Abram Hoffer
Physician
1917 – 2009
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Who was Abram Hoffer?
Abram Hoffer was a Canadian biochemist, physician and psychiatrist known for his "adrenochrome hypothesis" of schizoaffective disorders. According to Hoffer, megavitamin therapy and other nutritional interventions are potentially effective treatments for schizophrenia and other diseases. Hoffer was also involved in studies of LSD as an experimental therapy for alcoholism and the discovery that high dose niacin can be used to treat high cholesterol and other dyslipidemias.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1917
Saskatchewan - Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- University of Toronto
- University of Minnesota
- University of Saskatchewan
- Lived in
- Victoria
- Died
- May 27, 2009
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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