Natural Factors 5-HTP 120 Caplets

• Used as a sleep aid
  
• Helps promote healthy mood balance
  
• Relieves symptoms of fibromyalgia
  
• Reduces the severity and duration of migraine headaches when taken as a preventive treatment
  

5-HTP is an amino acid needed to make serotonin. 5-HTP from Natural Factors uses timed-release caplets for a steady increase in serotonin levels that help promote healthy mood balance. 5-HTP is also used as a sleep aid. Additionally, it also helps relieve symptoms of fibromyalgia as well as reduces the severity and duration of migraine headaches when taken as a preventive treatment.

 Ingredients

 Non-Medicinal Ingredients

Microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, carbohydrate gum (cellulose), coating (carbohydrate gum [cellulose], glycerin), vegetable grade magnesium stearate 

 Recommended Dose

Healthy mood balance: 1 caplet 3 times daily with food

Sleep aid: 1–2 caplets daily with food .Take 30–45 minutes before bedtime

Relief of fibromyalgia symptoms: 1 caplet 3–4 times daily with food

To minimize the risk of gastrointestinal side effects, start dosing at 100 mg 2–3 times daily and slowly increase to effective dose over a 2-week period. Use for at least 1 week to see beneficial effects