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    • Chetzemoka
      3•1 year ago

      Yep, that’s the usual recommended dose - 200mg like an hour before bedtime

      • @cheese_greaterOP
        3•1 year ago

        Would you recommend it for other seniors particularly? My grandmother might like something like this? She liked Calm Magnesium Sleep except for the GI effect of magnesium citrate and I wonder it this might be easier on the system to the extent she’d be into it

        • Chetzemoka
          2•1 year ago

          I actually WOULD recommend this for seniors. It does not have any anticholinergic side effects like a lot of pharmaceutical sedatives do, and it doesn’t interact with the most common blood pressure or cardiac meds that older folks often take.

          I have the same problem with magnesium supplements. Mag glycinate has less of that laxative effect than mag citrate, so she could try that as well.

          The only two caveats I would add are: she should definitely tell her doctors she’s taking it, as with any OTC supplement. And if she’s specifically on a drug called warfarin (Coumadin), she should be very cautious. (Even Tylenol can cause warfarin to build up in the body. Warfarin sucks, so we don’t use it as much anymore, but it’s not unheard of.)

          Hope that helps! (I’m a cardiac nurse. I work with older folks a lot.)

          • @cheese_greaterOP
            3•1 year ago

            Thanks, I’m in talks with the right expert hehe :)

            More specifically, is it genuinely helpful for quality of sleep, all other things being constructive towards that end in turn?

            • Chetzemoka
              2•1 year ago

              Hahaha, I love working with older folks. They’re my favorite patients.

                • Chetzemoka
                  2•1 year ago

                  Literally the only thing that gives me refreshing sleep. (See also: mitochondrial dysfunction that I mentioned in my other comment about CQ10.) Apigenin seems to improve what’s called “sleep architecture” in a way that none of the pharmaceuticals I’ve ever tried do.

                  • @cheese_greaterOP
                    2•1 year ago

                    Shit, I may have to try it first. Im getting other sleep stuff done but every bit helps

                  • @cheese_greaterOP
                    2•1 year ago

                    I gotta sleep soon aha but I’ll leave you with a last question for tonight: what do you think mediates Apigenin’s efficacy for sleep? Like what is the mechanism behind its efficacy, what systems does it modulate?

                    Thanks and no rush, I’ll listen to that article tomorrow :)