5-Hydroxytryptophan - Therapeutic use
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Monday, November 23, 2009

How physician obesity specialists use drugs to treat obesity.

17 Mar 2009 Specialist physicians may have prescribing habits that are different from nonspecialist physicians. Little is known about the prescribing habits of physicians specializing in the treatment of obesity. An anonymous survey was given to the physician ... Read more...

Long-term follow-up of Taiwanese Chinese patients treated early for 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency.

28 Feb 2008 OBJECTIVE: To report the long-term results of early initiation of treatment of 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) deficiency. DESIGN: Between 1988 and 2000, 12 newborns with PTPS deficiency who underwent early treatment at our hospital were ... Read more...

Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency: levodopa's long-term effectiveness without dyskinesia.

24 Dec 2006 We report an adult patient lacking endogenous synthesis of monoamines (dopamine, serotonin, and catecholamines) due to a severe dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR) deficiency. With levodopa and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5HTP) supplementation, the patient ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for '5-Hydroxytryptophan - Therapeutic use'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• How physician obesity specialists use drugs to treat obesity. 17 Mar 2009
• Long-term follow-up of Taiwanese Chinese patients treated early for 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency. 28 Feb 2008
• Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency: levodopa's long-term effectiveness without dyskinesia. 24 Dec 2006
• [Study on tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency in Northern Chinese population] 30 May 2006
• Alterations in alcohol consumption, withdrawal seizures, and monoamine transmission in rats treated with phentermine and 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan. 30 Mar 2006
• Long-term follow-up of Chinese patients who received delayed treatment for 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency. 18 Dec 2005
• The potential of 5-hydryoxytryptophan for hot flash reduction: a hypothesis. 30 Aug 2005
• Serotonin a la carte: supplementation with the serotonin precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan. 12 Jul 2005
• 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency with mild hyperphenylalaninemia. 29 Jun 2005
• 5-Hydroxytryptophan plus SSRIs for interferon-induced depression: synergistic mechanisms for normalizing synaptic serotonin. 30 Dec 2004
• Association between serotonin-related genetic polymorphisms and CCK-4-induced panic attacks with or without 5-hydroxytryptophan pretreatment in healthy volunteers. 29 Jun 2004
• The effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on cholecystokinin-4-induced panic attacks in healthy volunteers. 30 May 2004
• L -5-Hydroxytryptophan treatment of sleep terrors in children. 12 May 2004
• Selected integrative medicine treatments for depression: considerations for women. 30 Dec 2003
• 5-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan suppresses food intake in food-deprived and stressed rats. 30 Dec 2003
• The serotonin precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan delays neuromuscular disease in murine familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 30 Aug 2003
• Review of the implications of dietary tryptophan intake in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric disorders. 30 Jul 2003
• Increases in avoidance responding produced by REM sleep deprivation or serotonin depletion are reversed by administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan. 16 Mar 2003
• Are tryptophan and 5-hydroxytryptophan effective treatments for depression? A meta-analysis. 30 Jul 2002
• The clinical challenge of posthypoxic myoclonus. 30 Dec 2001

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Technical information about '5-Hydroxytryptophan'

Definition: The immediate precursor in the biosynthesis of SEROTONIN from tryptophan. It is used as an antiepileptic and antidepressant.

Chemical name: 2-amino-3-(5-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid

Registry Number: 56-69-9

Descriptor UI: D006916

Alternative terms: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; 5 Hydroxytryptophan; Tryptophan, 5-Hydroxy-; 5-Hydroxy- Tryptophan; Tryptophan, 5 Hydroxy; Oxytryptophan; 5-HTP; Oxitriptan; Hydroxytryptophan;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analogs & derivatives; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; biosynthesis; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; deficiency; diagnostic use; drug effects; economics; genetics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; secretion; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Pharmacological Action: Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation;

Tree Number: D12.125.072.050.850.479;

Online Note: use 5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN to search HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN 1966-89

History Note: 90; was HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN 1963-89 (Prov 1963-65)