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jingles

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"st johns wort and 5htp" , Thu 12 Feb 15:22

Was wondering if you have to go off st johns wort if you want to take 5htp?
thanks

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"Re(1):st johns wort and 5htp" , Fri 20 Feb 06:21

You can take 5htp and St. John's Wort together. Low doses (50-150 mg/day) seem to be the standard recommendation for starting on 5htp. To be safe, know the symptoms of serotonin syndrome:

http://members.aol.com/atracyphd/syndrome.htm

Other information on 5htp is here:

http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/fulltext/5htp3-4.html
http://www.raysahelian.com/5-htp.html

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