Re:Flax Seed Oil- Barb

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In a message dated 6/18/03 2:59:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

graves_support writes:

> Hi Sherry - Thanks for your response.

>

> When you were overdosed on the Tapazole, how much were

> you taking, and for how long?? HI BARB, I STARTED ON 20MGS A DAY FOR 1

> WEEK, 2ND WEEK 30MGS AND 3RD WEEK 40MGS PER DAY. NOT HOW TAP IS USED! USUALLY

> BLOOD TESTS ARE TAKEN AND A DOSE IS PRESCRIBED. THEN A MONTH LATER THE DOSE IS

> ADJUSTED AFTER LABS. THEY TOLD ME I WAS HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION AND COULD

> NEVER TAKE TAP AGAIN . . . OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB THEY WOVE.

Was it the orange

>

> color that tipped you off that something was wrong? NO- THE INTENSE

> ITCHING, MY EYES WOULDN'T DIALATE AND A CHICKEN POX LIKE BLISTERING.

> And the color is still not totally gone? I'm not

> familiar with this sort of a problem. YES - THE ORANGE IS GONE.

>

> It's great to know that you have found an endo to

> really work with you now. Were you being treated by

> an endo when you were overdosed? YES, BUT QUIT SEEING THEM SHORTLY AFTER

> THE OVERDOSE/ALLERGIC REACTION.

>

> How many of the flax seed oil capsules do you take,

> and at what strength? (I don't know if they vary in

> strength.) I might try to start with the capsules in

> order to start out slowly, I WAS ON CAPSULES AND STARTED SLOWLY. I'M ALSO ON

> A MAX. PROTEIN, B COMPLEX, C, D, CALCIUM, SELENIUM AND LIVER FORMULA. ALWAYS

> START LOW AND SEE HOW IT GOES. otherwise I might just try

> a quarter or half tablespoon to begin with, mixed with

> food, and see what happens. I'll be sure to try it on

> a weekend - the last time I tried it it was on a work

> day, and I took it right before I was going to get

> ready for work. That was not good timing - I wound up

> having to go in late!

>

> Barb

>