Bioperine:
 

I am experimenting with this supplement enhancing compound.

I'll let you all know after my vacation, how it has worked.

It is an extract from the black pepper plant, and enhances absorption of drugs/nutrients from the GI tract.

People taking RX medications should not use this extract because it might change your responses to the drugs you use. But for people not using drugs for their PN, this might be helpful. I'll post in a few months, about my progress.

But I take it only in the morning, when I don't use my blood pressure meds, but when I take most of my supplements.

Here is more:
http://www.bioperine.com/

Doctor's Best products have this added to them. And I also found a paper on cholesterol mentioning that Bioperine does lower cholesterol! I stopped Red Yeast Rice last Feb when my muscles started hurting, and instead was taking CoQ-10 with Bioperine, and when I had my blood tests, my cholesterol did not go up at all. Now I think it was the Bioperine that kept me at the Red Yeast Rice levels!

mrsD,
When I recieved my order from IHerb they sent me some information pertaining to BioPerine. The article claims that piperine combined with Curcumin was absorbed 2000% greater. This article was provided by Doctors Best in promoting Curcumin C3 complex (derived from the Tumeric root)
Lanny

Yes, thank you. I just bought some of that too. When my CurcuGel is gone, I thought to try curcumin with Bioperine.

One has to be careful however if you take RX drugs, because facilitating absorption changes blood levels, and doses of drugs are determined without enhancement.

But for general supplement use, this looks attractive to me.
I've used two bottles of the CoQ-10 with Bioperine since Feb.
I am hoping this improves the d-chiro inositol absorption, so I can save some money on this very expensive thing, which is working well for me so far.