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My calf mainly on right leg been hurting when walking and this started when i began takinng 5 htp.started taking it 2 week ago. should i be concerned?
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Probably not: 5 HTP is tryptophan based and may be useful for the conditions you listed.It is very unlikely it is the cause of your calf pain. I understand there have been rare occurances of muscle pain but, more likely it is something like an achilles tendonitis. You could always stop the medicine for a few days and then go back to it and see what happens
Answered 5/24/2015
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