10-09-2014, 06:56 AM
I looked into the other things on the anti-prolactin list and think that licorice, goldenseal, ginger, and vitamin B6 should also be removed.
Licorice is effective, but not safe enough. It is a monoamine oxidase A inhibitor, which can cause lethal hypertensive crisis if you eat foods containing tyramine. (The abstract doesn't specifically say MAOAI, but since licorice elevated norepinephrine you have to come to that conclusion because MAOBI's only raise dopamine.) In medicine, MAOAI's have been replaced by SSRI's and SNRI's to avoid killing people. Licorice's effects on cortisol and gap junction intercellular communication are two more strikes against it.
I could not find any evidence that goldenseal or ginger affect prolactin. Vitamin B6 is unreliable, and the effective dose (200-600 mg) is in the toxic range. (The upper limit for B6 is 100 mg.)
Licorice is effective, but not safe enough. It is a monoamine oxidase A inhibitor, which can cause lethal hypertensive crisis if you eat foods containing tyramine. (The abstract doesn't specifically say MAOAI, but since licorice elevated norepinephrine you have to come to that conclusion because MAOBI's only raise dopamine.) In medicine, MAOAI's have been replaced by SSRI's and SNRI's to avoid killing people. Licorice's effects on cortisol and gap junction intercellular communication are two more strikes against it.
I could not find any evidence that goldenseal or ginger affect prolactin. Vitamin B6 is unreliable, and the effective dose (200-600 mg) is in the toxic range. (The upper limit for B6 is 100 mg.)