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BioTerrorism Will Save Your Life with the 4 Thieves Vinegar Collective [video]

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gcr wrote: post #42

This could get super interesting with my country’s political situation. I could see two particular groups getting into med production: - Pregnant women who need abortion medication - Trans people who need hormones With finasteride and puberty blockers/HRT being criminalized, a lot of people in the above categories are turning to black market / DIY solutions.

I was talking to a French trans academic at a conference recently, and apparently there is a large community of trans people that make their own hormones from cheap precursors you can buy online. All secondhand obviously so I don't know the details but this is definitely a thing.

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gcr wrote: post #42

This could get super interesting with my country’s political situation. I could see two particular groups getting into med production: - Pregnant women who need abortion medication - Trans people who need hormones With finasteride and puberty blockers/HRT being criminalized, a lot of people in the above categories are turning to black market / DIY solutions.

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Post by cjbgkagh »

93po wrote: post #70
cjbgkagh wrote: post #66

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Modafinil 100mg morning and Amitriptyline 75mg at night helps with dysautonomia, though modafinil can exacerbate gut issues. Using weaker ligands helps with working with the natural cycles of the body instead of against it. Low Dose Naltrexone. A fairly high dose of TUDCA and DIM. DIM (3,3'-Diindolylmethane) is a relatively non-toxic selective AhR modulator. Ipamorelin + ModGRF. VIP peptide. A fairly low dose Semaglu…

What is the mechanism of Naltrexone in reducing fatigue? It seems like fatigue and sleepiness is a common side effect. I had really high hopes for modafinil in treating my long-life fatigue issues as well as helping with my severe ADHD since I can't tolerate or access traditional stimulant medication for it rignt now. It was amazing for a week or so but quickly stopped having an effect unless I took 400mg a day, and…

I think it's important to offset the modafinil effects with something like amitriptyline. Taking only a stimulant will exacerbate dysautonomia and you'll be fighting a losing battle against your bodies corrective mechanisms.

Low Dose Naltrexone works differently to Naltrexone in that the temporary block of the opioid receptor causes a paradoxical natural overreaction to the absence.

The mechanism of action is very complex but it appears that the inflammation -> neurotransmitter dysfunction (e.g. dopamine dysregulation)-> immune system dysfunction -> inflammation cycle creates a bit of a trap that people can get stuck in. Taking enough of the right meds on this cycle does appear to help people break out of that trap.

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gcr wrote: post #42

This could get super interesting with my country’s political situation. I could see two particular groups getting into med production: - Pregnant women who need abortion medication - Trans people who need hormones With finasteride and puberty blockers/HRT being criminalized, a lot of people in the above categories are turning to black market / DIY solutions.

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Post by nozzlegear »

righthand wrote: post #32

This but with cleaning products and beauty products. People should be empowered to clean their living environment without buying tubs and tubs of plastic. Electrolyzed water should be bigger.

I'm reminded of the King of the Hill episode where Peggy publishes advice in her newspaper column telling her readers to mix ammonia and bleach for better cleaning, not realizing it creates toxic chloramine gas.

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Post by fragmede »

fumeux_fume wrote: post #51
NeutralCrane wrote: post #33

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Given that the application here is molecular chemistry aimed at targeting human biology, one of the few problems equally complex as computer chips, I would say their analogy is far more appropriate than a hammer .

That specific sentence is making an analogy using handmade tools. A hammer is an ideal example of a tool. You would expect to find a hammer in a toolbox. A computer chip is not an ideal example of a tool. You would not expect to find a computer chip in a toolbox.

Laser level, boroscope, camera stud-finder, thermal camera, laser tape measure, multimeter, battery management system on a lithum-something battery pack for power tools; those are all gonna have IC chips in them and it wouldn't be unreasonable to find them in a professional's toolbox.

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Post by fragmede »

mistermann wrote: post #41
timon999 wrote: post #34

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If someone claims that X is "always"(!) the case, then giving just one example where X is not the case counts as a refutation. The statement that the GP quoted is just obviously false and there is nothing "bad faith" about pointing that out.

One some topics this is realized and praised on HN. On other topics, the cognition flips. This is the nature of evolved, culturally conditioned consciousness (one of the things most HN'ers like talking about from an abstract perspective, but really don't like talking about at the object level during discussions of certain controversial ideas, when heuristics have taken control of the mind). For fun: observe the natur…

Most of the people here aren't biochemists, hence q "biochemistry = scary untouchable magic" POV. But for those that have done the chemistry in a university setting before and gone on to being professionals in the field, know the plant-based history of the field, as well as the history of synthesizing "stuff" and ingesting it, by certain individuals in the field.

it's important to get the chemistry right, but if you know the failure modes, it's far less of a black box and thus less scary.

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Post by 4gotunameagain »

gcr wrote: post #42

This could get super interesting with my country’s political situation. I could see two particular groups getting into med production: - Pregnant women who need abortion medication - Trans people who need hormones With finasteride and puberty blockers/HRT being criminalized, a lot of people in the above categories are turning to black market / DIY solutions.

Ah yes, nothing screams of freedom more than brewing your moonshine hormones and diying an extremely serious medical procedure without a doctor and outside of the medical system.

Gotta love the USA!

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gcr wrote: post #42

This could get super interesting with my country’s political situation. I could see two particular groups getting into med production: - Pregnant women who need abortion medication - Trans people who need hormones With finasteride and puberty blockers/HRT being criminalized, a lot of people in the above categories are turning to black market / DIY solutions.

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Post by toast0 »

8bitbeep wrote: post #18

> We all know that custom, hand-made, artisan-crafted, boutique tools are always better than something factory made. Right. We all know the best chips in the world are made by local artisan silicon-etchers. None of that TSMC pasteurized crap. You simply can't beat a 1nm brush and a steady hand. We all know this industrial revolution thing was a mistake.

Sounds like my artisinal Certificate Authority, all signatures are hand multiplied by human computers!
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