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Consult a healthcare professional before use if pregnant, breastfeeding, taking prescription medications, or if you have a medical condition. Keep out of reach of children.
Serotonin syndrome risk. Avoid combination.
Direct serotonin precursor bypassing rate-limiting tryptophan hydroxylase step. Decarboxylated to serotonin by AAAD ubiquitously in gut and brain. In pinealocytes converted to melatonin via AANAT and ASMT. Crosses blood-brain barrier via large neutral amino acid transporter.
| Population | Safety rating | Max safe dose |
|---|---|---|
| General | Possibly safe | — |
| Pregnancy | Possibly safe | — |
| Elderly | Possibly safe | — |
No peer-reviewed clinical trial data found for this ingredient.
Antidepressants
Risk of serotonin syndrome — potentially life-threatening combination.
Management: CONTRAINDICATED. Never combine with serotonergic medications.
Antidepressants
MAO inhibition prevents serotonin degradation — severe accumulation
Antidepressant
Additive serotonergic activity; serotonin syndrome risk.
Antidepressants
Serotonin syndrome — additive serotonin precursor + reuptake inhibition
Opioid analgesics
Serotonin syndrome with serotonergic opioids
Antimigraine
Additive serotonergic effect; serotonin syndrome risk.
Parkinson's medications
Carbidopa inhibits peripheral decarboxylase — enhances CNS serotonin; vasospasm risk
Antihypertensives
Serotonin precursor + dopamine decarboxylase involvement
Data by supplement.ge — Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG)