Conversion Charts?
Does anyone have a link to a reliable conversion chart for supplementsi?
Given the high doses of some of these we need to take I'm trying to make absolutely sure I get it right but depending on where I buy them they have confusing amounts and I have failed to find anything reliable for working out what is what.
For example, my current batch are labelled with mg, mcg, iu and µg
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Andesine, mcg and µg both stand for micrograms. I know that there a quite a few metric converters out there, but I'm not sure about International Units, but for the others - 1000 micrograms = 1 milligram, and 1000 milligrams = 1 gram
Here is a conversion chart I use sometimes:-
http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_common.htm
UK Carer of bedridden Severe ME/CFS Feb06. CPNi dxi. Apr07. Samento 15 drops per day July07. 2400mg NAC 200mg Doxyi Jan08. 200mg Roxi Apr08.
UK Carer of bedridden Severe CFS Feb06. Tick bites Summer04. CPNi dxi.Apr07. Borrelia dx Sept08. Samento 15 drps daily July07. 200mg Doxyi Jan08. 300mg Roxy Apr08 Stopped abxi Nov/Dec08. Building up on Supps again.
You see this is where I have the problem. My Vit D is 1000iu which is fine as the recommended daily dose is 4000iu so I take 4 capsules.
My B12 is 500µg. I'm trying to take the recommended 4000mg which, by the above calculations, seems to mean I need to take 8000 tablets a day! or am I having a complete fog moment.
Berkshire, UK. Diagnosed MS Feb 4th 2008.
NACi first dose 600mg Feb 9th 2008. Increased to 2400mg Feb 19th.
No GP/Neuroi support. Self medicating with assistance from D W.
Started Doxyi 100mg 20th April 2008
Berkshire, UK. Diagnosed RRMSi Feb 4th 2008.
NACi 2400mg. All supps. Doxyi 200mg. Zithi 250mg. Metroi 400mg.
No GP/Neuroi support. Self medicating with help from David Wheldoni.
Started CAPi 20th April
It's brainfog :-) You need to take 5000 micrograms (mcg or µg) of B12 3 times per day. This is the one we get
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1&pid=117&at=0
UK Carer of bedridden Severe ME/CFS Feb06. CPNi dxi. Apr07. Samento 15 drops per day July07. 2400mg NAC 200mg Doxyi Jan08. 200mg Roxi Apr08.
UK Carer of bedridden Severe CFS Feb06. Tick bites Summer04. CPNi dxi.Apr07. Borrelia dx Sept08. Samento 15 drps daily July07. 200mg Doxyi Jan08. 300mg Roxy Apr08 Stopped abxi Nov/Dec08. Building up on Supps again.
I got the following from David Wheldoni's supplementsi
Vitamin B12 - 4000mg several times a day/ once daily after 3 months
DUH, just double checked and yes, it's mcg not mg. LOL, 8000 tablets does seem a little extreme and yes, I just ordered some stronger ones.
Memo to self, don't try and work all this out at ridiculous a.m. in the morning.
Berkshire, UK. Diagnosed MSi Feb 4th 2008.
NACi first dose 600mg Feb 9th 2008. Increased to 2400mg Feb 19th.
No GP/Neuroi support. Self medicating with assistance from D W.
Started Doxyi 100mg 20th April 2008
Berkshire, UK. Diagnosed RRMSi Feb 4th 2008.
NACi 2400mg. All supps. Doxyi 200mg. Zithi 250mg. Metroi 400mg.
No GP/Neuroi support. Self medicating with help from David Wheldoni.
Started CAPi 20th April
Ande,
if we can't laugh at ourselves where would we be??
I take 5 sublingual tabs of B12 5000 mcg each a day as I have read a bunch about what shortages can cause. It is also water soluble & not really stable for long periods of time.
CFIDSi/ME 25yrs, FMSi, IBSi, EBVi, Cpni, (insomnia - melatonini, GABA, tarazadone, triazolam, novocycloprine, allergy formula, 3 gm tryptophan), Natural HRT peri-M, NACi 2.5 gm, 6-07 Doxy 200 mg day pm, Azith 375 mg M/W/Fday, Pulse8 750mg 4day,375X1 3-24-8
CFIDSi/ME, FMSi, MCS, IBSi, EBVi, CMV, Cpni, H1, chronic insomnia, Chronic Lyme, HME, Babesia, Natural HRT-menopause, NAC 2.4 gm,Full CAP 6-2-07, all supplementsi+Iodorol, Inositol-depression, ultra Chitosan, L lysine Pulse#27 04-19-10 1gm Flagyli/day-5 days<
Laugh at ourselves? I'm in hysterics. Or should that be hysterical.
I decided to order the B12 from Vitacost and checked through my box full of bottles to see if there was anything else I needed to renew and guess what...... B12 sublingual 5000mcg. Sigh. Had it all the time. I just kept picking up the old bottle of low strength stuff I got from the local health store. I have now extracted all the normal person dose versions so I don't mix them up again.
On the bright side, my other half now has more supps than he knows what to do with.
Berkshire, UK. Diagnosed MSi Feb 4th 2008.
NACi first dose 600mg Feb 9th 2008. Increased to 2400mg Feb 19th.
No GP/Neuroi support. Self medicating with assistance from D W.
Started Doxyi 100mg 20th April 2008
Berkshire, UK. Diagnosed RRMSi Feb 4th 2008.
NACi 2400mg. All supps. Doxyi 200mg. Zithi 250mg. Metroi 400mg.
No GP/Neuroi support. Self medicating with help from David Wheldoni.
Started CAPi 20th April