Unsweetened Sublingual B-12???

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Hi Dan-

Because of my chemical sensitivities, much of what I do is is made for me by

compound pharmacies. I do all my hormones with them and also now have them make

my compounded CoQ10 troches that I can either use up in the gum buckle or

sublingually.

I have spent a lot of time on the phone with compound pharmacies going over

what ingredients are absolutely necessary to insure the efficacy of the products

I take. Sometimes I have to bite the bullet, such as the methacyl that needs to

go into my compounded SR T3/T4 thyroid combo. (Methacyl is the sustain

releasing agent). The way I apporach this is by following what my enviro doc,

Sherry preaches...that it's all about to total load that the body has to

deal with and detox. Some products that I have to take has the junk in them so I

try and look at my total daily intake and keep it as low as possible. Some of

it is just unavoidable.

There is also the other side of this too...many times if they compound and

leave out something, such as a binding agent, it may dissolve differently. And

I hear you on the flavorings..my compound pharmacy laughs that I don't want

flavoring or stevia in my hormones. I am so used to the bitterness in the

Progesterone that it wouldn't taste right to not have that! In other words,

I've gotten use to it. I HATE the flavorings, they taste so artificial. Yeck.

However, more often is the case that additional stuff, like fillers, go into OTC

products such as the typical mag sterates, gelatin, microcrysalline cellulose,

etc.. In dealing with a compound pharmacy, we have a chance to avoid all that

stuff.

What has particularly pleased me is that the pricing that I am paying with a

compounded product such as my CoQ10 60 mg is averaging out to be less than what

I was paying with the OTC at a higher milligram level. My experience with

troches and sublinguals is because it is a more direct form of administration,

it has much more of a " punch " than the capsules and loses less in the liver.

It's a more direct form of adminstration right to the blood stream. Thus I can

do less mg = less expensive compounds.

I know that many of the usual compound pharmacies will compound B12, it just

depends on which B12 a person wants. It's easy to find those who do the cyano or

hydroxy. It's harder to find those who compound methyl, at least in my

experience.

If you explore this option, please post what happens. I will be very

interested.

Kathy

Does anyone know if there's a sublingual b-12 product out there with no

sweetners or other

additives?

Dan

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