Happy Caps Special-K, 4 Capsules

Delivery: this product ships to the Netherlands only.

Happy Caps Special-K is a herbal food supplement, sold as one pack of 4 vegetarian capsules. The name imitates the street name of a drug, but this is a herbal product: the capsules contain passion flower, motherwort, turmeric and kratom, plus the amino acid L-tyrosine.

What Happy Caps Special-K is

Happy Caps is a Dutch brand. According to its own website, it has existed for more than twenty years and makes its products in the Netherlands under HACCP food-safety standards.

Kratom comes from Mitragyna speciosa, a tropical evergreen tree of the coffee family that grows wild in Southeast Asia. Botanists first described it in 1839. Motherwort is the common name of Leonurus cardiaca, a perennial herb of the mint family from Central Asia and south-eastern Europe. The ingredient list does not give species names.

What is in the pack

One pack holds 4 capsules. The ingredient list reads as follows; retailers give these amounts as per capsule.

• Passion flower 100 mg
• Motherwort 100 mg
• L-tyrosine 30 mg
• Turmeric 50 mg
• Kratom 30 mg
• Magnesium stearate
• Cellulose
• Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (vegetarian capsule)

The maker's website also names 7-hydroxymitragynine, a kratom alkaloid, among the Special-K ingredients. It is not on the list we received, so check the label on your pack. No storage instructions or shelf life are stated.

Directions from the maker

The maker states: take 1 to 2 capsules on an empty stomach, about 45 minutes in advance, and do not exceed the maximum amount.

Legal status and responsible use

The legal status of this product differs from country to country, and you are responsible for checking the law where you live. It is sold to adults aged 18 and over only.

The maker prints these cautions:

• Do not combine with medication, MAO inhibitors or other stimulants, and be careful with heavy alcohol use.
• Do not use when pregnant or breastfeeding, or with high or low blood pressure, heart complaints, thyroid disorders, kidney disease, depression or nervousness.
• Not a substitute for a varied diet. Keep out of reach of children.

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