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Originally Posted by jcgrome
Thank you!
This is the CoQ-10 I got http://www.amazon.com/Ortho-Molecula.../dp/B000M5JVJE
Is it up to par (solubolized)? I'm not sure what that means & it doesn't say anything about it on the label. Doc told me to take 2 per day.
Thanks for the B vit info. Interestingly enough my doc had me stop taking B6 vitamins when this flared up saying that too much B6 can have negative effects on your nerves??
Finally - wondering what your thoughts are on Evening Primrose. I started taking this http://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2133879 a few days before finding the support group because I read that it can help with PN & it has 100mg GLA. I've been taking 2 per day.
I'm SO sorry to keep bothering you. But every-time you reply I think of something new. I wish you were my doctor!! :-) |
Yowsers! That is expensive and nowhere claims solubilized form. Evening primrose is okay, and best taken with other Omega-3 fatty acids for balance in the body. Years ago it was highly recommended for diabetic neuropathy, and some people here have used it. I used it when I first started Omega-3's a decade ago, but dropped it after about 2 yrs, as it didn't seem necessary anymore. Once your Omega-3 ratio changes for the better, the other fatty acids come back into balance eventually.
I have an Omega-3 thread here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=6092
There are many "smart foods" now with Omega-3s added, so I use them less in supplement form now.
To compare with your OrthoMolecular product:
120 Qunol 100mg (solubilized for better absorption) is about
$35.00... and is a 4 month supply. It appears that your product is the old form... so I can't offer up how much of that will actually be absorbed.
One thing I do here is find affordable quality products, because most people cannot afford to spend so much.
The "nerve" damage from B6 starts from 500mg or more a day for years. In reality there have been very few people proven to even have it. Recommendations sometimes go very conservative but 100mg a day of B6 is typically the highest I will recommend. I never used more than 50mg a day myself.
Pyridoxine in vitamins is not active you know. It has to be activated in the liver to pyridoxal. So the quality products now have it in that form to some extent today. The cofactor in the enzyme to activate pyridoxine for of B6 is riboflavin. B2. Riboflavin also contributes ribose, to the cells which make ATP from it. Without ribose, there is less energy production.
This is the Qunol website:
http://www.qunol.com/
(Just a hint...things sold thru chiros or naturopaths, tend to be highly
inflated in price.)
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