Posted by Ron Hill on March 19, 2002, at 1:21:25
In reply to Re: SAM-e Trial » Ron Hill, posted by Ritch on March 19, 2002, at 0:18:46
> It's a blue bottle I got at Walgreen's. Something good is happening with it. Sorry, but I am not going to pay more than $20 a month that likely will not work as well. Hey, I could add another digital cable option!
-------------------------------------Mitch,
I hear ya. A guy has to have his priorites! So far I've been buying Mature Made brand at Costco ($48 for a box of eighty 200 mg tablets). So I guess I pay $36 per month if I take 400 mg/day. I plan to buy my next "refill" on-line because I can get good quality product at a slightly better price than at Costco.
Here is a paragraph that addresses the product quality issue. I read another article that dealt with this issue in more detail, but I can't find it at the moment. Please click on the link below and read this entire article if you have not read it before.
The first challenge is to buy full-strength SAMe. "Some companies are very reliable manufacturers," says Dr. Paul Packman of Washington University in St. Louis. "But some aren't. You can't always tell from the label on the bottle how much active ingredient is actually in it." Pharmaceutical-grade SAMe comes in two forms, one called tosylate and a newer, more stable form called butanedisulfonate. Only Nature Made and GNC sell the new butanedisulfonate version, but several U.S. retailers import reliable tosylate products. And because SAMe is absorbed mainly through the intestine, it's best taken in "enteric coated" tablets that pass through the stomach intact. None of the products comes cheap. The price of a 400-mg dose ranges from $2.50 (Nature Made) up to $18.56 for an uncoated Natrol product called SAM sulfate.
http://www.biopsychiatry.com/sameart.html
Glad to hear it is helping you. Please stay in touch.
-- Ron
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