I am taking 1 to 2 grams a day. I don't think it's very therapeutic, and think the dose needs to increase, but I am wondering if there is any safety concerns about loading in this sulfonic acid.
I'm looking for a good reliable source explaining how to dose taurine safely and effectively.
Anybody know of any sources. My search skills aren't good today.
By the way, I want to use taurine as a glutamate inhibitor and I hope it can help my heart as well.
edit: I am reading 2 grams 3x a day may be a better dose. Can this cause other problems? I read you need to take B6 with it. I already take P5P and a B-Complex.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- My last entry in post below found listed: Taurine: 1-3 gm/day
However, if it does not seem to be therapeutic for you, it may not be what you need - or you may need more balance with other things. While tremendously helpful, there's a very fine line in what I can tolerate as it can cause increased fatigue, vertigo and even depression.
It's important to have a high amount of magnesium to help with your goal, too.
THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROTEIN & AMINO ACID DURING ACUTE & CHRONIC INFECTION . . . - 20 pages
Anura V. Kurpad - Institute of Population Health & Clinical Research, Bangalore, India 129. Indian J Med Res 124, August 2006, pp 129-148.
Excerpt:
" . . . In general, the amount of EXTRA protein that would appear to be needed is of the order of 20-25 per cent of the recommended intake, for most infections. . . ."
- Full article at link (or google the title if it does not go through).
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You can cross-search however you want to narrow down the results to be more specific to your search:
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Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Taurine is an amino acid. Magnesium is not. Both help with what you want.
One concern is that amino acids need to be in balance with each other. A few can go higher or lower but there are bounds. After looking through the links above you may find those parameters.
Also of help, aside from Taurine and Magnesium as a glutamate inhibitor to dampen the hyper NMDA excitatory receptors that go bonkers with lyme, are herbs explored here:
Neuroprotective Herbs and Active Constituents Approaches to Preventing Degenerative Diseases
-by Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D
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Going back to VRP, this article may be of use. I found it tremendously helpful in dealing with seizures and hyper NMDA stuff. The nutrients and considerations listed are in line with your needs, too. ------
Seizures can be attributed to a number of causes including metabolic abnormalities, infections, nutritional deficiencies, or trauma. . . .
listed: Taurine: 1-3 gm/day -
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
Hubby takes 500 mg taurine 3 times daily. Has been on it for a long time. If I remember correctly I think we arrived at this dose based on amino acid testing he had done from either Genova Diagnostics (the old Great Smokies Lab) or MetaMetrix.
Personally I don't think it has done much for hubby neurologically, but he has a mild mitral valve prolapse heart murmur probably from birth and takes it for the heart protective effects.
Bea Seibert
Posted by Remember to Smile (Member # 25481) on :
I'd been taking 500 mg Taurine along with 50 mg Vit B-6 and 1,000 mg Vit C 3x/day on empty stomach.
I had Asyra PRO bioenergetic assessment done. Supplement Resonance for me suggested 1000 mg Taurine 3x/day for several weeks, so I upped my dosing. Same for my L-Lysine and L-Tyrosine.
I know for sure L-Lysine has kept cold sores from popping up (it's anti-viral) and L-Tyrosine has been very helpful with lifting seasonal affective disorder depression. I haven't been able to isolate my body's response to Taurine.
For info on essential amino acids and many other questions, i rely on "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" by P. Balch.