid imbalances, mal-absorption, neurotransmitter deficiency and NAD deficiency. Since these issues are treatable, normally with nutritional supplements and diet, the patient receives intravenous NAD and amino acids based in individually designed protocols for a 10 day period of time. The IV NAD and amino acids improve brain function based on higher levels of cellular energy production along with increased neurotransmitters, such as serotonin. There could be some withdrawal symptoms for a period of two or three days which is easily manageable and so should not worry you much. After three to five days as withdrawal symptoms disappear, craving subsides and clarity of thinking is restored.

Having been in this discipline for over two decades, doctor Dalal Akoury, MD, President, and founder of AWAREmed health and wellness resource center reiterates that, it should be noted that this treatment is not a substitute for recovery, but it is the beginning of the process of healing. The moment the brain and body are functioning better, the patient has the energy, clarity and focus on engaging in the recovery process. The patient will be able to understand the reasons for compulsive behavior and with better health and motivation they can stop compulsive behaviors and make informed choices that are self-supportive rather than self-destructive.

Neurotransmitter Restorations (NTR): Detoxifying patients professionally

Some studies done in the past five decades reveals the efficacy and safety of IV NAD in detoxifying patients from alcohol, opiates, tranquilizers, and stimulants. Like the early studies, our experience with the protocol over the past five years substantiates its benefits in greatly reducing withdrawal symptoms, as well as reducing, and often eliminating the cravings. And at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury’s upon scheduling an appointment with doctor Akoury, you will be handled professionally with the state of the art types of equipment and tailor-made programs designed to individual, family and group therapy. Patients are provided with continued integrative care for their underlying medical problems, which helps them to timely feel better physically and mentally. This way they are more likely to continue healing psychologically, emotionally, socially and spiritually. Depending on a case by case at least two-year commitment to aftercare treatment is critical because the underlying psychological issues which often lead to substance abuse must be resolved for long lasting recovery.

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Neurotransmitters balance

July 3, 2017
Neurotransmitters balance

Neurotransmitters balance for good life is essential in all dimensions

Neurotransmitters balance for good life: The threats of the imbalance

Why is it important that every human being should have good neurotransmitters balance? And what exactly are these neurotransmitters? We spoke to Doctor Dalal Akoury MD President and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center about this to get some answers. In her decades of experience in medicine, doctor Akoury is registering that neurotransmitter imbalances can actually cause problems in very many ways including those relating to moods, memory, addictions, energy, libido, and sleep. As we progress into the discussion, doctor Akoury is posing some question to you to help you re-evaluate your position.

  • Do you have any area of your life where you feel you don’t have control over?
  • Are you a shopaholic, Chocoholic, caffeine addict, or worse?
  • And finally, do you get depressed for no good reason, feel overwhelmed by life, have trouble falling asleep, or are you harboring negative thoughts that you just can’t shake?

Did I speak your mind? It is important to note that if you answer yes to any of these questions, then it’s possible that you have a neurotransmitter imbalance and this needs to be corrected if you have to be in proper control over your life. That now brings us to the next question.

Neurotransmitters balance for good life: What are the neurotransmitters?

It may surprise you to note that the brain of a normal human being is composed of billions and billions of neurons which are the cells that communicate with each other via chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters. It, therefore, means that the defining features of drug intoxication and addiction can be traced to disruptions in cell-to-cell signaling.

Drugs of abuse alter the way people think, feel, and behave by disrupting neurotransmission, the process of communication between brain cells. Over the past few decades, studies have established that drug dependence and addiction are features of an organic brain disease caused by drugs’ cumulative impacts on neurotransmission. Scientists continue to build on this essential understanding with experiments to further elucidate the physiological basis for drug abuse vulnerability as well as the full dimensions and progression of the disease. The findings provide powerful leads to new medications and behavioral treatments.

Finally, now that you know the implications of not taking why you need to balance neurotransmitters, it will be of great help to you to periodically consult with experts like Doctor Dalal Akoury for any concerns you may be having as far as balancing neurotransmitter is concerned. Upon scheduling for that appointment, doctor Akoury together with her team of experts will professionally attend to you and before you knew it, you will have your life back.

Neurotransmitters balance for good life: The threats of the imbalance

 

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Neurotransmitter role in drug addiction

May 19, 2017
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Neurotransmitter role in drug addiction. Movement, cognition, pleasure and motivation are some of the roles played by dopamine

Neurotransmitter role in drug addiction: The rewards that trigger release of dopamine

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter in the brain that plays vital roles in different behaviors. The major behaviors dopamine affects are movement, cognition, pleasure, and motivation. Dopamine is an essential component of the basal ganglia motor loop, as well as the neurotransmitter responsible for controlling the exchange of information from one brain area to another. However, it is the role that dopamine plays in pleasure and motivation that attracts the most neurobiologists attention. That is why our discussion is focusing on dopamine the neurotransmitter role in drug addiction. However, for a better understanding of this topic, we are going to be relying on the expert opinion of doctor Dalal Akoury (MD) President and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center as well as Integrative Advanced Medicine Institute (IAM Institute).  The former is for treatment while the latter is tailored for training and equipping professionals in healthcare to offer an alternative treatment to their patients.

Did you know that in certain areas of the brain when dopamine is released, it gives one the feeling of pleasure or satisfaction? These feelings of satisfaction become desired causing the individual to grow a desire for the satisfaction. And satisfying that desire will necessitate the repeat behaviors causing the release of dopamine. For example food and sex release dopamine. That is why people want food even though their body does not need it and why people sometimes need sex. These two behaviors scientifically make sense since the body needs food to survive, and humans need to have sex to allow the race to survive. However, other, less natural behaviors have the same effect on one’s dopamine levels, and at times can even be more powerful.

Neurotransmitter role in drug addiction: Cocaine

Cocaine is by far more addictive than other substances. Cocaine chemically inhibits the natural dopamine cycle. Normally, after dopamine is released, it is recycled back into a dopamine transmitting neuron. However, cocaine binds to the dopamine and does not allow it to be recycled. Thus there is a buildup of dopamine, and it floods certain neural areas. The flood ends after about 30 minutes, and the person is left yearning to feel as he or she once did. That is how the addiction begins and with time adaptation builds up since the person is consistently behaving in the same way.

Many studies have been done targeting neural response to rewards. It was established that when one performed an action repeatedly and is given a reward randomly, the dopamine levels rises. If the reward is administered for example every four times the action was performed, the dopamine levels remained constant. Whereas when no reward is given dopamine levels dropped. These random rewards can be seen in gambling and since the outcome is based on chance, one may not know prior if he or she will win. Therefore, if he or she wins, dopamine levels increases. However, unlike cocaine, gambling causes addiction in relatively low levels of participants. This is because Cocaine’s chemical input is influential on dopamine levels than gambling’s behavioral input meaning that only people whose dopamine levels are low become addicted to gambling. This may sound technical and complicated, but a phone call to doctor Akoury will make it much easier for you if only you can schedule an appointment today.

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Mesolimbic pathways and drug seeking

May 13, 2017
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Mesolimbic pathways and drug seeking. We’ve got to clean our mind from all intoxication of drug addiction

Mesolimbic pathways and drug seeking: Drug cravings to the brain

From our basic understanding of the purpose and functioning of the brain’s reward system in the previous postings, we can interrogate it a little bit further in several ways. The circuit most associated with pleasure and reward is the mesolimbic pathways which are located in the brainstem. The objective of this area of the brain is primarily concerned with basic survival. Within the mesolimbic pathways is an area called the ventral tegmental area (VTA). The VTA projects to the nucleus accumbens (thought to be the reward center). The neurotransmitter most commonly linked with the mesolimbic system is dopamine. Many people consider dopamine to be the driving force behind the human pursuit of pleasure. The release of dopamine is a pleasurable sensation. The release of dopamine motivates us to repeat behaviors or activities that prompted this release. This system’s purpose was to promote survival by rewarding life-sustaining behaviors such eating and procreation.

All addictive drugs and activities release varying amounts of dopamine into the nucleus accumbens with stimulant drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine releasing the most. However, when it comes to drugs like alcohol or heroin, the brain’s own opiate system (endorphins) also gets involved. Doctor Akoury further says that even though different forms of addictions have different effects in the nucleus accumbens, they share one common denominator that they all activate the reward system which in turn motivates us to repeat those behaviors, even though they may be harmful. Besides what we have discussed about the concepts of reward, pleasure, and craving together, it is however very important to appreciate that there is a distinction between pleasure-seeking and drug seeking. Note that pleasure-seeking is all about the pleasurable, rewarding aspect of addiction while drug-seeking refer to the craving aspect of addiction. Dopamine may be more involved in drug-seeking (craving) component of addiction. The opiate (endorphin), GABA, or glutamatergic systems may be more involved in a pleasure-seeking aspect of addiction too.

Mesolimbic pathways and drug seeking: Keeping the brain free from all attacks

Pleasure-seeking and drug-seeking (cravings) are interrelated, yet distinct. Research has established that natural rewards (food, water, sex) typically lessen their influence on the reward system over time. As a behavior occurs more often, dopamine levels tend to decrease in the process. Psychologists call this habituation. This makes sense. Once you’ve eaten enough food, you don’t need to be rewarded for eating more food. Then you would be eating too much, or too much of one type of food. Therefore everyone needs to take heed of keeping the brain free from all attacks be it from substances or otherwise. Talking to the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury should be your starting point. Call and make that appointment today for the commencement of your journey to full recovery from your addiction.

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Well balanced neurotransmitters

March 31, 2017
Well balanced neurotransmitters

Well balanced neurotransmitters is a serious need for every one.

Well balanced neurotransmitters: The threats of the imbalance

A well balanced neurotransmitters is a serious need for everyone. This must be done timely if we want to have a healthy life. To understand this better, we spoke to doctor Dalal Akoury MD President and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center about this to get some answers. In her decades of experience in medicine, doctor Akoury is registering that neurotransmitter imbalances can actually cause problems in very many ways including those relating to moods, memory, addictions, energy, libido and sleep. As we progress into the discussion, doctor Akoury is posing some question to you to help you re-evaluate your position.

  • Do you have any area of your life where you feel you don’t have control over?
  • Are you a shopaholic, chocoholic, caffeine addict, or worse?
  • And finally do you get depressed for no good reason, feel overwhelmed by life, have trouble falling asleep, or are you harboring negative thoughts that you just can’t shake?

Did I speak your mind? It is important to note that if you answer yes to any of these questions, then it’s very possible that you have a neurotransmitter imbalance and this needs to be corrected if you have to be in proper control over your life. That now brings us to the next question.

Well balanced neurotransmitters: What are the neurotransmitters?

It may surprise you to note that the brain of a normal human being is composed of billions and billions of neurons which are the cells that communicates with each other via chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters. It therefore means that the defining features of drug intoxication and addiction can be traced to disruptions in cell-to-cell signaling.

Drugs of abuse alter the way people think, feel, and behave by disrupting neurotransmission, the process of communication between brain cells. Over the past few decades, studies have established that drug dependence and addiction are features of an organic brain disease caused by drugs’ cumulative impacts on neurotransmission. Scientists continue to build on this essential understanding with experiments to further elucidate the physiological bases for drug abuse vulnerability as well as the full dimensions and progression of the disease. The findings provide powerful leads to new medications and behavioral treatments.

Finally, now that you know the implications of not taking why you need to balance neurotransmitters, it will be of great help to you to periodically consult with experts like doctor Dalal Akoury for any concerns you may be having as far as balancing neurotransmitter is concerned. Up on scheduling for that appointment, doctor Akoury together with her team of experts will professionally attend to you and before you knew it, you will have your life back.

Well balanced neurotransmitters: The threats of the imbalance

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