transdermal NAC???

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In that case, anyone on the list trying the transdermal NAC? They're

making it at Coastal now.

I'm wondering if this might not be an extra way to boost

cysteine/glutathione without aggravating the gut.

I really want to try it, but none of are doctors have any experience

with it yet, and so are reluctant to gamble with Jack (I totally

appreciate them realing me in from time to time).

Anyway, I'm very curious as to how others respond to it.

Jack does very well on trandermal ALA (done as a chelation round),

but on the oral, it does stir up the gut. We recently have been

doing the oral NAC and think it's the culprit of his latest downslide

(though he did well at first on it).

Sharon

> No, it has to be in the gut to cause the pathogen stimulation. Dr.

JM

> amino acids and the gut

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> > >

> > > > Just wondering if anyone out there has experienced gut bugs

due to

> > > > amino acid supplements?

> > > > We're giving the custom amino acid supplement from Metabolic

Maint.

> > > > and have made a lot of changes over the past couple of months

based

> > > > on testing. The things I'm targeting as the culprit are:

amino

> > > > acids, acetyl-l-carnitine (carnitine in the past has messed

him up),

> > > > NAC, too much vitamin C (been giving 500mg time released

buffered C

> > > > 2x a day), extra arginine and lysine.

> > > >

> > > > It could be gut bugs from the amino acids OR I'm wondering if

the

> > > > amino acids are stressing urea cycle issues and making it

hard for

> > > > him to manage the nitrogen load. Or it could be the 5HTP

that's in

> > > > his custom amino supplement is messing with his

> > > > serotonin/neurotransmitter balance????

> > > > At first he did pretty well, but his gut has gotten a bit out

of wack

> > > > and behaviorally he's had a backslide -- he's becoming rigid,

very

> > > > obsessive, and emotional/tempermental.

> > > > I've been really ramping up the gut bug treatments and

probiotics,

> > > > but it's not helping. His bm's sometimes smell like ammonia

(they

> > > > did when on carnitine in past also).

> > > >

> > > > Should I drop all of the suspected things one at a time, or

all at

> > > > once and then concentrate on getting the gut back in check

and add

> > > > back the stuff one at a time?

> > > >

> > > > What do you guys think? Dr. McCandless, could it be the 5htp

in the

> > > > custom amino mix? Jack has been doing great stuff, but now

the

> > > > obsessions are getting completely out of hand (numbers,

lining up his

> > > > trains, coloring a blank piece of paper with a little of

every color

> > > > instead of drawing a picture etc.).

> > > >

> > > > Thanks for any help/opinions on this.

> > > > Sharon

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