Guest guest Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Fillers are used to bulk up the product for ease in handling and measuring accuracy since 3- 4.5 mg is a VERY small quantity of pure LDN. Nearly any filler is acceptable as long as a person is tolerant of it. Some people have reacted to lactose because of being lactose intolerant and some develop gas when taking calcium carbonate. Some are allergic to corn so corn starch is unacceptable to them. Some pharmacies use avicel which is an inert cellulose material that is not known to create any adverse reactions. Some use vitamins or vitamin mixtures which nearly everyone can tolerate, also. Noland ----- Original Message ----- From: " sunnfunfla " <sunnfunfla@...> <low dose naltrexone > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: [low dose naltrexone] " Fillers " > I'm new to this group. Can someone please fill me in on why fillers > are necessary? I've been taking 3mg capsules, and I've read where > some people use lactose, and other fillers, but why just as added > supplements? I'm still in the dark in some areas. . . lol Thanks > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 There are about 30Grams in an ounce. There are 1000mg in a Gram. One ounce, then, is 30,000mg. A 50mg dose is 50/30,000, or 0.0016 - That 's 0.16% of an ounce. You almost can't see something that weighs 50mg - let alone something that weighs 3mg. The "caplet" you mention probably weighs 200 to 300 mg - of which 50mg (about 2%) is the active ingredient. The rest is FILLER. Everything has fillers - even liquids. A bottle of 80 proof whiskey is 40% alcohol and 60% water. The water is the filler. Larry J. Frieders,RPh |The Compounder575 W. Illinois Ave ~ Aurora, IL 60506 630-859-0333 FAX 630-859-0114 Sample newsletter http://www.theCompounder.com/NL-Sample.html Any health related information on our web pages or in our newsletters is for educational purposes only. None of the information we provide is to be construed as medical advice. Before applying any therapy or use of herbs, you may want to seek advice from your health care professional. Our information should not be a substitute for physician evaluation or treatment by a health care professional and is not intended to provide or confirm a diagnosis. ----- Original Message ----- From: BESTAUNT@... low dose naltrexone Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [low dose naltrexone] Re: LDN NOW I'M CONFUSED. I GET 50 MG. NALTREXONE CAPLETS AND I CUT THEM. NO FILLER - NO CAPSULES TO FILL. IS THIS NOT CORRECT? HELP?BESTAUNT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Hi Everyone, I need some help with a good filler, I have been taking LDN for 123 days now, but I take it straight without a filler. I would like to use a filler but I don't know whats a good one! Can anyone give me any ideas of a good filler? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 How do you take it straight, without any filler? You were able to obtain bulk pure naltrexone powder? How'd you manage that? ----- Original Message ----- From: vjsims63066 low dose naltrexone Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:03 Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Re: Fillers Hi Everyone,I need some help with a good filler, I have been taking LDN for 123 days now, but I take it straight without a filler. I would like to use a filler but I don't know whats a good one!Can anyone give me any ideas of a good filler?Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 I'll ask the same question Larry did, how did you get ldn without a filler. Maybe your pharmacist didn't talk to you about the filler he/she used, but you have one in your capsule. Could that be possible? I'm using lactose as my filler, it's working fine for me. Good luck (SPMS) From: vjsims63066 [mailto:vjsims63066@...] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:04 AMlow dose naltrexone Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Re: Fillers Hi Everyone,I need some help with a good filler, I have been taking LDN for 123 days now, but I take it straight without a filler. I would like to use a filler but I don't know whats a good one!Can anyone give me any ideas of a good filler?Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 He told you that? He was able to make capsules with just 3.0 MG in them? How SMALL are those capsules? If there's just pure 3.0 or 4.5 MG naltrexone, why would you WANT filler? People seem to think the filler is a problem for some/them/many ? So your capsules look like they just have a few specs of dust in them? Skip's uses Avicel, he says it's the best, and that's all I ever had with mine. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sims low dose naltrexone Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 14:20 Subject: Re: [low dose naltrexone] Re: Fillers Larry, the pharmacy I go to compund the LDN into capsules and he just use the medication and no filler. LarryGC <larrygc@...> wrote: How do you take it straight, without any filler? You were able to obtain bulk pure naltrexone powder? How'd you manage that? ----- Original Message ----- From: vjsims63066 low dose naltrexone Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:03 Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Re: Fillers Hi Everyone,I need some help with a good filler, I have been taking LDN for 123 days now, but I take it straight without a filler. I would like to use a filler but I don't know whats a good one!Can anyone give me any ideas of a good filler?Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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