Neurological Associates
Pain Management Center
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H. Hooshmand, M. D. |
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| RSD PUZZLE # 109 |
| Chocolate and RSD |
Dear Dr. Hooshmand,
Question: Why are you against eating chocolate?
Answer: Chocolate, except for being an "upper", almost identical to cocaine, has no redeeming value.
It does not release any endorphin, and has nothing to do with endorphin or any pain relief.
Chocolate contains "phenyl etholamine", a chemical very close to cocaine. It is also extracted from the same cocoa tree. This chemical strongly stimulates the secretion of adrenaline and nor-adrenaline (nor-epinephrine). These are the chemicals that are released by the sympathetic system.
When you have a nerve block, the sympathetic system's release of epinephrine is reduced by about 10 mg (10 thousandth of a gram). A chocolate bar provides 10 gm of the stimulant chemical (1000 times higher than the block's reduction). So the best way to aggravate RSD is having a piece of chocolate, also it is addicting similar to cocaine.
H. Hooshmand, M.D.
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