Guest guest Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hi! My son [ASD w/3yrs/ 37 lbs./ & cute!!] is on Spectrum Complete Powder - Hypoallergenic [which has 10mg of Zinc] and I want to introduce more Zinc for his metal chewing issues......how much more Zinc will he need? Can I give him the needing doses at one time, am maybe? I'm in panic to give wrong doses. Thanks for answering my questions, I don't feel along anymore! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 , Andy's recommendation is to start at weight + 20 mg. So that would be @ 57 mgs for your son. My son is about 35 lbs, and I have to give @ 65 mgs/day or he starts chewing on things. I give it through out the day and both with meals and away from meals. It is in his multi vitamin and multi-mineral which I give with meals and I also give extra before bed and in the early am. Usually the citrate and picolinate forms are the most easily absorbed. We did work up to this level, so I would start where you are and slowly add extra maybe raising the amount each week until he stops chewing. As an FYI, I've been giving the 65 mgs for about 6 months (and before that I was giving @ 45 mgs for a year), and we recently did blood work to test both RBC Zinc and Plasma Zinc. RBC Zinc was exactly in the middle of the reference range and Plasma Zinc was slightly high. I still need to talk to the Dr. about the test results, but those results tell me that the high doses are what my son needs. > > Hi! > My son [ASD w/3yrs/ 37 lbs./ & cute!!] is on Spectrum Complete Powder > - Hypoallergenic [which has 10mg of Zinc] and I want to introduce more > Zinc for his metal chewing issues......how much more Zinc will he > need? Can I give him the needing doses at one time, am maybe? I'm in > panic to give wrong doses. > > Thanks for answering my questions, I don't feel along anymore! > > . > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 & ! Thanks very much for your reply!! I feel more confident to start with Zinc now!! . - In , " epoxycozy " <epoxycozy@...> wrote: > > , > > Andy's recommendation is to start at weight + 20 mg. So that would be @ > 57 mgs for your son. My son is about 35 lbs, and I have to give @ 65 > mgs/day or he starts chewing on things. I give it through out the day > and both with meals and away from meals. It is in his multi vitamin > and multi-mineral which I give with meals and I also give extra before > bed and in the early am. Usually the citrate and picolinate forms are > the most easily absorbed. We did work up to this level, so I would > start where you are and slowly add extra maybe raising the amount each > week until he stops chewing. > > As an FYI, I've been giving the 65 mgs for about 6 months (and before > that I was giving @ 45 mgs for a year), and we recently did blood work > to test both RBC Zinc and Plasma Zinc. RBC Zinc was exactly in the > middle of the reference range and Plasma Zinc was slightly high. I > still need to talk to the Dr. about the test results, but those results > tell me that the high doses are what my son needs. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > My son [ASD w/3yrs/ 37 lbs./ & cute!!] is on Spectrum Complete Powder > > - Hypoallergenic [which has 10mg of Zinc] and I want to introduce more > > Zinc for his metal chewing issues......how much more Zinc will he > > need? Can I give him the needing doses at one time, am maybe? I'm in > > panic to give wrong doses. > > > > Thanks for answering my questions, I don't feel along anymore! > > > > . > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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