Is an Opioid and Heroin Addiction a Symptom or a Disease?

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Dr. Berg talks about opioid and heroin addictions and are they really a disease or merely a symptom. When someone is addicted to opioids or heroin or any drug, what's happening is certain neurotransmitters are creating certain effects and sensations like pleasure. This includes dopamine, GABA, serotonin, etc. In fact, the effect of some of these drugs is 10x that of food and sex. This makes it highly addictive. At first, the person feels incredible, then the body starts to protect itself and resist it causing a downgrade of its receptors. This leads to a lack of absorption as well as a lack of production of dopamine. It's the neurotransmitter depletion that creates withdrawal symptoms and addiction.

Certain drugs are then recommended, like methadone. This is replacing one drug for another. It is called Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). Here's the problem. It comes with a package, first of all, there are massive side effects and a new addiction to this drug.

SIDE EFFECTS COULD INCLUDE: -seizures -decrease libido -impotence -weight gain -hallucinations -sleep apnea -vomiting -heart arrhythmia -death (over 3300 in 2015) -suicide thoughts -depression -apathy -panic attacks -paranoia

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0:00.0	So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting,
0:04.4	whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product.
0:10.5	Call one of our keto consultants. they'll be able to help you.
0:13.4	Call 540991557.
0:17.4	That's 540299-1557.
0:21.0	That's 54099-155.
0:21.6	Welcome to the Dr. Berg, Healthy Kito and Intermediate fasting podcast.
0:29.0	Now your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level.
0:34.0	Dr Eric Berg.
0:36.2	Hi guys, I'm back.
0:37.3	In this video, we're gonna answer the question,
0:40.1	are addictions, a symptom, or a disease.
0:44.4	So right now in America we have a serious problem with opioid addictions
0:48.9	and because these are expensive and hard to get,
0:51.9	then they're going to heroin, which is cheaper, and becoming addicted to that.
0:56.0	So a lot of drug addictions.
0:58.0	Now, certain organizations are desperately trying to make these addictions into a disease, a brain disease. Okay? Now why?
1:06.7	Because it's a cash cow. You can make billions and billions of dollars if we get people
1:11.8	to believe that it's a disease and not a symptom.
1:15.8	It's called medication-assisted treatment, Matt.
1:19.6	Now here's the big problem.
1:21.4	You're basically trading one poison, I'm sorry, drug for another drug.
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