Posted by bulldog2 on January 29, 2008, at 15:04:44
In reply to Re: Deplin.com, posted by Jamal Spelling on January 29, 2008, at 12:36:06
> > I think it may work for some but if your folic acid is normal I don't understand why you would need it anyway, unless you are deficient.
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> Ignoring the fact that folic acid is not the same as methylfolate, it may be that depressed individuals have higher requirements of folic acid than the general population, or that depressed individuals may benefit from greater quantities of folic acid than the general population. Sort of like how menopausal women have higher requirements of calcium.
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> > There's so many things out there that are touted to work in depression, such as fish oil, exercise, SJW, etc., that each of these products with perhaps the exception of exercise, could be patented and sold as a medical food or whatever they claim it is, and alot of money could be made from this.
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> Methylfolate itself is not patented, and cannot be patented, since it is a naturally occuring substance. Likewise fish oil and SJW cannot be patented. The specific process by which methylfolate is being synthesized (which is currently the only cost-effective method of synthesis) is what is patented.They now have a prescription fish oil.
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