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Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007 at 5:07 PM Shaz (Login Shazasim)
hi all.
i m currently taking SP 125mg in extract form 1 tablet at night along with 500mg of fenugreek 3 times. when i first started sp i noticed pains for 2 -3 days then they disappeared. its 5 weeks now i m on sp but no growth except during my periods which is now gone. i did grew 1/4 inch on only fenugreek a month before. does anyone think i should increase sp dose or what. i am a 32AAA by the way. is 125mg not enough for me ????
IttyB
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Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 5:29 PM
Hi Shaz,
Well, everyone's different, but 125 mg is extremely low. Most ladies take at least 1000 mg of SP to start. Look at some other people's programs....you might consider increasing your dose. If you think that a much lower amount works for you though, I would recommend adding one more pill about every week or every other week until you feel pains or see results. But don't max it out too quickly either!! I wouldn't go past 1500mg for now.
IttyB
Shaz
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Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 5:42 PM
thanx ittyb. but i think i read some where that 360mg of SP is the highest dose to take in the extract form. correct me if i am wrong. are you talking about dried powdered barries. my tablet says
each tablet contains
saw palmetto extract 125mg
45% fatty acids
equal to 2500mg dried barries
what do you think or is it tooo high
IttyB
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SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 5:48 PM
Oh!!! Sorry!! I totally missed that about being extract. Doh, lol. I was talking about the dried powdered berries, yes. If the tablets are really equal to 2500 mg of dried berries, that seems pretty high to me, especially if you have only been doing it for 5 weeks. That probably explains why you got pains and then it went away. If you start too high sometimes it's totally ineffective--isn't that weird? Anyway. Maybe try cutting the tablets in half and doing one half a day. Then when those run out try finding a different concentration pill so that you can better control how much you want to have.
IttyB
Shaz
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Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 5:57 PM
ohh thank you very much ittyb. even i realised that i might me taking too high dose when explaining you about my pills. thanx about the idea i will do that.
can you help me with one more thing. do you think fenugreek and sp are enough. do i need to add anything else to it. i am currently massaging with borage oil+sunfloweroil( i have put some fenugreek and fennel inside the bottles of oils, so maybe the goddness of those tow could infuse ). anything else that can help???
IttyB
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SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 10:45 PM
Yo,
Good luck with the new dosage of SP! As to whether just Fenugreek and SP are enough, that's really up to your body. It's a great first program though. If you're really into it you can get a hormone test to check your levels, then you will better know if you need more estrogen/progesterone or if there's some other thing hindering your growth. Personally I haven't felt so inclined to spring for that, but it is very informative. It wouldn't hurt for you to add anything else to your program, but then you wouldn't know your minimum amounts/herbs that work for you. It could work great or it might not be enough, the worst case being you might waste a couple months. But if you're patient I'd certainly encourage you to try just the Fenugreek and SP. If you're that patient I admire you; I certainly am not, lol. I'm on Fenugreek, Fennel, Hops, Barley, Soy, Alfalfa, Vitex, and fish and flax oil. Everyone is so different. Hope this helps!
IttyB
Hannah
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Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 28 2007, 7:10 PM
I wouldn't say the extract mentioned above is that strong. I mean it's not as strong as the 320mg extract that some girls are taking, which is equivalent to 2700mg dried berry. The one above is equivalent to 2500mg, so is comparable.
One advantage of the whole berry is that you can vary the dosage more easily, as the pills are 500mg-600mg each rather than for example 2500mg-2700mg each.
April 18 2007 at 5:07 PM Shaz (Login Shazasim)
hi all.
i m currently taking SP 125mg in extract form 1 tablet at night along with 500mg of fenugreek 3 times. when i first started sp i noticed pains for 2 -3 days then they disappeared. its 5 weeks now i m on sp but no growth except during my periods which is now gone. i did grew 1/4 inch on only fenugreek a month before. does anyone think i should increase sp dose or what. i am a 32AAA by the way. is 125mg not enough for me ????
IttyB
(Login IttyBittyTitty)
SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 5:29 PM
Hi Shaz,
Well, everyone's different, but 125 mg is extremely low. Most ladies take at least 1000 mg of SP to start. Look at some other people's programs....you might consider increasing your dose. If you think that a much lower amount works for you though, I would recommend adding one more pill about every week or every other week until you feel pains or see results. But don't max it out too quickly either!! I wouldn't go past 1500mg for now.
IttyB
Shaz
(Login Shazasim)
Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 5:42 PM
thanx ittyb. but i think i read some where that 360mg of SP is the highest dose to take in the extract form. correct me if i am wrong. are you talking about dried powdered barries. my tablet says
each tablet contains
saw palmetto extract 125mg
45% fatty acids
equal to 2500mg dried barries
what do you think or is it tooo high
IttyB
(Login IttyBittyTitty)
SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 5:48 PM
Oh!!! Sorry!! I totally missed that about being extract. Doh, lol. I was talking about the dried powdered berries, yes. If the tablets are really equal to 2500 mg of dried berries, that seems pretty high to me, especially if you have only been doing it for 5 weeks. That probably explains why you got pains and then it went away. If you start too high sometimes it's totally ineffective--isn't that weird? Anyway. Maybe try cutting the tablets in half and doing one half a day. Then when those run out try finding a different concentration pill so that you can better control how much you want to have.
IttyB
Shaz
(Login Shazasim)
Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 5:57 PM
ohh thank you very much ittyb. even i realised that i might me taking too high dose when explaining you about my pills. thanx about the idea i will do that.
can you help me with one more thing. do you think fenugreek and sp are enough. do i need to add anything else to it. i am currently massaging with borage oil+sunfloweroil( i have put some fenugreek and fennel inside the bottles of oils, so maybe the goddness of those tow could infuse ). anything else that can help???
IttyB
(Login IttyBittyTitty)
SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 18 2007, 10:45 PM
Yo,
Good luck with the new dosage of SP! As to whether just Fenugreek and SP are enough, that's really up to your body. It's a great first program though. If you're really into it you can get a hormone test to check your levels, then you will better know if you need more estrogen/progesterone or if there's some other thing hindering your growth. Personally I haven't felt so inclined to spring for that, but it is very informative. It wouldn't hurt for you to add anything else to your program, but then you wouldn't know your minimum amounts/herbs that work for you. It could work great or it might not be enough, the worst case being you might waste a couple months. But if you're patient I'd certainly encourage you to try just the Fenugreek and SP. If you're that patient I admire you; I certainly am not, lol. I'm on Fenugreek, Fennel, Hops, Barley, Soy, Alfalfa, Vitex, and fish and flax oil. Everyone is so different. Hope this helps!
IttyB
Hannah
(Login Hannah Gee)
SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Saw palmetto doseage
April 28 2007, 7:10 PM
I wouldn't say the extract mentioned above is that strong. I mean it's not as strong as the 320mg extract that some girls are taking, which is equivalent to 2700mg dried berry. The one above is equivalent to 2500mg, so is comparable.
One advantage of the whole berry is that you can vary the dosage more easily, as the pills are 500mg-600mg each rather than for example 2500mg-2700mg each.