Review on 💊 NOW Foods 5-HTP 200mg - 120 VCapsules by Natasha Graham

I usually take 5-HTP from Arazo Nutrition but you have to take 4 tablets to get up to 400mg which really helps with insomnia. I did this for 3 months and it changed my life. Then I saw that NOW brands had 200mg pills so I only had to take 2 pills instead of 4 large pills. last week. Switching to Now Foods 5HTP made me really sick. My husband knew right away it was serotonin deprivation caused by switching brands. I went to the doctor and they agreed that I should stop taking it immediately. Switched back to Arazo and all problems stopped. It turns out that Arazo's claim of "99% high purity" isn't just a marketing gimmick, as I assumed. The reason this all happened is because NOW Food 5HTP is not as effective as Arazo. Because the dietary supplement industry is not regulated by the FDA, there is no industry-specific regulation of dietary supplements by type. What's scary is that there are hormone-altering supplements like 5-HTP that can definitely have life-threatening side effects like serotonin syndrome due to differences in quality.