Posted by blackjack on June 17, 2001, at 14:52:17
In reply to Can you mix SAMe with 5HTP with St Johns Wort..., posted by cheetah on June 16, 2001, at 13:42:01
> I haven't been able to find any info on this.
> Can one mix St John's Wort with SAM-e with 5-HTP with Kava with Valerian root? One big cocktail? What CAN you combine? I already know about mixing prescription drugs with this stuff but what about mixing with the absence of prescription drugs? Thanks.Just to be clear, you do understand that St Johnswort and most of these others ARE drugs, right? They just happen to either be drugs found in plants, or drugs which occur naturally in foods. If they have any beneficial effect, it is because they are modulating your neurochemistry, just like prescrption drugs. They are not "safer" simply because they are natural. Opium is natural. So is hemlock. They may manifest less side-effects, but that is usually because they are less potent.
Sorry, I realize I didn't really answer your question, but I wanted to make sure you had the right perspective, since you seem so opposed to taking "drugs."
As far as combining these things goes, well, there has been precious little good research on these remedies, so I don't think anybody can say for sure.
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