Lupin and Wolfsbane potion

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 147546

 
> > Allie:
> > > <snip> Okay, even if it's very complicated and requires a lot 
> > > of hard to find ingredients, what else does Lupin have to do? 
> 
Sydney
> It's possible that the Wolfsbane potion could be poisonous if not made
> exactly right-- the main ingredient being wolfsbane or aconitum
> luparia, which like most aconites is fatally toxic.  It would explain
> why Lupin would be hesitant to experiment-- and why other werewolves
> are wary of trying it. Only a real master could be trusted to handle
> it-- like fugu! 

Pippin:
The ingredients may be too expensive for Lupin to afford, or they
might be controlled substances that Lupin couldn't get permission
to buy even if he could afford them. 

Pippin