Essential Phospholipid:Livolid and Livolin Forte

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• Livovid (Essential Phospholipid)

Content	Livovid (%US RDA)	Livolin Forte (US RDA)*
Essential Phospholipid	500mg	300mg
Vitamin B1	3mg(200)	10mg(666.67)
Vitamin B2	3mg(177)	6mg(352.94)
Vitamin B6	3mg(150)	10mg(500)
Vitamin B12	3mcg(100)	10mcg(500)
Nicotinamide	15mg(75)	30mg(157.89)
Vitamin E	3.3mg(10)	10mg(66.67)

Table 1.0 Content of Livovid and Livolin Forte (*current product)

  
Recommended daily dose:

• The dosage for Livovid is 1 to 2 softgels daily or as directed by physician
• The dosage of Livolin Forte is 1 capsule 3 times daily after meal or as directed by physician

Content:

• The content of Essential Phospholipid in Livovid is higher than Livolin Forte while the content of vitamins are higher in Livolin Forte.
• All the contents are within Tolerable Upper limit except Vitamin B1(Not established),Vitamin B12(Not established) and Nicotinamide (30-35mg/daily).

Nicotinamide:

• High-dose nicotinamide should still, however, be considered as a drug with toxic potential at adult doses in excess of 3 gm/day and unsupervised use should be discouraged.
• Nicotinamide has an off label use for pellagra with 100mg every 6 hours for several days and followed by 50mg every 8-12hours

Vitamin B12:

• Maximum daily intake unlikely to cause adverse health effect thus no upper limit is established.
• For Vitamin B12 deficiency may take up to 1000-2000mmcg daily for 1-2 weeks orally

Vitamin B1:

• Large doses have been seen particularly in the treatment of Wernick Korsakoff Syndrome(10mg-1500mg daily)

References:

• Livovid Product Information
• Livolin Forte Product Information
• http://frantzmd.info/Alternative%20Medicine/Tolerable%20Upper%20Limits.htm
• https://www.consumerlab.com/RDAs/
• https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB12-HealthProfessional
• Lexicomp
• FUKKM