ACTH is an *antiseizure agent*?

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  1. visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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    I forget why the hell I was on this page...anyway...quote from wikipedia

     
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  3. Idle Mind What the hell, man? Valued Senior Member

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    Because it stimulates the release of corticosteroids, which, as a group, are regulatory molecules that stabilize a wide variety of systems. It also works as a relaxant. I guess people who are susceptible to epileptic seizures have trouble regulating any number of chemical pathways, and ACTH helps them with that.
     
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  5. visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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    How does it work as a relaxant? Corticosteroids are stimulant hormones...
     
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  7. Idle Mind What the hell, man? Valued Senior Member

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    Um, I think I meant to take that out. You're right. The other bits were more important to the post anyway.
     

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