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If taking tyrosine helps generate melatonin and darken hair, what medication has the opposite effect?
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Wrong premise: Tyrosine is a Dopamine precursor and it does not go to melatonin in the body. In balanced dosing with tryptophan and 5 hydroxy tryptophan , the serotonin goes to melatonin. Unbalanced it can make a patient sicker.
Answered 6/25/2014
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