poppyale
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Recently I have read on db this stuff,some kind of vitamen or mineral or something of that sort,that is good to take if you take way to much tylenol,Well anyway I cant remember what it is called.Could someone clear this up for me.It sounds like a good idea,I mean it couldnt hert,right.Also where is a good place to buy it?Can you get it at your local compounding pharmacy?And also is it expensive?
Any info would be greatly appreciated!!!!
Thank You All Very Much Poppyale
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AngelWolf13
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it's a supplement called "NAC". i am not familiar with it but it is discussed on a thread called "save your liver!!"
here is the link...
https://drugbuyers.com/freeboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=conditions&Number=150811&Forum=All_Forums&Words="save%20your%20liver"&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=150811&Search=true&where=sub&Name=&daterange=1&newerval=1&newertype=y&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post150811
geez, i hope i did this right....
well, anyway, you can still click on it... should work.
cheers, c.(angel)
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Marmann
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Thanks for posting that. It was a very informative article. I was able to find NAC (at what I thought was a pretty good price) just by doing a search and just finished ordering two bottles. I average anywhere between 1-3 (averaging 2) 7.5/750's a day, and I'm unclear if that puts me in any danger, but I don't want to take any chances.
I already was taking milk thistle on a semiregular basis. Maybe I should be more diligent in remembering to take that.
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timberland
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Milk thistle's crazy stuff, though. I went to happy hour one night last week while popping milk thistle every hour and woke up the next afternoon with the worst headache I've had in many years. I wouldn't connect it with milk thistle except that the last time I had such a bad head was, yep, the day after a party where I was taking it. It keeps toxins from getting into liver cells, and supposedly also increases protein synthesis in them, which may help with detox reactions. Then again, what that says is that APAP and other drugs (alcohol, in my case) now A.)spend more time in your body, causing free radical damage or other havoc, and/or B.)get shunted to the kidneys, putting tremendous strain on them now as they have to filter untreated drugs that need to be modified by the liver to be excreted without stoppping up the filters in the kidneys. NAC, too, isn't a good idea for daily use, but that's another story. Only for emergencies, guys! There's no miracle drug that protects you and has no side effects.
That said, I'm sorry for being pedantic AND a doom-and-gloom merchant. For what it's worth, I take alpha-lipoic acid every day. It makes your first pee of the day smell funny, but it's the closest to a perfect body protectant. It's a normal product of the metabolic cycle, so it's easily dealt with by the body (it also means it lowers your blood sugar, so if you're diabetic, watch out). It is an antioxidant on its own, but the real clincher is that it potentiates the effects of other antioxidants! So instead of forcing the redox state of the cell to change, as NAC does, lipoic acid is a helper chemical, restoring the reduced state to glutathione and vitamin E and other antioxidants only after they've cleaned up the cell a bit. So it enhances natural protective functions without forcing the cell's chemistry to change.
Edited by timberland (07/27/04 05:37 AM)
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poppyale
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I would just like to say thank you for all the info!!!!
later poppyale p.s.Does anyone know if NAC has any negative side effects?
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