Hi, I went to see my MS nurse last week & told her I don’t feel as well as I did before going on Tecfidera but, I’m sticking with it until I see the consultant in September. I said that if by then I still feel unwell then I would like to change to Cladribine which they don’t do at The National so would need to transfer to Barts. I also asked her if I could take Biotin while on Tecfidera she said yes, so today I got the Biotin capsules 500ug . I know I’ve read a lot about Biotin on here but, can’t find the threads, can any one tell me how much I should take please? It says on the bottle one a day. I Hope every ones as well as possible. x
There are quite a few of us here who take Biotin, Helly.
The advice will always be the same:
Make sure that you are taking Pharmaceutical Grade/100% Pure or similar. A lot of the capsules are only 1%Biotin and a lot of useless filler.
You really want 300mg daily (but I have just found my micro scales to be in error, so that I was taking less than 200mg and still getting good results.
You either buy the powder (usually from the US) or ready filled capsules (100mg) from the US or Spain.
What you have are probably the capsules they sell on the continent to give you healthy hair. They may not do you any good, but they will not do you any harm. When you get the good stuff, remember that Biotin can affect the results of a lot of blood tests (see my blog http://gnh1.blogspot.co.uk/ for details) and you may need to stop taking it a week before a blood test. It may also affect the result of the dip test for a UTI (but I have no real proof of this.
Hope this hepls
Geoff
Make sure you stop taking high dose Biotin a day or two before you have blood tests. They use Biotin in the thyroid tests and if you have high levels in your blood it can make it look as if you have a serious thyroid problem.
500ug is the equivalent of 0.5mg. The biotin trial many of us are on - look up the facebook group Biotin for Progressive MS. ls for 100mg x 3 times a day of pure powder.
Bulk Supplements or Pure Bulk are the two main companies in US where you can by the pharmacutical grade powder.
100grams will last you 333 days. lts a tiny amount - and is best weighed on the micro scale -like jewellers use. lts the size of a small pea.
Some over the counter Biotin pills are 10,000mcg each one - this means you would need to take 10 x 3 a day =30
l bought my biotin a year ago - and now going to order the next batch. l paid £120 for a years supply.
Hi, thanks for all your replies. I think I’ve bought the wrong amount capsules though they cost £10.99 for 50. So I look at other ways of buying it. Thanks Helly x