Posted by jerrympls on December 24, 2004, at 9:52:21
In reply to Re: Veterinary Tryptophan » jerrympls, posted by Larry Hoover on December 24, 2004, at 9:36:27
> > > > When did Tryptophan become legal in the US again??
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> > > As far as I know, 1994. Did you notice the huge publicity surrounding that?
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> > > Lar
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> > I don't remember which is odd because I was researching the use of it for depression back then. I can remember when 5-HT supplements came out around that time.
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> > But you guys are talking about tryptophan for Veterinary use only. So far I've only seen supplements that say "NOT for human consumption." Am I missing something?
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20031003/msgs/271979.html
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> If a manufacturer or supplier of tryptophan labels it for human use, the onus is on the manufacturer to prove it is safe for human use. All I see in that is an opportunity to charge more money for the same commodity.
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> I use veterinary tryptophan because I cannot find a single reason to believe it is of any *lesser* quality than the tryptophan used in human-intended products. It comes from the same factories. It comes in the same bilk packaging. Blah. Blah. (The main use in North America is pig feed, and pigs got the same disorder that humans did, from that one bad batch of tryptophan. The contaminant has never been found in any other batch of tryptophan.)
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> I refuse to pay a markup which seems to only represent price gouging (what the market will bear).
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> Lar
>Huh. I can't believe this snuck under my radar! So - let me get this straight, tryptophan is available for "regualr human" use and for "veterinary use, " the only difference being if a vendor sells it as "vet use" then they avoid red tape and FDA over their shoulders which = a cheaper product but at the same pharmaceutical grade either way? So I assume I won't be able to find this at health food stores but on the internet at places like iherb.com?
Also (and sorry for all the questions) I assume tryptophan helps with depression, anxiety and insomnia?
Thanks for the info!
Jerry
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