Guest guest Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 i take more pills then i can count - lol and HOPE I can help a bit i'll answer in between yours in caps as I forgot your questions already - lol--- In BTVC-SCD , Alyssa Luck wrote: > > I just got my shipment of freeda vitamins! I got the multi and the > calcium. Now I'm wondering how to go about taking them though. I know > I should introduce them slowly, but I'm also taking fish oil, iron > (illegal, unfortunately), prednisone (very unfortunate), and L- > glutamine. I know to take the pred as early as possible in the morning > and the L-glutamine an hour before a meal, but that's about it. I TAKE MY GLUT,L-TYRPTOPHAN, S BOULLARDI AND ACIDOPHILUS ALL TOGETHER 20 MIN PRIOR TO EATING AND ENZYMES RIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST BITE > > First, is there anything I should avoid taking together? And is there > a time of day or type of food that it's better to take some of these > with? NOT THAT I KNOW OF Im probably not going to be taking the full 3 multis a day ON SCD YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO TAKE 1 -I HAVE IT WITH LUNCH AS PER DOC and > the full 5 calcium, so the ones I do take I want to take them at the > right time and with the right stuff. MY FREEDA ONLY CALLS FOR 3 A DAY?? AND I SPACE THEM OUT BREAKFAST,LUNCH,DINNER -but I JUST LEARNED FROM MY COMP PHARMACIST THAT MINERALS SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM FOOD A BIT MORE EMPTY BELLY I THOUGHT ALL PILLS WERE BETTER WITH FOOD??? WHO KNEW - ALSO I CHEW MINE AS I DON'T SWALLOW WELL Also, for the L-glutamine, how > long do I have to wait AFTER a meal to take it? Is it an hour after > one meal and and hour before the next? 20-30 MIN PRIOR IS CONSIDERED EMPTY BELLY OR 2 HOURS AFTER > > Also, I see the multis have iodine in them. Do we get sources of > iodine from anywhere else other than salt, because if so, maybe I > could stop using the salt with dextrose and iodine? Since I'd be > getting some from the multi and wherever else. Thanks for any help! > All these pills confuse me sometimes (all the time) lol =) I THINK YOU SHOULD CONTINUE SALT - I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON AND HAVE TO TAKE THYROID MEDS AND IODINE NOW BUT ANYWAY ....WE'RE ONLY TAKING 1 SO WE'RE GETTING A MINIMAL AMOUNT HOPE THIS HELPS A BIT > EILEEN > Pour Dieu, pour terre, > Alyssa 15 > UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008 > SCD June 2009 (restarted) > 20mg Prednisone 1x daily ugh > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Even when taking pills, different approaches work for different people. I have to take my multi in the morning since it contains B vitamins and those tend to energize me ... so not good for me since I have chronic insomnia already. Also, I have to take my multi with food or I get nausea. I know other people who can take it on an empty stomach and be fine. Hannah At 10:37 AM 7/17/2009, you wrote: >And is there >a time of day or type of food that it's better to take some of these >with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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