the love vaccine.

if you could choose between having a drug that makes you more likely to fall in love and be attached to someone else , or a drug that stops you from falling in love with the wrong person, which would YOU pick?

its funny, because working in a pharmacy, you see all types of drugs, all taken for different things. You see how some drugs counteract eachother, and how some drugs response together.
My first question working in the pharmacy was, how come there isn't a drug for love?
you have medication to make you happy, calm , meds for diabetes, high cholesterol, insomnia, high blood pressure, etc., but none for love!

HOWEVER, scientists recently found out that pair-bonding in humans can be enhanced or suppressed by messing with brain hormones like oxytocin and vasopressin, and they also predict that we’ll be seeing new drugs to do just that.

But, this doesn’t mean there will soon be magical potions causing you to instantly fall in love with anyone. Love isn’t just a response to raging hormones; our rational processes have something to do with it, too. Supposedly, drugs could make a difference. In fact, some of the antidepressants now in use are suppressing the neurochemical processes that stimulate romance and attachment.

Who knew taking anti-depressants could jeopradize the ability to have long-term commitments?
Scientist, Dr. Fisher, an anthropologist at Rutgers University has discussed the neurochemistry of romance (and her experiments in reviewing the brains of lovers) in her 2004 book, “Why We Love.” She was recently quoted saying,

"that love is like an addiction — wonderful when it’s going well, but also potentially dangerous:

It’s possible to fall in love with someone just because you had sex with them, because with orgasm you get a flood of oxytocin and vasopressin that can cause you to feel attached to the person. Casual sex is not always casual. Someone might be happy, with a lovely wife or husband, and then this brain system for romantic love or attachment is triggered by someone totally inappropriate. You acquire all the characteristics of an addict. You come obsessed; you distort reality; you do dangerous things; you crave the person, you have withdrawal symptoms."

SO, how do you stop yourself from that fling, with that certain old friend? Pop a Prozac!