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Originally Posted by July  Lexibelle, you said it's best to take choline inositol in combination with chromium in a similar amount. I also understand you take 500 mg of choline/inositol 2 to 3 times a day. I'm thinking of buying Solgar Choline/Inosital 250/250, would you advise to take those 4 to 6 times a day than? It just seems like a lot.. I take 200 mg of chromium now, should I then take 5 to 7 of those as well?
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I think you might've mis-read something. I don't take Chromium, but DO suggest to take the Inositol with the CHOLINE. I've tried Chromium in the past but didn't have any results, so cut it out of my pill routine.
Most research shows that the two supplements complement each other (Choline 'boosts' the Inositol) in some manner. I've run into situations where I've only been able to find the Choline and Inositol separately, which was why I made a point of saying to be sure to get them both, one way or the other. I've actually started taking them separately because it winds up being more economical in the long run.
My dosage is 500mg of Inositol and a similar amount of Choline, 2-3x's a day. I'd say aim to get at least 1500mg of the Inositol. With your pills, I'd simply take 2 250mg pills with each meal.
Also, the dosage on the Choline will depend on what TYPE you're taking and the dosage of the pills. I recently switched to Phosphatidyl Choline which comes in 1200mg pills, therefore I only take one pill a day. I started off taking 2, but was having some stomach issues
If I was incorporating therapeutic dosages of DCI through food sources into my diet, I would probably consider backing off one dose of my Inositol. However, I would be sure to get the Choline (or Phosphatidyl Choline) by itself and continue taking that with at least two meals a day. My hypothetical routine would probably be Choline & Inositol with breakfast, DCI source and Choline with lunch and then I'd either skip the Inositol completely with dinner or take it on it's own, depending on the results I was seeing and if there were any side effects.
MRS WHEELER: I started the Inositol/Choline mixture prior to start Met and never stopped once I started my current Metformin dosage. I take 500mg of Met twice a day, along with my Inositol. I haven't experienced any negative side effects from taking them together. However, please keep in mind that I have also been lucky enough not to experience many side effects from the Met whatsoever. If you experience more severe gastro side effects, then I'd test it out but wouldn't hesitate to separate the dosages if you notice it's upsetting your stomach more than usual.
The only time I wound up with an upset stomach was when I took ALL of my medications with my Met (Aleve, St. John's Wort, Inositol, Choline and Met). I wound up feeling sick most of the day.