Has anyone ever used mucuna pruriens to boost there dopamine levels

[6stringrock]

I have been off of opiates for a few months now but still having trouble getting my energy level back up. I use to be very active before addiction and want to get back to that. I work out three days a week which helps alot but still have those low days. Has anyone ever tried the herb mucuna pruriens or is tyrosine better?

[Real_Truth]

Abstract
Levodopa (L-dopa) is considered the gold standard for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. However, a serious concern is dyskinesia and motor fluctuation that occurs after several years of use. In vitro experiments have shown that in the presence of divalent copper ions, levodopa may induce intense DNA damage. Mucuna pruriens cotyledon powder (MPCP) has shown anti-parkinson and neuroprotective effects in animal models of Parkinson's disease that is superior to synthetic levodopa. In the present study two different doses of MPCP protected both plasmid DNA and genomic DNA against levodopa and divalent copper-induced DNA strand scission and damage. It exhibited chelation of divalent copper ions in a dose-dependent manner. The copper chelating property may be one of the mechanisms by which MPCP exerts its protective effects on DNA.

Phytotherapy Research
Published Online: 11 Jul 2007

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...TRY=1&SRETRY=0

[quitinoxys]

I never took it but it looks like it would work. Take a look at the url below

http://www.mucunapruriens.net/