NAC

[Beckey]

Those of you who take NAC, how much do you take and when do you take it? Do you take it instead of C/L or along with it?

Is 600 mg in a capsule enough to have an effect?

[Astra7]

I have been taking 600mg once a day but only for around 4 weeks. I think it is helping but early days yet. I also take azilect and magnesium.

If you decide to try it let us know how it is going.

[stevie3]

I take 600 mg twice a day in a capsule. I take one in the morning alongside my aziclet and ropinirole and one later in the day when I remember!

[p-oui]

Beckey, I posted a thread called

N-acetylcysteine (NAC) as therapy for Parkinson's Disease (PD) - anyone tried this?

in Parkinson's Movement 2 months ago which cited a clinical trial which you may find of interest. I hope it helps!

[SELFMeder in reply to p-oui]

I started paralleling the national trial for NAC at 2G about 2 months ago. No side effects.

I also take 2.5G of Inosine along with 250mg of Potassium Citrate about a year ago, starting with a 1.5G dosage. No side effects.

Finally, I take 600mg of Magnesium Citrate a day for muscle relief and constipation.

I also take some other homeopathic supplements.

As long as I exercise routinely, I am able to keep my original symptoms at bay, e.g., insomnia, tactile defensiveness, occasional constipation, goopy morning eyes, excessive ear wax, weakness in my left arm, random leg muscle flutter, occasional left index finger tremor, impatience and anxiety, awareness of an occasional "shade" inside me (after Dante's disembodied spirits that reside in the neverworld). Occasionally my teeth mildly chatter, but thank goodness the morphology of my jaw sets my teeth apart!

Hope this helps.

[swva]

600 mg twice a day.

[healthabc]

no meds yet, just a bunch of vitamins throughout the day- have taken NAC 600mg for 10 months, then upon the new research, increased to 600mg 2x/day (total 1200 mg/ day) Taking 1200 for 3 weeks now, I can smell better. I think its from the increased NAC dose....

[AmmieM]

I take four 500 mg twice a day and am on no meds. My sense of smell has improved too

[Serenity_finaly-1]

I have taken NAC for years. Can't say it does anything for me symptom wise but I have been told (I could smell better!!!!!!) , just kidding ,sorry healthabc I could not stop myself.

[park_bear]

I was taking 600 mg 3x / day. My dental hygienist recently told me she did not notice any tremors this time when she was working on me, unlike in the past.

I have had to back off though, because it is a mucus thinner. I turned out it was thinning my saliva and apparently other digestive juices because I as starting to get really constipated. So I took several days off but am restarting at only 2x / day.

[bassofspades]

I take this brand, 1 or 2x a day. It also contains selenium and molybenum. NAC promotes Glutathione, which has huge, numerous benefits to anyone, especially us.

amazon.com/gp/product/B007H...

[Beckey in reply to bassofspades]

Do you have (or did you ever have) a tremor?

[bassofspades in reply to Beckey]

I have intention tremor in my r arm, parkie tremor in my rt leg, and almost all the non motor symptoms to various degrees

[Hidden in reply to bassofspades]

Do you take any medication? Side effects from some of the drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease can cause these symptoms. See your doctor asap. Good luck. Sam.