Yes, ZF, I've tried mucuna w/out carbidopa and it does work - sometimes - mainly when I've not eaten. The carbidopa (lodosyn) makes it more reliable.

Here's a breakdown of known mucuna components.........

According to Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases at phytochemical Database, USDA-ARS-NGRL, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland (htt, o : llwww. rain-tree. comldblMucuna-pruriens- phytochem. htm) Mucuna pruriens contains many diverse Phytochemicals like 1- methyl-3-carboxy-6, 7-dihydroxy-1,2, 3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinolone, 5- hydroxytryptamine, 5-methoxy-n, n-dimethyltryptamine-n-oxide, 5-oxyindole-3- alkylamine, 6-methoxyharman, Alanine, Arachidic-acid, Arginine, Aspartic-acid, Behenic-acid, Beta-carboline, Beta-sitosterol, Bufotenine, Choline, Cis-12,13- epoxyoctadec-trans-9-cis-acid, Cis-12, 13-epoxyoctadec-trans-9-enoic-acid, Cystine, DOPA, Gallic-acid, Glutamic-acid, Glutathione, Glycine, Histidine, L-DOPA, Lecithin, Leucine, Linoleic-acid, Mucunadine, Mucunain, Mucunine, Myristic-acid, N, n- dimethyltryptamine, N, n-dimethyltryptamine-n-oxide, Nicotine, Oleic-acid, Palmitic- acid, Palmitoleic-acid, Phenyalanine, Phosphorus, Prolin, Protein, Prurienidine, Prurienine, Saponins, Serine, Serotonin, Stearic-acid, Threonine, Tryptamine, Tyrosine, Valine, Vernolic-acid. Therefore, Mucuna pruriens finds traditionally use in a number of diseases and is commonly used as carminative, hypotensive & hypoglycemic agent. Moreover it is also used as anodyne, antidotal, aphrodisiac, diuretic, nervine, solvent, rubefacient, and vermifuge; used for anasarca, asthma, cancer, cholera, cough, diarrhea, dogbite, dropsy, dysuria, insanity, mumps, pleuritis, ringworm, snakebite, sores, syphilis, tumors, and worms.

From phytochemistry point of view, the drug contains dimethyltryptamine alkaloid and related alkaloid, lecithin and tannins as well as L-DOPA, a precursor of the neural transmitter dopamine. All these compounds are known to exist in the seeds of Mucuna pruriens. Therefore, plants like Mucuna pruriens provide a natural source for drugs for Parkinson's ....

a real cocktail, eh?

ABCOP

Sometimes headaches.

Sinemet 25/100 5 times a day
SinemetCR 50/200 2 times a day

TEVA carbidopa/levadopa 25/100

1/2 pill three times daily


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