zinc/ how much dosage to start

[Guest guest]

Can anyone recommend the dosage of zinc that I should start out with for my

daughter? She is 6 years old and weighs around 45 pounds. The zinc that I have

is the e-lyte brand which comes in a liquid. Seven drops is equivalent to 7.8

mg of zinc sulphate. Thanks for your input.

Ginger

[Guest guest]

Ginger,

Has she had her zinc levels tested? She's probably low (many ASD kids

are), but it's hard to know how much zinc she needs w/o knowing her

baseline.

Having said that, at the recent ville Mini-DAN!, I believe the

recommended starting dose for zinc was around 20mg, with a max of

approximately 1mg per pound of weight (in your case ~45mg). The doc

may order a higher dose based on lab work, of course.

HIH,

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> Can anyone recommend the dosage of zinc that I should start out with

for my

> daughter? She is 6 years old and weighs around 45 pounds. The zinc

that I have

> is the e-lyte brand which comes in a liquid. Seven drops is

equivalent to 7.8

> mg of zinc sulphate. Thanks for your input.

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> Ginger

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