File Format | PDF
File Size | 1.0 MB
Pages | 142
Language | English
Category | BodyBuilding
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Description: Bromocriptine is
a dopamine agonist drug meaning that it acts like dopamine in the brain that
has been used for over three decades for the treatment of a number of
conditions such as parkinson’s disease, acromegaly the disease andre the giant
had, and overproduction of the hormone prolactin. You may be wondering what
this has to do with the topic of body composition. The body regulates factors
such as body weight, composition and appetite through a variety of hormones
such as insulin and leptin.
It turns out
that those hormones exert at least part of their effect through dopamine levels
in the brain. When people diet, dopamine levels drop in the brain and this is
responsible for many of the effects such as lowered metabolic rate, increased
hunger, that occur. Outlining the systems that regulate body weight and fat
levels before explaining how the drug bromocriptine can trick the body into
thinking that it’s not dieting so that metabolic rate doesn’t slow, hunger is
decreased, etc. Side effects, dosing and everything else related to the drug
and how it can be used for various purposes related to body composition are
outlined in detail in the book.
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Bromocriptine: An Old Drug With New Uses