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I found this statement interesting:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980201ap/curry.html
Hey, Melanin is in nerve tissues. If lamictal binds to melanin, then what will it do to our nerve tissues long-term, good or bad?
http://www.i2k.com/~suzanne/ZINC melanin, tissue repair, brain fuction-page 5.pdf
Okay, let's all put on our science hats:
Okay, if Lamictal binds to Melanin in nervous system tissue, is it:
a) long term or permanant?
b) good, bad, or mixed?
c) what diseases or nervous functions would it affect?
I'm guessing nobody knows at this point.
Lamotrigine binds to melanin-containing tissues such as the iris of the eye, but the long-term effects of this binding and accumulation are unknown.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980201ap/curry.html
Hey, Melanin is in nerve tissues. If lamictal binds to melanin, then what will it do to our nerve tissues long-term, good or bad?
http://www.i2k.com/~suzanne/ZINC melanin, tissue repair, brain fuction-page 5.pdf
*Zinc is the main element found bound to melanin, (a dark brown substance) in pigmented cells and tissues of the skin, hair, parts of the eye, and certain nerve cells. Melanin is synthesized and stored inside melanosomes (specialized organelles also referred to as melanin granules) of melanocytes that are located in the epidermis and connective tissue of the skin (Borovansky J,1994). Melanocytes transport melanin granules to parts of the eye and ear, and to certain nerve cells of the brain
Okay, let's all put on our science hats:
http://sta.uwi.edu/fms/MDSC1001/THENERVOUSTISSUE.pdfThe neuron also contains inclusion bodies, which have variable distribution in the nervous system, e.g.: Melanin pigments (Neuromelanin) are found in the substantia nigra of the midbrain and locus coeruleus of the pons in the brainstem
Okay, if Lamictal binds to Melanin in nervous system tissue, is it:
a) long term or permanant?
b) good, bad, or mixed?
c) what diseases or nervous functions would it affect?
I'm guessing nobody knows at this point.