Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 the recommended vitamins and doses are as follows: beta carotene 10-25,000 iu bid vit c 1,000 mg bid vit E 400-800 iu bid-tid (I'm on 1000 iu bid) alpha lipoic acid 200 mg tid (I'm on 250 mg tid) coenzyme q-10 200 mg tid creatine 2.5 gms bid note bid is twice a day tid is three times a day. Jeiven --- Dale Wormstadt wrote: > Lost my notes on vitamins. Where is the list of > recommended vitamins (and dailey dosages) for ALS? > Are there two lists? Thanks (again!) for your help. > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 , Thanks for the recommended vitamins. This really helps, especially since it has the amounts and how often. I'll take this list to my neuro and internist on my next appt. and discuss this with them. I currently take 200mg CoQ10 with 100 IU Vit E in a chewable wafer. There has been some discussion about how effective CoQ10 is in different forms and that the gel capsules might be better than tablets, due to the delivery system (oil). Do you know anything about this? I think the wafers should have a decent delivery system, but don't really know. Also, I don't mean to sound dumb, but.... 200 x 2(twice a day) of CoQ10, for a total of 400mg per day? Or 100mg x 2 = total of 200mg per day? I always get confused on this one. I'm pretty cautious about what, and how much, I take because my liver disease. I consider it secondary to my PLS, though don't care to abuse it and make it my primary condition. It is hard to find out how drugs or supplements might complicate other conditions. Most of the info is available, but you really have to search for it. Sometimes, it isn't available, so then you have to decide if the risk is worth taking. My internist searched to see if oral baclofen had any liver complications back when I first started taking it. He didn't find any, but my neuro was aware that baclofen can, on rare occasions, cause liver problem. So now I have an intrathecal baclofen pump. Thanks for the info. Oh, for everyone out there shopping for vitamins, please consider using the PLS Awareness links to Vitamin Shoppe or ImmuneSupport. 10% of the sale goes to our NORD/PLS Educational Fund. :-) (do I sound like a broken record yet?) http://www.geocities.com/mdmfoo/PLS.html Thomson --- Jeiven wrote: > the recommended vitamins and doses are as follows: > > beta carotene 10-25,000 iu bid > vit c 1,000 mg bid > vit E 400-800 iu bid-tid (I'm on 1000 iu bid) > alpha lipoic acid 200 mg tid (I'm on 250 mg tid) > coenzyme q-10 200 mg tid > creatine 2.5 gms bid > > note bid is twice a day > tid is three times a day. > > > Jeiven > --- Dale Wormstadt wrote: > > Lost my notes on vitamins. Where is the list of > > recommended vitamins (and dailey dosages) for > ALS? > > Are there two lists? Thanks (again!) for your > help. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 oops... I actually take 200 mg three times a day (total of 600 mg per day) with meals. I take both the capsule co q and vit e that way they are absorbed better with meals. --- wrote: > , > Thanks for the recommended vitamins. This really > helps, especially since it has the amounts and how > often. I'll take this list to my neuro and > internist > on my next appt. and discuss this with them. > I currently take 200mg CoQ10 with 100 IU Vit E in > a > chewable wafer. There has been some discussion > about > how effective CoQ10 is in different forms and that > the > gel capsules might be better than tablets, due to > the > delivery system (oil). Do you know anything about > this? I think the wafers should have a decent > delivery system, but don't really know. > Also, I don't mean to sound dumb, but.... 200 x > 2(twice a day) of CoQ10, for a total of 400mg per > day? > Or 100mg x 2 = total of 200mg per day? I always > get > confused on this one. > I'm pretty cautious about what, and how much, I > take > because my liver disease. I consider it secondary to > my PLS, though don't care to abuse it and make it my > primary condition. It is hard to find out how drugs > or > supplements might complicate other conditions. Most > of the info is available, but you really have to > search for it. Sometimes, it isn't available, so > then you have to decide if the risk is worth taking. > > My internist searched to see if oral baclofen had > any > liver complications back when I first started taking > it. He didn't find any, but my neuro was aware that > baclofen can, on rare occasions, cause liver > problem. > So now I have an intrathecal baclofen pump. > Thanks for the info. > > Oh, for everyone out there shopping for vitamins, > please consider using the PLS Awareness links to > Vitamin Shoppe or ImmuneSupport. 10% of the sale > goes > to our NORD/PLS Educational Fund. :-) > (do I sound like a broken record yet?) > http://www.geocities.com/mdmfoo/PLS.html > > Thomson > > > > > > > > --- Jeiven wrote: > > the recommended vitamins and doses are as follows: > > > > beta carotene 10-25,000 iu bid > > vit c 1,000 mg bid > > vit E 400-800 iu bid-tid (I'm on 1000 iu bid) > > alpha lipoic acid 200 mg tid (I'm on 250 mg tid) > > coenzyme q-10 200 mg tid > > creatine 2.5 gms bid > > > > note bid is twice a day > > tid is three times a day. > > > > > > Jeiven > > --- Dale Wormstadt wrote: > > > Lost my notes on vitamins. Where is the list of > > > recommended vitamins (and dailey dosages) for > > ALS? > > > Are there two lists? Thanks (again!) for your > > help. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 I was wrong, it is Weight Smart, not weight loss as I first stated. One A Day brand has nearly 100% of everything. In fact, everything except Calcium and Magnesium. What this Weight Smart has in addition is from green tea; it is EGCG (from Green Tea extract, Camilla sinensis leaf) according tot he bottle. This has 125% RDA of B1, B2, B6, and B12, as well as chromium and others. I have mostly used this brand in the " For Women " sub package for many years. Some times I took Centrum just because, maybe it is on sale of something. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 a, What ingredient in these one a day weight loss vitamins is suposed to " speed up " the metabolism?? Most ppl who are losing weight need extra vitamins, especially the b ones. Some other things will help one to be healthier, like green tea extract(helps digestion), etc. Just curious, Caitlyn type 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 What is in the One-a-Day vitamins for weight loss that's supposed to speed metabolism? I've seen these in the grocery store but don't know of anyone who's taking them. Let us know what you think. Pansy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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