Posted by Larry Hoover on August 14, 2004, at 19:54:57
In reply to see also this, posted by joebob on August 9, 2004, at 19:31:47
> http://www.biopsychiatry.com/5htp.htm
If your concern is the safety of 5-HTP, then go ahead and use it. I once bought into the concerns raised by a particular medical doctor, about the possibility of systemic adverse effects akin to those seen in the rare cancer called a hind-gut carcinoid (thus, carcinoid syndrome), or even the abnormal heart valve growth seen with the phen-fen diet combination of the '80s......but I no longer believe the typical therapuetic dose is sufficient to lead to adverse effects. There is also no link to the "peak-X" toxic syndrome (eosinophilia myalgia syndrome), once associated with contaminated tryptophan.
5-HTP is safe, if used as directed.
Lar
poster:Larry Hoover
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