The study actually does not say that directly, but I am making the prediction based on other information I have learned over the years, and I am posting the studies that back it up.
Here is the study that talks about blood pressure drugs in the categories ACE and ARB help PTSD:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 093354.htm
Now, here is another study that says the drug losartan which is a known ACE/ARB boosts mitochondrial biogensis:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/med ... ed_by_drug
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12709417
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20145991
So, based on Peat's writings on the link between bioenergetics and mental disorders, and other studies I have read I am suggesting that the positive effects of ACE/ARB drugs on PTSD are due to the mitochondrial rejuvenation effect of those drugs. Also, given that I like to point out natural alternatives with similar effects, taurine is a known ACE/ARB compound with known effects on both blood pressure and mitochondrial activity.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10949914
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16025228
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994382/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC136959/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 3612715896
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.100 ... 33504-9_13
http://abbs.oxfordjournals.org/content/ ... 9.abstract
http://wires.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WiresAr ... RNA65.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12717106
http://journals.lww.com/cardiovascularp ... ced.4.aspx
http://jra.sagepub.com/content/early/20 ... 13481255v1
So, taurine could be useful for PTSD, well in line wit Peat's recommendations of its general usefulness.
Here is the study that talks about blood pressure drugs in the categories ACE and ARB help PTSD:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 093354.htm
Now, here is another study that says the drug losartan which is a known ACE/ARB boosts mitochondrial biogensis:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/med ... ed_by_drug
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12709417
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20145991
So, based on Peat's writings on the link between bioenergetics and mental disorders, and other studies I have read I am suggesting that the positive effects of ACE/ARB drugs on PTSD are due to the mitochondrial rejuvenation effect of those drugs. Also, given that I like to point out natural alternatives with similar effects, taurine is a known ACE/ARB compound with known effects on both blood pressure and mitochondrial activity.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10949914
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16025228
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994382/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC136959/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 3612715896
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.100 ... 33504-9_13
http://abbs.oxfordjournals.org/content/ ... 9.abstract
http://wires.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WiresAr ... RNA65.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12717106
http://journals.lww.com/cardiovascularp ... ced.4.aspx
http://jra.sagepub.com/content/early/20 ... 13481255v1
So, taurine could be useful for PTSD, well in line wit Peat's recommendations of its general usefulness.