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Nevermind, I just looked at that site and found the following:
The contaminated batch contained over 60 different bacterial contaminants, and many folks who were taking large doses of 4000 mg or more per day of the tainted product got sick, and some even died of the bacterial toxins. The FDA issued a voluntary recall of all L-Tryptophan, not knowing that the tainted material came from Showa Denko. In a well-intentioned move, the FDA then announced an import restriction on all tryptophan except for pharmaceutical-grade L-Tryptophan meant for baby formulas, intravenous-feeding solutions, animal use and prescribed medical uses. So in other words, L-Tryptophan was still legal to buy, but it had become almost impossible to find. Up to that time the US tryptophan market had totaled some $60,000,000 per year. It was just a few weeks after the import restrictions, though, when the depression patients, orthomolecular psychiatric patients, and chronic insomniacs really began missing their L-Tryptophan that Prozac was given a major public-relations and advertising push.
The contaminated batch contained over 60 different bacterial contaminants, and many folks who were taking large doses of 4000 mg or more per day of the tainted product got sick, and some even died of the bacterial toxins. The FDA issued a voluntary recall of all L-Tryptophan, not knowing that the tainted material came from Showa Denko. In a well-intentioned move, the FDA then announced an import restriction on all tryptophan except for pharmaceutical-grade L-Tryptophan meant for baby formulas, intravenous-feeding solutions, animal use and prescribed medical uses. So in other words, L-Tryptophan was still legal to buy, but it had become almost impossible to find. Up to that time the US tryptophan market had totaled some $60,000,000 per year. It was just a few weeks after the import restrictions, though, when the depression patients, orthomolecular psychiatric patients, and chronic insomniacs really began missing their L-Tryptophan that Prozac was given a major public-relations and advertising push.
Triple J
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It was something of a conspiracy because after the FDA found out the root cause of the problem, which resulted from the contamination, they still kept the L-tryptophan banned from Joe Public The FDA and big pharm company's are in bed all over the place. Let's hope there is never any contaminated Vitamin C that hits the market or its ass will be banned, too
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Rocket said:
Jessup
And for Mighty P. I take about 4 grams once a week just before bed. It puts me in a virtual coma for about 4 hours. Really relaxing.
riskybizz007
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can someone please PM me the site to where they still sell l-tryptophan?
thanks
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riskybizz007
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bumping for info on doseages and experiences
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