Mucuna Puriens

[Shirleyam]

How much should be taken to start on Mucuna puriens ? Husband already taking C/L and Rtary.

[SuperMNew]

If you are planning to get the most benefit from Mucuna, you need to take the EXTRACT. I am currently taking 98% Mucuna Extract powder purchased from powdercity.com/products/muc.... It is cheap pure l_Dopa, the natural approach to Dopamine. I've been on the drug ropinirole until it didn't work for me any longer. I went through all the withdrawal that everyone goes thru getting off drugs. I will NOT do that again!

I've been on Mucuna Pruriens extract for 7 months now and the amount of the 98% extract I take is 1/2 tsp. in Almond milk, sweetened with stevia (tastes like a milk shake!) about a half hour or 45 minutes before I want to sleep. Even though Mucuna extract has no taste, it seems to settle in my stomach better with the Almond milk. DO NOT USE dairy!! This amount I take gives me four hours solid sleep. It wears off after four hours and I must get up and repeat the above dosage. I get another four hours sleep.

It's possible that more will last longer. You must experiment to see what you (or the patient) can tolerate. But this is what I am doing. In the studies I read, the subjects give Mucuna were given a much larger dose than I take.

God bless you! I hope you can now get some rest.

[enjoysalud in reply to SuperMNew]

Are you also on Sinemet? My question that I hoped would be answered in this posting...............CAN ONE, without ill effects, MIX PHARMACUETICAL MEDS WITH MUCUNA PRUIENS? Thank you!

[SuperMNew in reply to enjoysalud]

I mixed Mucuna with ropinirole. Then gradually went off ropinirole and stayed on Mucuna. I'm still on Mucuna and have been for 7 months.

[enjoysalud in reply to SuperMNew]

Thank you!!!

[Shirleyam in reply to SuperMNew]

Are you on any other PD meds? Husband is taking ropinerol, C/L and Rytary. Bought, but haven't taken any Mucuna yet.

[SuperMNew in reply to Shirleyam]

I am not now taking anything but Mucuna. I have RLS, not PD. But Mucuna is famous in India for controlling Parkinson's, and that is what it is mostly used for. I just find great relief from restless legs by taking Mucuna.

[Shirleyam in reply to enjoysalud]

Yes, my husband is on sinemet and he hasn't started taking the Mucuna Pruiens yet. So my question is same as yours.

[SuperMNew in reply to Shirleyam]

I wouldn't be afraid of Mucuna. It's a bean. The extract from Mucuna Pruriens is extremely high in natural L-Dopa. (see my response above) You will need to talk to your doctor about coming off your drugs (if you plan to do that); however, I used ropinirole with Mucuna until I could abandon ropinirole. And I'm so glad I did. Ropinirole caused much grief when I was coming off--lots of augmentation (very bad RL symptoms) untll I was free of it.

[Shirleyam in reply to SuperMNew]

Thanks!

[Shirleyam]

Thanks.

[onewithnature]

Mucuna is a form of dopamine and has helped many. I take Zandopa powder and Kapikachhu Capsules with 1/2 sinemet twice a day. I feel much better taking it with sinemet vs. taking sinemet alone without it. I bought it online, directly from India from an ayurvedic web store. They shipped it via express delivery which took less than a week to get here in the USA. Here is the link to their web page if anyone is interested -

ayurvedabay.com/zandu-zando...

ayurvedabay.com/kapikachhu-...