A few years ago, Dr. Oz shared that his mother was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. And, at the suggestion of Alzheimer’s expert Dr. Rudy Tanzi, Dr. Oz had his mom taking a variety of vitamins including NAD+ boosting supplement Nicotinamide Riboside “NR” (FAQs) (Life Changing Anecdotes). In late July, Dr. Oz interviewed health and wellness expert Dr. Darshan Shah, asked which patients he prescribes NR to, and who benefits the most. Here’s what he said:

At the 9:55 mark below:

DR. OZ:

“So, in your practice, when you use Tru Niagen (NR), how do you dose it?

Who benefits the most?

What kinds of clinical problems do you think: “you know, I bet they have an NAD deficiency”?

DR. DARSHAN SHAH:

“So I would say, NAD is one of those root causes of many of the problems that we see in our clinical practice — brain fog, inability to lose weight, low energy, poor sleep.

All of  those things you could trace the roots back down to an NAD deficiency.

So, we use NAD as one of our core supplements actually for a lot of our patients.

We start people off usually at a lower dose and we work our way up.

What we found to be the most clinically beneficial for our patients is 1,000 milligrams a day — that they take two 500 milligram capsules every morning of Tru Niagen.

DR. OZ:

“I’ll tell you what I do.

I take 300 milligrams a day, and I started doing it realizing it would take months to get the full benefit.

But I did it because I understood the science behind it.

So, as you take care of patients, what’s your clinical practice?

DR. DARSHAN SHAH:

“We start with about 300 milligrams a day as well, and then we work our way up depending on symptom relief.

So, if they start feeling better then we stop there.

But most of our patients want to try another 300.

So, we actually go to 600 milligrams and we see how they feel.

If they feel even better, then we continue with 600 milligrams.

However, if they feel like they can’t get enough sleep at night just because they have even too much energy, we’ll come back to 300″

Related:

  • FAQs on the Potential for Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) in Alzheimer’s Patients (Link)
  • Nicotinamide Riboside “NR” (FAQs) (Consumer Reviews)

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