Posted by Larry Hoover on February 28, 2006, at 9:20:44
In reply to Re: New FDA labelling for Xyrem warns of depression, posted by willyee on February 26, 2006, at 2:17:49
> Look at typohan,i cant spell it now its too late,decades later this simple amino acid is still not available on health store shelves,lol that is absurd,the whole trypto fiasco was proven to be the case of the main manifcaturer years ago,tryptohan is no matter how mad the fda might want u to think other wise a simple amino acid,and should be on the shelves next to the rest of them.
Just for the record, the ban on tryptophan was lifted in 1994.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-tryp1.html
Guess which event got more publicity, the original ban, or the lifting of the ban?
As it stands right now in the United States, tryptophan sold for human consumption carries a legal liability on the manufacturer. It is not illegal to sell it for human use, but the tryptophan that is sold for human consumption is vastly over-priced. I believe that suppliers are taking advantage of the situation to make windfall profits.
The specific improper purification process that caused the contamination of *one batch* of tryptophan is no longer used anywhere in the world. Moreover, every single batch of tryptophan is tested for the contaminant that led to EMS. It is, in my perhaps not so humble opinion, impossible to obtain dangerous tryptophan.
To avoid the price-gouging on human-use tryptophan, I use veterinary grade tryptophan. It's the same stuff.
http://www.buygpdirect.com/gpefeed.htm
I use the ultra-pure (well down the page).
Lar
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