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Mar 2017 Issue
Invited Commentary: In a Genomic Era, Should We Promote Dopamine Homeostasis to Treat Opiate/ Opioid Abuse, Instead of Blocking Brain Dopamine Function?
Published on Mar 15, 2017
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Abstract
We are currently in a genomics era with important implications for the field of psychiatry. An understanding of DNA, as well as polymorphic changes affecting the brain’s reward circuitry, has provided a new way of approaching and thinking about addictive behaviors. Our current goal is to provide a foundation for more accurate genetic diagnoses as well, as the application of dopamine agonist therapy (pro-dopamine regulation), in order to balance dopaminergic activation. Based upon our extensive research, we are proposing a novel approach which challenges the Addiction recovery field to utilize these tools by introducing them into inpatient/outpatient addiction treatment programs The following tools, we hope, will change the recovery landscape: The Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS™) for Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) diagnoses; the Comprehensive Analysis Of Reported Drugs (CARD™) to establish compliance of prescribed medications and abstinence during treatment; natural Dopamine agonistic therapy (KB220™); mRNA (patent pending) to resolve pre-and post-candidate gene expressions in Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS). As a result we have dubbed, this paradigm shift as: “The Reward Deficiency Solutions System (RDSS™).”
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Keywords: Genome, Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS), KB220 variants, Pro-Dopamine Regulation, Pain, Opiate/opioid epidemic
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Kenneth Blum, Edward Modestino, Roger Waite, Eric Braverman, Mona Li, Lyle Fried, Marcelo Febo, David Baron, Bruce Steinberg, Thomas Mclaughlin, B. William Downs, Rajendra Badgaiyan
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