Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 In a message dated 5/24/2003 8:13:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, OSSG-Protein writes: > I started mine about 1 month ago but don't feel I look any better. > LOL!! Sometimes nothing will help. Do you take more than 1/day. I > take the dry E from Vitalady. > Thanks, > Diane > LAP RNY 9/99 I usually take 2 x 400 iu daily. Iguess I can only use the capsules on my cuticles. Martha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 In a message dated 11/12/2004 9:11:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, BDS31@... writes: May I make a request? Would listmembers who will be seeing one of the famous and good mito docs in the near future ask this question of him or her? I haven't talked to anyone about Vitamin E since the new warnings came out, but when I saw my mito doctor last year, he was concerned b/c I was on a high amount of CoQ10 and the amount of Vitamin E totaled over 2000 IU a day. Thus, I had to stop that particular brand of CoQ10. I actually spoke to Raj, Tishcon's president, about Vitamin E and CoQ10 and he said he would not recommend Vitamin E amounts in excess of 1200 IU/day. At doses higher than that Vit. E can actually inhibit CoQ10 absorption, according to him. Malisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 Ruth, Last year when my son started taking the carniqgel I asked the mito doc we have about this. Each softgel has 75 IU and he takes 3 a day. He said that the 225 was no problem at all, he said a lot of people take 400 IU daily. My son weighed 95 lbs at the time. Other than that, I do not know. Janet Sample Vitamin E I am seeing a lot on the internet news about Vitamin E in megadoses being bad rather than good. It is part of the cocktail ordered for me by my Neurologist. Is anyone else taking mega doses of E and what are the doctors saying? Should I cut it out of the cocktail? Cheers, Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 The recommended dosage of E is all over the place. I have watched it for years. Usually, a dosage of 400 is considered a safe megadose by alternative medicine. I have seen up to 800. 900 is definitely a tad high, but I have seen it has high as 800 on some of the mito coctails. For me, I just feel comfortable talking no more than 400-500. Some doses of the Qgel have less E in it also. Look at the different mg of Qgel and you will see. Also, is not Qgel three times the equivalent of regular Q? That would mean you are taking 1800mg of Coenzyme Q daily? Have you checked that dose with your doc? The highest regular Q I have seen is in the studies for parkinson, where they give as much as 1200 regular Q. Please understand, I am only giving my thoughts on what I remember reading. Your doses could be just fine. Regards Sunny > Dear Ruth, > I have the same concern as you. I take six of the Q-gel 100 capsules > daily, which also contain 900 IU's of Vitamin E (150 IU's/capsule). > Gosh, what next will they reverse about all of the " shoulds " in > medicine! > *********May I make a request? Would listmembers who will be seeing > one > of the famous and good mito docs in the near future ask this question > of > him or her? > > By the way, Ruth, how are you doing now? I know that you were getting > very discouraged a few months ago because of all of the problems you > had > and which were progressing. Please post more frequently if you are up > to > it. You have helped so many of us in the past, and I am certain that > many would like to return the favor, myself included. > Please tell us how you are! > Take care, and God bless. > Gratefully. > S. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Dear Malisa, Thanks very much for your help. I am glad that Mr. (Dr.?) Chopra is already aware of the possible problems with high doses of Vitamin E. I guess we have to try to find out what the optimum dose is, if there is such a thing! Gratefully, S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Dear Sunny, Thanks for pointing all of this out. Yes, if one believes the literature from Tishcon, one can then take a smaller dose of CoQ10 than what a doctor ordered. In reality, because of the expense and because of its touted superior bioavailability, I usually only take 400mg of the Tishcon Q-gel. This would then yield " only " 600 IU's of Vitamin E. However, because of my recent muscle bx, and because I was off supplements for six weeks, I have been taking the full amount now for a week. Three weeks into my stopping CoQ10 and Carnitor, I started having very nasty symptoms returning. At least I proved to myself that it's worth taking these products. Thanks for your help. Sincerely, S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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