Kitty, depending on bodyweight, one has to take enough for one's weight, but I take more than my weight...why don't ask. Most of my friends take 200mg grape seed ex, I take that dose and often another 200mg later in day. I'm on it so LONG...I like vitacost grape seed and they sell a Muscadine Grape Seed (not extract) and one cap is 500mg...Muscadine grapes are high resveratrol. Read reviews, there are tons.

On Pycnogenol, one does not need to take both...when I got on "P" back in 1995 I believe I took 100mg per day. And did this for the first year..back then I spent $40 a month of "P". But the fact that my allergy/sinus issues were gone, that was cheap price to pay. Price has come down a lot....swansons sells 100mg caps for $17 or so for 30 caps. I still buy the "P" caps as I make my own skin moisturizer with a base of coconut oil/vitamin E cream and 2 caps of "P" powder....Mix this in a 4 oz jar and I make enough for a 6 month portion at a time. There are many "P" and Grape Seed Ex moisturizers on the market too....but I like making my own now. I first bought an anti wrinkle cream from swansons years ago and it contained Pycnogenol.

Being retired, I have a lot of time to do these things. I worked 40 some yrs and now I love my free time.

Love these OPC's. I have a story about when I got my mom on "P" back when I found how good I was doing....gotta take a break. C

Remember, if one is taking pharma blood thinner, then can't take both. These OPC's keep our blood thinned and "clean, not sticky".