Dear Jenn,
You said: <<I thought I remember some liver toxicity issues with extended or excessive use of L-Tryptophan, am I remembering correctly. This was back in the late 80's.>> You recall correctly; however, that was from an adulterated batch. No other problems of this type have been apparent. I would caution people who are using, or have used SSRI or SNRI (antidepressants) drugs to use tryptophan with caution. For those currently using SSRIs, tryptophan increases the amount of intracellular serotonin which could result in a toxic or paradoxical reaction. For those who have previously taken SSRIs, taking tryptophan can overload the serotonin transporter system, which in some cases has been structurally altered, resulting in a paradoxical reaction (aggressiveness, altered sense of reality, etc.) As an aside, SSRIs and SSRIs are dangerous, creating long term changes in the brain and altering a person's judgement. If anyone wants more info, I'd be glad to point you in the right direction. You can write to me off-list at ccr...@maine.rr.com. Regards, Catherine -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
