is it possible to OD on mucinex? who's laughing at me??? :-)
Seriously, I got a box of it and it says 1200mg guaifenesin per pill, is this the norm for daily intake?
Mucinex overdose - what is the normal dose of guaifenesin?
- Posted:
- 28 Mar 2011 by robinusa70
- Topics:
- mucinex, fibromyalgia, guaifenesin, overdose
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Mary63200929 Mar 2011
I believe this site suggest 600 mg for fibromyalgia. But, don't cut it in two as it is time released. It also says on the box you can take up to 2 at a time so you should be ok taking 1200 mg. I just started trying this yesterday, and if it's a quick acting cure, it hasn't helped me at all., My hubby told me to give it a few days or a week. I bought a 10 day supply of 20 pills, so we'll see! Guess I'm the guiena pig! Good luck if you are going to try it too. Let me know if it helps!
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Mary632009
29 Mar 2011
Billy, you're going to try it too?
caringsonbj
29 Mar 2011
Robinusa,
I was sure I saw a box of 1200mg guaifenesin but I am not so sure I think there is another Mucinex besides the Mucinex 600mg (maybe Mucinex DM) anyway here are the directions on the 600mg box 1 or 2 tablets every 12 hours so that would be no more than 2400mg per 24 hours. and the only ingredient it has in it is guaifenesin.
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I bought a box of Mucinex which wasn't cheap mind you. 1200 mg guaifenesen extended release 12 hour lasting. I researched this in depth last night and apparently two things have to happen for this to work. 1. You need to try it for at least a month 2. Must stay away from Salicylates (which in my opinion is near impossible!). I'm going to order the book, it came out in 1999 and he himself has Fibro... i'm still on the fence i think Fibro might be a dumping pool for "we don't know what the F is wrong and can't figure out how to diagnose you so go be confused and angry and take a bunch of pills so we can keep making money off this thing we can't diagnose scientifically".
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"In his book, "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia: The Revolutionary Treatment That Can Reverse the Disease" Paul St. Amand, M.D. writes about how he discovered that the drug guaifenesin can actually give patients the possibility of reversing fibromyalgia. However, for guaifenesin to work, one must eliminate all sources of salicylates (a chemical compound that blocks the effectiveness of guaifenesin.) Salicylates can be found in many common things that people use. He calls his method of reversing fibromyalgia, "the guaifenesin protocol."
Thanks for all the info. Will try to get the book. Good luck to you. I just read a great article on Web MD about the food connection which really has me wondering also since I have so many food allergies. Guess lots of things can trigger it. You might want to check out that article. It's under the Fibromyalgia heading.
I should have added the name of the article was: "7 foods to avoid"