Neurotransmitter balancing

[larry_t]

Hi, i'm looking for anyone who has information about a company based in Texas called Neurogistics. They sell supplements which are supposed to balance the neurotransmitters in the brain which would help those, like my son, who have Tourette Syndrome. Has anyone used their products or had experience with that program?

thanx, Larry

[guy123]

They sound expensive.

 

http://www.neurogistics.com/TheProgram/index.asp#Program

 

Of course, if it works, then it would be worth it.

 

I also couldn't find any info about what their supplements actually are.

 

Actually, according to another page, it sounds like they are just amino acid supplements. I can't see paying $60-120 per month for amino acids.

 

http://www.neurogistics.com/TheScience/AminoAcids.asp

 

I'm not sure if this is a legit op or a money making scheme that sells amino acids. btw, you can get those same amino acids at Vitamin Shoppe for a lot less.

 

They also seem to measure neurotransmitter levels through urine tests. According to Dr. Weil's colleague, a neurologist:

 

I checked with David Perlmutter, M.D., a neurologist colleague in Florida, about the accuracy of urine testing for neurotransmitters. He told me that neurotransmitters and their precursors are produced in abundance throughout the body and to assume that "what is collected in the urine reflects what's going on in the brain is a stretch."

 

Source: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400661/Neurotransmitters-What-Tests-Work-Best.html

 

So I don't know how reliable their urine test is.

 

It may just be an expensive supplement company under the guise of science.

Edited November 18, 2012 by guy123

[larry_t]

Thanx for all your research Guy123, the more I dealt with the company the more it seemed like they were more interested in making money than in helping people so i'm done with them. My local nutritionist also said that a urine test for neurotransmitter levels would not be as indicative as a blood or platelet test.