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Re: [RC] Calm & Cool - heidiCalm & Cool contains valerian root (yes, and herbal) that has as its active ingredient L-tryptophan, which is forbidden not only in endurance competition but also USAE competition (whose drug rules are somewhat laxer than the AERC's drug rule). Yes, it can test positive. Before the handy-dandy days of injections and pills, pharmacology was a rather inexact matter of taking plants known to have pharmacological effects and trying to dose them in such a way that the patient got enough to work but not so much as to be harmful. The medicine men and women of primitive cultures looked at a field of plants just about like a modern druggist looks at his shelf. The concept that just because the plant is growing out there "naturally" it is not a drug, is pretty naive. Thanks for the one pharmacological detail on C&C, kat. If such remedies did not contain pharmacologically active plants (herbs, if you will), they wouldn't have the desired effects. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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