Vitamin C Generic... Not Flavored

[junkofdavid2]

I want generic vitamin C (500mg) tablets.

I don't want the (expensive) flavored ones with other "extra" vitamins and lycopene or whatever.

Just plain old 500mg ascorbic acid vitamin C tabs, not the imported high profile brands.

What brand, where, how much each? Shouldn't cost more than 1 baht per piece I believe (like when I was working in the Philippines).

[johnnymoretti]

Not trying to change your diet, but I just read an article about how many mg to take daily:

"Some people claim that the optimum intake is 500 mg per day. Recent test on healthy males clearly show 200mg per day is required to maintain tissues at full saturation, but without excreting vitamin C. Women have not been tested. At April 1999, it is being 'officially' recommended, based on new information, that the RDA ought to be changed to 120 milligrams per day. (Levine M et al. 'Criteria and recommendations for vitamin C intake.' JAMA 281(15): 1415-23. Apr 21 1999.)"

FYI: One normal size orange has about 70mg of vitamin C.

[junkofdavid2]

I wouldn't mind cutting the 500mg tablet in half then... or even finding a 200mg tablet; but I'm sure that'd be even harder to find than the 500mg!!!

[percy2]

Where do you want them?

Cheers

[junkofdavid2]

oh, i'm in Bangkok

[madjbs]

Any pharmacy has them and they are normally very small pills, certainly not 500mg ones.

[junkofdavid2]

Any pharmacy has them and they are normally very small pills, certainly not 500mg ones.

The pharmacies I've been to (albeit the ones in Siam Paragon and stuff) try to sell me their high end expensive ones with all sorts of "added benefits" which cost a fortune. I don't need that because I already have the Complete Multi from the States with a lot of "added stuff" like Lycopene and whatever... bought from Price Club.

(By the way, it only costs around 15 USD for 500 tablets there... certainly not 7 baht a piece because "this one has more than just vitamin B sir! good formulation!" Duh Should've bought the Vitamin C in bulk there as well but it was out of stock during my short trip).

[gunnyd]

I usually pick up Blackmores brand Vit C 500mg tabs at the "Fresh Mart" I think that's what it is called, located in the back left corner of The Mall Bangkapi. Decent price, although you may find a cheaper brand since Blackmores is manufactured in Australia.

GunnyD

[madjbs]

Just walk along the street until you see a store that looks like a pharmacy. Its like 5 or 10 baht for a small bad of them. Forget Paragon, everything is expensive there.

[mel2surf]

I wonder if MORE C should be taken when we live in places like Bangkok

and Pattaya.I take 1000 mg/day..the Blackmore or Nat C brands...yes,I know..PAENG MAK MAK

but I'm hopefully healing protecting my lungs as well as other tissues by taking the C...

also,they seem to make me feel better overall,especially after a night of inbibliation (lol..made that up)

Regards,

Mel

[junkofdavid2]

I wonder if MORE C should be taken when we live in places like Bangkok

and Pattaya.I take 1000 mg/day..the Blackmore or Nat C brands...yes,I know..PAENG MAK MAK

but I'm hopefully healing protecting my lungs as well as other tissues by taking the C...

also,they seem to make me feel better overall,especially after a night of inbibliation (lol..made that up)

Regards,

Mel

I heard its scientific to suppose that it helps a hangover... something to do with reducing the swelling of the brain i think.

[seonai]

I just started taken the soluble ones with 1000mgs a day. Is that too much?

[johnnymoretti]

An excerpt from WebMD website:

"Taking any more than about 200 milligrams per day is likely a waste of money anyway, according to a landmark study by Mark Levine of the NIH. Levine's group found that the body's cells can't absorb more than about 100 milligrams per day, and the concentration of vitamin C in the blood begins to level off at a dose of 200 milligrams per day. The study appeared in the April 1996 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

You can read the entire article here: WebMD Article on Vitamin C Intake