N-Acetylcysteine (NAC)

Yeah I'm sure I'll be fine.

 

Is NAC in tablet form the same NAC as the fizzy tablets you use for better coughing?

 

If you are talking about PharmaNAC effervescent tablets, then yes. But they have been discontinued.

 

Why was PharmaNAC discontinued?

 

Ok, in Germany we still have those effervescent tablets and even granules that you can take without water. They are for coughing, but I'd rather take those then some sketchy brand's, because they are for sale in pharmacies officially.

Those NAC tablets from Amazon apparently have QC issues such as mold etc. forming inside the tablets. I've never seen those in German pharmacy products.

 

Not sure. But the effervescent tablets are the most stable form of NAC.

 

What is the brand name of the effervescent tablet you use?

 

Unfortunately, it was PharmaNAC. It was discontinued a few years ago and I have yet to find an alternate source.

 

I think the fact that each tablet usually comes separately sealed helps to stop them degrading. Most seem to contain aspartame though.

 

I have been using NAC for a long time, the only benefit I could find is that it regulated my liver enzymes to a normal level, they were higher for the last few years. I saw some posts here that NAC is better than L-cysteine. I am well aware that most publications use NAC to check its otoprotective capacity and so on.

However, I found a paper which claims that availability of cysteine for the cells is higher than NAC.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1990747809020081

I will order and try to use a higher dosage of BCAA that includes a high portion of L-cysteine.

 

My experience with NAC is that it works tremendously if you add Selenium. I can’t remember why I did it - but it makes a huge difference.

 

What is the amount of Selenium and NAC that you take? I'm going to try it.

 

Selenium, without looking at the periodic table, sounds like one of those scary radioactive elements on the bottom right that’ll make you grow a thumb out of your forehead

 

NAC helped to regulate my liver enzymes, but did not do anything for tinnitus.