Has anyone trialed PEA?? palmitoylethanolamide or Phenylethylamine are they different?

[LAJ12345]

I wondered if anyone has tried this?parkinsonsnewstoday.com/201...

[MBAnderson]

I tried it, but have since stopped. It got blended into the mix and so I couldn't tell any difference. Not sure about the stuff now. I'd have to research the stuff from scratch again.

healthunlocked.com/parkinso...

[LAJ12345 in reply to MBAnderson]

Ah thanks. I tried searching but couldn’t find this thread for some reason. I thought I had seen it a while back.

Is there a difference between the 2 things called PEA? It looks like the phenylethylamine might be bad? link.springer.com/article/1...

The Normast is the other one so good? I’m confused!

[MBAnderson in reply to LAJ12345]

Poo raised some concerns in the previous thread. I have to read up on it again.

[Fed1000]

Hi, I used ultramicronized Palmitoylethanolamide (Pea-um) for three months, from May to June 2019. The product on the market is called Normast and it is normally used in addition to classical therapy. I had no beneficial effects but only negative effects given the cost of the product. I decided to use Pea on the basis of a study on a small number of patients carried out at a hospital in Empoli in the province of Florence whose results were defined as exciting.

[Astra7]

I tried it for 9 months and was quite impressed. However I ran out a while ago and didn’t buy any more and haven’t noticed any difference really. It was pricy too so I’ve abandoned it for now.

I’m finding Celebrex really helpful for stiffness at night now.

[LAJ12345 in reply to Astra7]

Which PEA ? There seems to be 2.

[LAJ12345]

Here is PEA palmitoylethanolamide which seems to have the same effect as CBD

medium.com/@pieterpcastelei...

The other PEA as sold by bulk supplements is phenylethylamine is entirely different. It is found in cocoa and may or may not increase the likelihood of PD according to some studies.

“What is Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA)

First of all, you should know that there is another substance with the same acronym — phenylethylamine. It is important to separate it from palmitoylethanolamide.

Palmitoylethanolamide is an endogenous (produced by the body) substance discovered in the 1950s supported by the results of hundreds of studies and research papers compiled through more than half a century of research.

It has been researched by some of the greatest minds, including neurobiologist and Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini who discovered that it modulates mast cells — one of PEA’s most prominent benefits, though not the only one.

The benefits of PEA include a reduction in chronic pain and inflammation, neuroprotection, and regulation of the immune system. All this through its effects on several receptors within and beyond the endocannabinoid system.

The former brought about the comparison to CBD, although the effects of CBD are not as extensive as those of PEA. We will get to that later in this article.

The initially discovered benefits of PEA were the ones that showed its anti-inflammatory properties, but researchers quickly found its analgesic (very related to anti-inflammatory) and neuroprotective benefits. However, all the discoveries of the different pathways of the benefits, as well as the vast field of action of PEA have always been accompanied by one and the same feature — complete safety.

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