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Re: Serotonin and Heart Valve Disease

Posted by honeybee on May 31, 2006, at 11:05:54

In reply to Re: Serotonin and Heart Valve Disease, posted by linkadge on May 30, 2006, at 15:52:15

I saw that, too. What was odd was that the study's leader said that it was a "surprise." I'm not quite sure, considering the possibility of blood levels of serotonin going up, why it was a surprise.

I recall posts explaining that 5-HTP is often prescribed, in Europe, with a drug called Carbidopa, that prevents oversaturation of the body with serotonin. Why isn't that done in the states, is my question. And why don't psychiatrists monitor 5-HIAA levels in the urine in patients, then, as well.

(And why did the study find that all classes of anti-depressants, not just the SSRIs, have this same increase of mortality...?)

questions, questions.


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