Posted by Emme on July 10, 2004, at 13:12:07
In reply to Re: SAMe » Emme, posted by Larry Hoover on July 10, 2004, at 7:31:04
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> > I've got Nature Made. They're enteric coated. Unfortunately, I have to chop them up because 200 mg is too much. At the moment, I can only deal with 50 or 100 mg. My pdoc and I discussed it briefly and she thought that it would be okay to lose the enteric coating if I can't do the larger dose. From the broken edges, it is awfully bitter - no surprise there. I coat it with butter to make it swallowable.
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> Do you feel an effect, from the broken tablets? Usually, enteric coating is to get something past the stomach and its acid. Hydrochloric acid can degrade/digest things you don't want to degrade.I seem to. Although I need to do a more careful "study" this week. It's summer and I've been bad. I've been confounding things a little lately with a few trips to Dunkin' Donuts for iced decaf coffee. Their decaf is usually tame enough stimulation-wise, and if I do get it it's usually later in the day (and not every day). But I should probably stay "clean" for several days in a row to make sure I'm correct.
If I try to go with 200 mg, I'll have make sure I tone down the intensity. It really seemed to trash what little concentration I have. I can see why it's dicey for bipolars. If the aricept works out, it might be a good foil for it.
> > Okay, so from looking at the MSDS, I won't inhale the acid form. ;) And yes, I guess it would be a bit like comparing the MSDS for NaCl and HCl. But it would be interesting to know what the fate of the tosylate is as it goes through the body.
> That's really my main concern. Toluene messes up a lot of different things.
Nervous system included, right? Anyone documented any ill effects from SAM-e that might be attributable to the toluene? And would the amount of toluene in a small SAM-e dose be enough to matter?
> > Well, my body is just plain ridiculous about it. I need hamster-size doses. It makes the usual dosage guessing games even harder. OTOH, a sample pack of most things goes a long way....
> >> Maybe I'm a hamster, too. Probably a bigger hamster than you, though.
Yeah, I suspect so. Everyone is. :) We should start a special board: the Slow Metabolizer's Club, where we can talk about how to use an analytical balance to measure out meds.
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