dmsa, dividing capsules, sulfur taste

[Guest guest]

hello,

my dose of dmsa is 12.5mg. using vrp 25mg capsules (very tiny caps), so i

have to divide in half. i only divide enough caps for my 3-day round. i have

00 veggie capsules on hand (very large caps), so i'm emptying about half of

25mg into the 00capsule. then i recap the vrp cap and use it as is, and i

used those first.

i recall reading that dmsa can lose potency? when opened, so best to mix

with something acidic. for 00cap, i added about 1/4 of the capsule with

buffered vit c powder i have on hand. then re-cap the 00 and shake it to mix

the dmsa with the vit c. (the large 00cap is only about half full with dmsa

and vit c.)

is this a good approach? suggestions to improve?

should i fill the entire 00cap with vit c? get smaller caps?

should the vrp caps also be filled with vit c?

i finished using the half-full vrp tiny caps last night, and switched to

using the 00caps. i noticed that within a couple minutes of swallowing the

00cap of dmsa, i get a strong taste of sulfur, very unpleasant. this

happened twice in row. is this usual? why did it only happen with the dmsa

mixed with vit c?

puzzled,

kendra

[Guest guest]

Kendra,

The dmsa only has issues if mixed with liquids or food. In which

case it should be acidic food/juice. But if you are just putting

powder into another capsule it should be fine. As long as you store

the capsules in a closed bottle in a cabinet they should be fine.

We normally use smaller capsules but that is up to your discretion

and what you can swallow. I put milk thistle, Vit C, powder

magnesium, grapefruit seed extract..whatever supps we are on that

they need that will fit. The taste thing is odd. I normally don't

find any sulphur after taste unless the cap got stuck or something

when you went to swallow it. Try putting the liquid and capsule in

your mouth and tipping your head forward, then swallow. this will

keep the capsule from touching your throat etc.

Also, it's possible you had some residual powder on the outside of

those capsules that had the taste. Since hand stuffing capsules is a

bit messy. Try taking them with juice or milk or something other

than water.

>

> hello,

> my dose of dmsa is 12.5mg. using vrp 25mg capsules (very tiny

caps), so i

> have to divide in half. i only divide enough caps for my 3-day

round. i have

> 00 veggie capsules on hand (very large caps), so i'm emptying

about half of

> 25mg into the 00capsule. then i recap the vrp cap and use it as

is, and i

> used those first.

>

> i recall reading that dmsa can lose potency? when opened, so best

to mix

> with something acidic. for 00cap, i added about 1/4 of the capsule

with

> buffered vit c powder i have on hand. then re-cap the 00 and shake

it to mix

> the dmsa with the vit c. (the large 00cap is only about half full

with dmsa

> > kendra

>