Prelief and How much HELP??

[sing_to_you]

Great stuff, I just am not always sure how much to take, when they say to take two pills for a sclice of cheese, yet I am having mayo also on that sandwitch, do I take more to add up for the mayo also or does the two pills for the slice of cheese do the trick. I guess what I am asking is Just say I was to have a burger and on this I had tomatoe, onion, cheese, right there is three no no's do I need to take 6 pills to make it allright or do you just take to prelief and you are ok?
THanks sing_to_you
;)

[prbetty]

Dear Sing_To_You:

Our recommended dosage is to take at least 2 tablets with your meals. Also 2 tablets at bedtime if desired. You can use additional tablets if needed.

Please do not hesitate to call me at 1-800-994-4711 if I can be of any further help.

Betty Corson
Customer Service

[Indy]

Betty, do you work for Prelief? I keep getting warned by my doctors to go easy on the prelief because of acid rebound.

[theclownster]

Acid rebound? What's that? I've never heard of it. My doctor's keep telling me to use as much as I like.

Jennifer

[Indy]

Acid rebound is taking enough antacids that you stomach starts to produce more acid to make up for it. My gastro told me that but I think the makers of Prelief deny it. I'd like to hear from them. There must be a limit as to how many to take per day.

[prbetty]

Hi!

Here is a posting from Mr. Alan Kligerman, AkPharma's CEO and the developer of Prelief.........

It may be true that if the stomach's acid drops that the stomach will tend to compensate for this by producing more acid; this would be called "acid rebound". However, the essential value of Prelief lies in a good deal more than its acid reduction capabilities: as noted to another ICN MB correspondent and repeated here word for word:

There is good reason to believe that both the completely free calcium ion in Prelief (contrasted with calcium in, say, calcium carbonate, which is relatively difficult to get released) and Prelief's glycerophosphate, work to palliate painful cells in the bladder and possibly elsewhere, e.g., the intestine. There are some real medical observations (Dubocq and DiTrolio, 2003) using a specific urinary marker, that Prelief is producing not only relief from pain in IC patients, but the markers of distressed cells are greatly reduced at the same time. In fact, both pain and the markers went repeatedly up when Prelief was withheld and dropped again when Prelief was taken. So something tangible is happening and a study is in the works to see if this is confirmable in structured clinical surroundings.

But wait with that urine alkalinity conclusion. In fact, Prelief does not reduce the urine acidity at all, and there is no real reason for you to want that; in fact maybe the opposite, since acidity in the urine helps protect against urinary tract infection (the dreaded UTI). It's the action of Prelief on the bladder cells that make them less vulnerable to the normal mild acidity of urine that is where Prelief shines, and as noted in the above paragraph, Prelief is doing something valuable.

And there is no way to overdo Prelief unless you were taking 40 or 50 tablets. Prelief is about 1/5 (19%, to be exact) of the most beautifully available calcium you can ever get, and it is presented in a 1:1 ratio with phosphorus, the same as in milk. Five Prelief tablets will give you about the same amount of high grade calcium as an 8-oz. glass of milk. And don't compare Prelief with the standard antacids, which can be very strong and confer few if any other benefits.

Hope this is helpful....

Betty Corson
Customer Service
1-800-994-4711

[theclownster]

Thanks for the info betty! You have helped us all so much.

I Love prelief and take it every day.

Jennifer

[jerry westgarde]

My question regarding prelief is calcium intake and the formation of stones. I have had surgery for kidney stones in the past and also have passed some recently. I use prelief every day, however my stones were oxalate, and from what I know too much calcium intake among other things is not a good thing for formation of stones, would this also apply to the calcuium in prelief.

[prbetty]

Dear Jerry:

There are two schools of thought regarding the role of calcium and stones. The one you are familiar with is that more calcium = more stones. Recently we have come across a report that getting the recommended amount of calcium can actually help prevent stones in most people. It depends on what kind of stones you get, so talk to your doctor.

(Each Prelief tablet contains 65 mg of elemental calcium as calcium glycerophosphate.)

Betty Corson
Customer Service
AkPharma Inc
1-800-994-4711

[jerry westgarde]

Dear Betty
Thanx for the reply.
Yes I know the new thinking is calcuim is actually good for you when it comes to stone formation. In my case I'm predisposed to oxalate stones which I think are calcuim related. In my info for calcuim diet control it recommends calcium from foods easily absorbed e.g. milk cheese, oatmeal, which is good. However it also says certain antacids and over the counter meds contain calcuim that may or may not be in the form the body can absorb.
I would be interested in knowing if prelief would be classed as a good source of calcuim, easily absorbed, as opposed to tums and rolaids etc. which I don't think are good sources. I might add, IC pain for me does not allow me enough fluid intake to help my stone problem, so I think diet is very important.

Jerry

[prbetty]

Dear Jerry:

Prelief (calcium glycerophosphate) is immediately fully absorbable by your body, while calcium carbonate only releases its calcium under acid conditions and since calcium carbonate is an acid neutralizer, there is an excellent chance that a good deal of the calcium from calcium carbonate is never available to your body.

Prelief is not available in Canada, but as Jennifer mentioned you can order online at www.costco.com and www. prelief.com. You can also check www.vnfnutrition.com, www.drugstore.com, www.medshopexpress.com and www.vitaminlady.com. They all ship internationally and prices do vary.

Betty Corson
Customer Service
AkPharma Inc
1-800-994-4711

[jerry westgarde]

Betty, thanx for the update, I have ordered and received 600 prelief from U.S. per vf nutrition. Will use for the long term. Only thing is it is rather expensive with shipping and dollar difference.

jerry

[tealover]

I'm pretty new to Prelief. Are you supposed to take it with every meal or just with those that have known acidic foods in them? Is it 2 per meal? Thanks!::confused:

[prbetty]

Dear Tealover:

Prelief is a dietary supplement (calcium glycerophosphate) that takes the acid. Prelief is not a drug.

We recommend taking (at least) 2 Prelief tablets with each meal and 2 tablets at bedtime (if desired). You can use more tablets if needed.

Hope this is helpful.........

Betty Corson
Customer Service
AkPharma Inc
1-800-994-4711