Lupin and Wolfsbane potion

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 147533

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathy King <kking0731 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Steve/bboyminn snipped:
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 So, based on this assumption, Lupin really hasn't had 20 years
> to learn how to make it.

Potioncat:
I can agree with everyone who has come up with a reason why Lupin 
can't make Wolfsbane. It seems in the WW, just like in RL, different 
people have different skills. Also, if you ask me, Lupin also has a 
great lack of confidence. He's always (at least twice) telling Harry 
something along the line of it taking an exceptional wizard to do 
something. (conjure a Patronus, make Wolfsbane)
> 
> 
>  Snow: 
> I would think the real question that begs to be answered here is 
why did
> Uncle Damocles attempt to find a cure for lycanthropy and who was 
his first
> experiments with or on? Is Damocles' nephew a jr. werewolf?  I 
doubt he was
> attempting to find a cure for Lupin's sake.

Potioncat:
Good question. I assumed he was a Healer at St. Mungo's. 

BTW, do we know that Lupin isn't taking Wolfsbane now? Seems I've 
seen that suggested, but you'd think he'd be able to get it 
somewhere. Let me rephrase that. After he left Hogwarts, I would 
think he could get Wolfsbane from St. Mungo's. And if it cost money, 
I'd think the Order would provide it. But, do you suppose as part of 
his contact with the werewolves, that he's had to howl with the moon?