Miniminizing vitamins

[Claire]

Hi all,

 

I hear so many parents complain about gettting supplements into their children.

 

Well, I just found out that the Pfeiffer clinic pharmacy will take an out of state prescription for vitamin compounding. 800-505-2842

 

Most of the bulk in the vitamins is filler. Especially those mcg ones. I think it may costs 3x as much per capsule. I haven't done a direct comparison with Pfeiffer.

 

Some inherently bulky things like calcium/magnesium, don't make sense to compound, since you don't gain anything. I know how much we gained just going to a B complex from separate B's. I figure if we are lucky the total pill count is cut in half (due to bulky ones).

 

Most local compounding pharmacies don't do this--I have called around, since they don't have acess to the raw vitamin without the filler.

 

Remember, you need a doctor's prescription! And if someone identifies a cheaper source, let us know. Obviously Pfeiffer does a ton of this.

 

Claire

[Dara]

Claire,

 

This is very interesting to me. As you probably know from my previous notes, our son Karl Henry is in his second week of no sugar, no dairy, all organic and a ton of supplements as prescribed by Dr. Majid Ali in Denville New Jersey.

 

The no sugar, no dairy and all organic is going well. The supplements on the other hand are not. I just took another look at his 'supplement guidelines' chart which outlines exactly what he's supposed to take and how many times a day. He's supposed to have 11 pills per day in addition to protein powder, ground flaxseed, aloe water, lecithin, Q-10 melt, and nystatin.

 

We're going back to Dr. Ali next Monday, December 6th to get the results of Karl's blood work for food/inhalent sensitivities. I'll go over Karl's supplement routine with Dr. Ali again then. Currently, I've only been able to get Karl to take the aloe water, nystatin, and Q-10 melt. I've also had 'a little' luck with the Cal/Mag pill and the Bowel 12 pill (which is magnesium, potassium and taurine). Three pills (1 cal/mag and 2 bowel 12's) makes so much powder! If I add all of it to a cup of juice in the morning Karl can taste it. Breaking the rest up during the day doesn't help either because Karl drinks mostly water during the day and I can't put it in just water.

 

Cutting down the amount of pills he's supposed to take would make it much easier. I'm anxious to see Dr. Ali next Monday to discuss the trouble we're having with the supplements. I assume most of these supplements are geared towards adults who can swallow pills.

 

I'll let you know what happens. Thanks for the information and phone number.

 

Dara.