cyclazocine

(saɪˈklæzəˌsiːn; saɪˈklæzəsɪn)

an opiate antagonist used to inhibit the effects of morphine or heroin

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Further lending credence to the exorphin dysfunction hypothesis are studies using "mixed agonist/antagonists" drugs (e.g., cyclazocine and nalorphine) that artificially stimulate and suppress the body's endorphin receptors and have been known to produce profound dysphoria bordering on psychosis in patients.

Gluten therefore, by its "molecular mimicry" of endorphins (and enkephalins) reacts with the brain's endorphin receptors in the same deleterious way as cyclazocine or nalorphine.

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