When have you reached too much Milk Thistle?

[Guest guest]

I compounded my own DMSA/ALA caps and I used milk thistle as the

filler as the only size caps I could use was 0. Each cap has 350 mg

of milk thistle. Is this too much milk thistle since I'll be giving a

cap every 3 hours? I know that milk thistle in extremely high doses

can affect the half life of drugs but I don't know what the threshold

is.

Cheryl

~http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com

~@midian42~

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl,

The dosage does seem high to me, but then to my knowledge, milk thistle isn't

harmful in high amounts.

In our house, I base the dosage of milk thistle on stool colour & consistency

and bowel movements/intestinal upset. When the dosage is too low, we have

lighter stool and constipation; too high and there is diarrhea or gas &

intestinal upset.

I give 150 mg of milk thistle with meals outside of rounds and more during

rounds. I had to more than double the amount for two of my kids because their

stool gets much lighter on rounds which is a sign of reduced bile flow.

I didn't know that very high milk thistle affects the half-life of drugs. Can

you point me to more info about that?

Have you used milk thistle before? If not, then I suggest starting at a lower

amount & I also recommend using it outside the round to see the differences on

rounds.

HTH,

>

> I compounded my own DMSA/ALA caps and I used milk thistle as the

> filler as the only size caps I could use was 0. Each cap has 350 mg

> of milk thistle. Is this too much milk thistle since I'll be giving a

> cap every 3 hours? I know that milk thistle in extremely high doses

> can affect the half life of drugs but I don't know what the threshold

> is.

>

> Cheryl

[Guest guest]

That's about a daily dose for most kids. We give our kids 300mg a day, spread

out throughout the day.

I believe the recommended dose is 250mg per day spread out.

I would find some other edible powder to compound with.

TJ

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From: Cheryl Lowrance <cheryl.lowrance@...>

Sent: Fri, November 6, 2009 7:36:02 AM

Subject: [ ] When have you reached too much Milk Thistle?

 

I compounded my own DMSA/ALA caps and I used milk thistle as the

filler as the only size caps I could use was 0. Each cap has 350 mg

of milk thistle. Is this too much milk thistle since I'll be giving a

cap every 3 hours? I know that milk thistle in extremely high doses

can affect the half life of drugs but I don't know what the threshold

is.

Cheryl

~http://www.gryffins -tail.blogspot. com

~@midian42~