Who is using NAC

[hootie]

Does anyone have something to report about using NAC?

 

Also, how much are people giving per pound/kg?

 

My son's doc recommended it...I forgot to ask how much... it is now the weekend

And I wanted to try him on it.

Edited October 21, 2011 by hootie

[LNN]

We tried it last month. Was not a good fit for our situation. But it's possible that's because DD has lyme (or related issue) and she may have biofilms (think of tooth plaque, which is a biofilm). NAC has several roles in the body. One of the things it does is act as a biofilm/mucus thinner. So it's good for congestion. But bad if you're breaking up a biofilm without a plan to deal with the fallout. It may play a role for us down the road. It just wasn't the right time given our circumstances.

 

If you do start, you should taper up. We started at 600mg (DD is 43 lbs) and did that once a day for 2 weeks. Then we increased to 1200 mg but only did that for about 5 days when I decided to taper back down. It could've been that we increased in too large of a step.

 

Three years ago, we used inositol for my son for about 6 months and it was helpful. It has little taste (sort of like powdered sugar). We tapered up slowly, over 6 weeks. When we stopped, we also had to taper down. (we stopped b/c that bad period had ended).

[MomWithOCDSon]

We've been using it for over a year now, and I do believe it helps our DS.

 

There are two Yale/NIMH trials for using NAC to alleviate OCD: one for kids and one for adults. You can Google and find the trial summaries, which include the dosages used for each group. Our DS is adult-sized (over 90 pounds), so he's taking the adult dose: 3,000 mg. daily which we break into two doses. I think the child-sized dose was either 1,200 or 1,800 mg.

 

I would definitely start low and titer up, both because of the issues LLM mentioned, but also because it might cause some gastro distress in sudden, large doses. Also, I've seen repeated suggestions that NAC be accompanied by doses of Vitamin C, as well: something about offsetting amino acid oxidation that may contribute to the formation of kidney stones.

 

Here's a good summation of NAC.

 

NAC

 

Good luck!

[hootie]

This is great. I will ask his doc for the dose she wants him to work up to. Now I have an idea of where to start.

If I recall correctly, he took NAC in the past.

[norcalmom]

I just started giving sone NAC last week. Only 700mg per day, so very low dose. He's 120lbs. I think I've seen some mood improvement - he's been happier and chattier. Is it possible for for low does to have reaction that fast, or is it the placebo effect (happening perhaps to the GIVER of the meds!)?

 

Can it effect sleep does anyone know?