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L.C. asks why dont they give me a dopamine pill? wouldnt that just fix everything? why is oral dopamine not a replacement therapy? 

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00:02 Hello, my name is mystique and in this video i'm going to talk about why is l -dopa and not dopamine given to persons with low dopamine levels? so dopamine is needed in the brain where it is important in controlling muscle movement.
00:18 Since dopamine cannot cross the blood brain barrier, persons with low dopamine are given l -dop which can cross the blood brain barrier...
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