Patent ID: 6955873

Claim:
A kit comprising a buccal swab suitable to obtain a subject's DNA sample for allelic analysis; and a composition for the treatment of RDS behaviors in a subject, the composition comprising: a) an opiate destruction-inhibiting amount of at least one substance which inhibits the enzymatic destruction of a neuropeptidyl opiate, said substance being selected from the group consisting of amino acids, peptides, and structural analogues or derivatives thereof; b) a neurotransmitter synthesis-promoting amount of at least one neurotransmitter precursor selected from the group consisting of dopamine precursors L-Tyr, L-Phe and L-dopa, serotonin precursors L-Trp and 5-hydroxytryptophan, and gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) precursors L-glutamine, L-glutamic acid, and L-glutamate; and c) a tryptophan concentration enhancing amount of chromium picolinate or chromium nicotinate, the amount of said substance and said neurotransmitter precursor and said chromium compound being effective in reducing the subject's RDS behaviors; and d) a neurotransmitter synthesis-promoting amount of at least one neurotransmitter synthesis promoting substance selected from the group consisting of Rhodiola and huberzine, wherein the amount of said substance and said neurotransmitter precursor and said chromium compound being chosen so that the composition is effective in reducing the Attention Deficits disorder, attentional processing, or memory.