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Originally Posted by reverett123
This afternoon I filled some capsules with mucuna and gave it a new try. I have been in a pattern of being "off" more and more in the evenings and lately even into the afternoons. Not a happy camper.
So this evening I substituted for my 7:00 feeding of 2X4 mg requip plus 1x200/25 sinemet CR a pair of capsules containing 1 gr of mucuna bean powder each.
I am very pleased because it is now 11:00 PM and I am anything but "off" and have done well all evening.
I do have a couple of questions- First, if mucuna is about five percent l-dopa as claimed, then have ingested 50 mg in each capsule for a total of 100 mg sans carbidopa. I shouldn't feel a thing. And second, the studies have used doses up to 30 grams and I am testing just 2! So what am I overlooking?
Tomorrow will be interesting. 
This one's for you, juanhch  |
Hello
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I use raw powder assuming it has 4% L-dopa (one tea spoon twice daily) and I always thought it has little or no impact on my symptoms which are mild any way. What you are reporting is amazing but I am wondring if the capsule has higher L-dopa % as usually capsules contain 15 to 50 % L-dopa . Can you check this?