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Glutathione: What dosage do you use? Where do you get it?

Posted by kathleenlp @kathleenlp, Apr 4, 2022

Hi! Yes, I have ALL these but doing surprisingly well...mostly asymptomatic. Got HMPV at Christmas, pretty sick but bounced back. On a mission to try some out of the box treatments to keep me well. If you have used glutathione in a nebulizer, can you tell me who (type doctor) prescribed and what dosage etc. and did you think it helped? Also Sodium Chloride.

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brent99 | @brent99 | Sep 11, 2023

I am using L Glutathione Plus with 200 mg setria and 55 mg sodium bicarbonate.

I am running low but I also have the 500 mg setria with no baking soda.

Seems like they used a 4 parts setria 1 part baking soda.

How does one measure 125 mg if they don't have a scale?

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brent99 | @brent99 | Sep 11, 2023
In reply to @melanchete "Reduced L-Glutathione is what I use. You can purchase it capsule or in powder form. I..." + (show)
@melanchete

Reduced L-Glutathione is what I use. You can purchase it capsule or in powder form. I was directed for "my issue" (1) 500mg capsule x daily [nebulized] with 3% saline (4ml). If using powder 1/5 of a teaspoon Reduced L-Glutathione 4ml saline 2x daily. I am not a doctor, but this is the regimen. Mix the above, until the reduced L-Glutathione is completely dissolved into the saline before nebulizing. I use a Pari Vios nebulizer, and a session is about 10 minutes.

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Do you nebulize without sodium bicarbonate

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melanchete | @melanchete | Sep 11, 2023
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@brent99

Do you nebulize without sodium bicarbonate

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Yes. I purchase dry saline (already buffered) and use RO water. Medicare and supplemental insurance will not allow the script to be filled for 3.5% saline. Cleanliness and proper storage, will keep you out of trouble. If you plan to mix your own, find a brine calculator.

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melanchete | @melanchete | Sep 11, 2023
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@melanchete

Yes. I purchase dry saline (already buffered) and use RO water. Medicare and supplemental insurance will not allow the script to be filled for 3.5% saline. Cleanliness and proper storage, will keep you out of trouble. If you plan to mix your own, find a brine calculator.

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The dosage of reduced glutathione is 1/5 tsp to 4 ml of saline.

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Arlo | @equanimous | Sep 11, 2023
In reply to @kathleenlp "Hi Nanette! This is so helpful!!! Yes, I read that book but I did not see..." + (show)
@kathleenlp

Hi Nanette! This is so helpful!!! Yes, I read that book but I did not see the capsules....maybe in the back. I have 2 pulmonary docs, one near me and one in the big medical center in town and they both are resisting giving me a script for the glutathione. I have the sodium chloride ordered but they seem to be having trouble finding it. Please tell me how you chose your functional medicine doc and are there others on that team (like Daniel use...herbalist, naturopathic) I have been diagnosed since 2017 and have not progressed without any treatment of the MAC. Treated the Aspergillus(still showed on next bronch) and the bronchiectasis with Brovana(nebulizer) and Arnuity once a day(steroid) I was even improving until this last illness. Then my Ctscan looked a little worse but I was very sick. The MAC morphed into the abscessus, which is much worse and only treatment is daily hospital infusion and another nebulized medication....since I am asymptomatic they are not treating me....lots of Ctscans which I feel will kill me in the end! every 4-6 months. My lifestyle was very similar (my whole adult life) that Daniel recommended in regards to exercise (runner) and very healthy eating. Maybe that is why i have done well. My saturation is always 98-100, low BP, low pulse, good blood count numbers etc. Please let me know if you tried any of the other things Daniel suggested or if you have any suggestions. Thank you so much!!

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Hi Kathleen,
I found the Glutathione Plus at https://shop.thedrswolfson.com/products/l-glutathione-plus. There are instructions on how to use it. Pricing for 100 capsules is $41.95.
I have never used glutathione but have heard it is very beneficial. Many thanks go out to Nanette for her post which is prompting me to incorporate glutathione into my 7% saline nebbing routine. I hope the above information helps. I have learned more here than anywhere else. We are a great community!

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susanp64 | @susanp64 | Sep 12, 2023

There is a phase 2 trial called ARINA-1 that is on-going. It is an inhaled glutathione mixture. I am beginning the trial next Monday. Hopefully very soon doctors will be able to prescribe this solution to us. If you haven’t considered the trial I would encourage you to search ARINA-1 on this forum and the thread started by Linda Esposito telling about this trial will come up. There is a link that will lead you to the criteria.

While it seems that we might be able to concoct our own mixtures having an approved treatment will benefit the entire bronchiectasis community. Dr. James Chalmers gave a very encouraging talk at the ELF/EMBARC 2023 Bronchiectasis Patient Conference. He indicated that there are some treatments that may be available as early as 2025 that are showing promise of returning patients to normal lung health, but the research cannot happen without our help!

I’m sure none of us have time for one more thing in our lives since the daily grind with this condition takes much time to control and often leaves us tired. I will be driving 10 hours round trip monthly for the next three months to participate in this trial. It is a big commitment but worth it if the result is a treatment that will be covered by insurance and available to us all!

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melanchete | @melanchete | Sep 12, 2023
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@melanchete

The dosage of reduced glutathione is 1/5 tsp to 4 ml of saline.

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You can find reduced glutathione powder on Amazon.

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scoop | @scoop | Sep 12, 2023
In reply to @susanp64 "There is a phase 2 trial called ARINA-1 that is on-going. It is an inhaled glutathione..." + (show)
@susanp64

There is a phase 2 trial called ARINA-1 that is on-going. It is an inhaled glutathione mixture. I am beginning the trial next Monday. Hopefully very soon doctors will be able to prescribe this solution to us. If you haven’t considered the trial I would encourage you to search ARINA-1 on this forum and the thread started by Linda Esposito telling about this trial will come up. There is a link that will lead you to the criteria.

While it seems that we might be able to concoct our own mixtures having an approved treatment will benefit the entire bronchiectasis community. Dr. James Chalmers gave a very encouraging talk at the ELF/EMBARC 2023 Bronchiectasis Patient Conference. He indicated that there are some treatments that may be available as early as 2025 that are showing promise of returning patients to normal lung health, but the research cannot happen without our help!

I’m sure none of us have time for one more thing in our lives since the daily grind with this condition takes much time to control and often leaves us tired. I will be driving 10 hours round trip monthly for the next three months to participate in this trial. It is a big commitment but worth it if the result is a treatment that will be covered by insurance and available to us all!

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@susanp64 looking forward to hearing about your experience on the upcoming clinical trial. It's great that there are new possible medications for bronchiectasis in clinical trials, which we all so desperately need!

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rosnatale3 | @rosnatale3 | Sep 12, 2023
In reply to @equanimous "Hi Kathleen, I found the Glutathione Plus at https://shop.thedrswolfson.com/products/l-glutathione-plus. There are instructions on how to use..." + (show)
@equanimous

Hi Kathleen,
I found the Glutathione Plus at https://shop.thedrswolfson.com/products/l-glutathione-plus. There are instructions on how to use it. Pricing for 100 capsules is $41.95.
I have never used glutathione but have heard it is very beneficial. Many thanks go out to Nanette for her post which is prompting me to incorporate glutathione into my 7% saline nebbing routine. I hope the above information helps. I have learned more here than anywhere else. We are a great community!

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Thank you for all this wonderful treatment information. I am very new to this and have ordered the 7% saline and now the Glutathione plus from the above website. So, am I to understand that you mix the Glutathione with the saline? Please be a little more specific. I see that the one from above has some Satria in it as well. Thanks so much for all of your help. I'm waiting on a different Dr. the one I originally went to did not like that I could not tolerate the antibiotics, so he said do nothing then. I asked about the Saline, and he said No it would make you cough too much. So, I am at this time untreated and trying to do all I can to keep it from getting worse.

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