Does anyone take Pantothenic Acid to help get their Adrenals going? And if so, how much is a safe dose ?
A lot of the foods with vit B5 are supposed to give a good diet in general. In fact 30g of chicken livers give you 83% of your daily needs. Avocados and salmon give 20%. Better for you than supplements too. There are quite a few other foods such as mushrooms and yogurt.
Why are you considering this? Are you still on pred?
Highly unlikely it will do much. If you are on more than 8mg pred they don't need to do anything anyway.
Hi jan21306
Pantothenic Acid is part of B complex vitamins is also essential for breaking down carbohydrates in the body as well as adrenal support. The recommended daily dose is 5mg...I took multivitamins which contained Pantothenic Acid whilst on preds i had no problems.....my best wishes to you jan21306...
Hi jan21306
I should mention that the dose of Pantothenic acid in the multivitamins were lower than 5mg......
Yes, I am on 6.5 / 7 mg. i just read that it can be a good support for the Adrenals and mine are taking a long time to kick in. I cannot seem to get lower than 6.5 mg
Thanks Lilian, the dose in my multivitamin is also much lower than that.
What happens when you go lower than 6.5? Fatigue or return of pmr pain? Thanks!
Why do you think your adrenals are not kicking in? Is that really the reason you cannot get lower than 6.5mg or is it the trouble most of us go through anyway in reducing pred irrespective of the dose?
I think unless one has a deficiency in one B vitamin it's generally not a good idea to take a supplement in isolation. It's called the B complex for a reason, I think. Take a complete supplement.
I get extreme fatigue, shaking, dizziness. My pain level is pretty good.
My pain level is ok, it is the fatigue, shaking and dizziness which are impossible to cope with.
It is in a multivitamn. There are some multivitamins that have a higher level of Pantothenic Acid than others. I am already taking one with my doc's blessing, I just wondered whether one with a higher dose of PA might be more effective.
You may find that the symptoms you have are nothing to do with the adrenals but to do with the PMR and pred reduction. I get extreme fatigue and also dizziness, particularly when I am shopping.
What level of pred did it start? How long has it persisted? I had it at 4, 4 1/2, had to go back up. If it happens again, not sure what I will do...probably a new post looking for consolation and advice...
What level have you managed to get to and how long at each level. I have been trying to go lower than 6.5 several times since February. My doc finally said stay there for 6 months, but then the shaking, dizziness and fatigue got worse, so I tried 7 again, which has helped. Dizziness and shaking have stopped for the moment and the fatigue is a little better. I now have another problem of possible Pancreatitis and will be having tests for it. Not a good time of year for this to happen.
How long did you stay at any dose before trying again and then developing this shaking etc?
I cant remember exactly, I tried going from 6.5 to 6.25 and thats when the shaking and dizziness got really bad. I had had it before on reducing, but this time it persisted and thats when the doc said stay on 6.5 for 6 months. Then the shaking etc started on 6.5 again so I went up to 7mg. It has now eased off. So I shall stay at 7 till after Christmas.
i now have to wait to see why I have Pancreatic insufficiency. I am told there is an Autoimmune Pancreatitis. Do you know anything about it
Eileen?
Not really, sorry - there are so many a/i effects and once you have one version it is all too common to get the signs of another.
Wishing you all the best - what investigations are they doing?