have been sold ''dud'' 5-htp!!!!

[guy1234]

i have bought a bottle of 5-htp. this gets taken, crosses the blood brain barrier and is hydrolysed by vitamine B6. tyrosine or l-dopa also do this. (i have tyrosine also). i have also heard that people taking l-dopa like parkinsons patients cant take more than their GDA of b6. and its generally advised not to for people taking 5-htp and tyrosine anywayz because it just reacts in the blood before reaching the brain so becomes dopamine and seratonin which cant cross the barrier

on my bottle of 5-htp in the ingredients

each capsule contains:
niacin: 5mg NE 31% of GDA
vitamine B6 396% of GDA
5htp 50mg --

wtf! i've been sold 5htp that doesn't even do its bloody job! pretty damn expensive aswell. anyone suggest why they might bother?
thanks

 

[mgmt&mdma]

what are you talking about? vitamin B6 is needed to convert the 5htp into serotonin.

 

[Cane2theLeft]

I'm not sure EXACTLY what you're asking but I don't see any reason to speculate about why the company did this and I don't see any basic harm reduction questions about use of recreational substances here so I'm going to close this. If you have any questions then feel free to private message me.