

I got leg cramps when I started the Vitacost Ultra Vitamin K with Advanced K2 Complex. When people increase their doses of one supplement, it can cause a need for more of something else-and symptoms. Then, decide to increase or decrease the dosage according to how you feel. Nancy, To be ultra safe, perhaps you can start with 5 or 10 mg per day for a few days. Since I started splitting the capsule (5 mg) and taking half in the morning and the other half in the afternoon, no more rapid beats. My previous post stated that I was getting bad rapid heart beats with the K2. Shesz, reply 2373166, J" Just a follow up.

Sharon reduced her dosage by splitting the 15 mg capsule. comments in “Vit K2-7 Heart Arrhythmias and Palpitations” by nathji, July, 2011. 15 mg 3 times per day) and started having the palpitations. Sharon (theorchardhouse) was taking 45 mg of Mk4 per day (i.e. However, there are 2 comments which you may want to be aware of:

In general, our bodies seem to accept Mk4 much better then Mk7. You'll find many members who are happy in taking 15 mg per day. My goal is 5 mg per day, but I am not very disciplined. I have seen visible improvements on my skin and teeth after just 2 weeks. As I recall, wgr had good results with 15 mg daily (Carlson 5 mg, 3 times per day.) If you have osteoporosis, you may want to take more than I do. The bottom line is that they found 1.5 mg daily to be effective in carboxylating osteocalcin. The study provided good news: We do not need to take 45 mg of Mk4 per day to get results. For correcting osteopenia, I decided on 1 to 5 mg.Īlthough there were many studies using the pharmaceutical dosage of 45 mg, Juliet pointed out a relatively recent article, published in 2009 “Effect of Low Dose Vitamin K2 (Mk-4) supplementation on Bio-Indices …” by Koitaya et al. Each of us needs to decide what's best, depending on the severity of the bone loss. And, you're correct that some doctors do not believe in supplements. I am conservative, being sensitive to medication.
