User Reviews for n-acetyl cysteine (nac)

NAC improved my breathing by reducing mucus. It only works with a dosage of 1,200 mg. per day (600 morning & 600 night). There is also an inhaled version available by prescription that I haven't tried yet called Mucomyst. Either or both could keep you off steroids.

I was taking pain medicine which contained Tylenol, so I began the use of 600mg NAC to prevent liver damage. After 1 year of use, I ramped up to three 600mg per day. I experienced a surge of robustness, and spent a month in front of the computer writing a journal paper, "Unspecified Noise in Chopper Op Amps". I have been using three per day since 2010 and have noticed no ill effects. NAC is the precursor of glutathione, which glutathione is the mother of all the anti-oxidants.

My husband was at the point of needing a health care nurse due to severe weakness to the point of not being able to walk 6 or 7'. After getting approval of his doctor, he has been taking this daily. The difference is amazing! He is actually bowling again and many people have called to say how much better he looks.

NAC was prescribed by my pulmonary doctor when diagnosed IPF over four years ago. My disease has not progressed significantly.

I am a Mom of a boy who has Thrichotillamania (hair pulling) along with bad anxiety and ADHD. His therapist suggested that we try NAC because she had used it on her son who was skin picking and he stopped with just one month of taking it. So we did and with in days his urge to pick was gone and hasn't come back. I have also noticed that his anxiety level and mood swings have reduced significantly.

There should be a warning on the bottle and from radio announcers that recommend NAC, be aware if you take NAC for all the good reasons, if after taking 1 NAC capsule you experience a coughing fit so severe that it feels you are not only coughing your lungs inside out but trying to cough your stomach up too. I took it 6 months ago for a cough and may have wound up in the hospital because I didn't realize that it was the NAC not my original cough that caused me to completely loose control... I was taking other over the counter cough medicine at the time and assumed that NAC was just a nutrient ... I only realize what happened now because I just had a CT scan and tried taking it again because it was recommended for the radiation by the radio nutritionist..and after taking 1 capsule again I had an extreme coughing fit Read More Read Less

I have an underlying Sarcoidosis. Recently had a case of pneumonia. I starting taking NAC during towards the end of my pneumonia. My baseline is significantly improved, perhaps it is from NAC. I will elect to remain on this supplement.

glutathione and Acetylcysteine have been shown to regulate body fat and induce weight loss. The lady who "packed on 40 lbs" should have her thyroid checked out, that could be her real problem.

I take this in tablet form along with L-methylfolate calcium 6mg, methylcobalamin 2mg, and n-acetylcysteine 600 mg., all in one tablet. After taking it for 3 weeks, I am more alert, memory better, more energy.

My daughter developed eyelash pulling at age 8 We began using NAC at age 10 and saw dramatic improvement( we use the sustain formula). She no longer pulls at all and says the urge is mostly gone.wedidtrytpering her offer the NAC and the pulling started a bit so we started it up again.

Taking for mild COPD and have found it has helped with the heavy feeling in my chest.

I've been taking N-Acetyl Cysteine, from Andrew Lessman's ProCaps Laboratories, for nearly 1 year (from May 2012), to break my cycle of chronic bronchitis. It works. I am asthmatic, and have been diagnosed with bronchitis several times a year for about 25 years. For 7 years, after having the flu, I had bronchitis nearly all the time. I have had Bronchitis exactly once since I began taking it, because I ran out of the product! I have not had to see a doctor for asthma symptoms or bronchitis since October 2012. I use my albuterol inhaler once every few weeks, instead of several times a day. I have not needed a nebulizer treatment since October 2012. I am so happy that someone recommended it to me. I tell people about it nearly every day! I just began taking the one from Puritan's Pride, only because it is less expensive.Read More Read Less

started giving my husband NAC a few days ago and he started having severe indegestion has anyone else had this problem with it?

No side effects or problems. Although confused as why I'm being prescribed this medication for "Depression". Supposed to be balancing cells in norman brain function! Anyone else????? I don't feel as though correctly being used for my condition!!!!

I have been pulling for years and never knew my condition had a medical name until 2006. I found a trich support group in my hometown and the psychatrist who attends told us about NAC and how it somehow helps one's pulling urge to be drastically less. I had to try it. It has worked for the most part. No perfect pull free days yet, but It has made my urges subside, and has made the pulling itself hurt, which is a good thing-I also have not been completely consistent with taking it, but am trying my hardest to do so...maybe once I start taking it religously, it will build in my system and the results will be much more drastic. I would definitely reccomend anyone who suffers with trich to try this supplement... personally, it has been a VERY positive experience to not have such uncontrollable urges, as well as actually feeling the hair come out...hurting when I pull is good as it makes me not want to do it as much, either.Read More Read Less

I have COPD and chronic bronchitis. I saw this product on Dr. Oz and started it as an overall antioxidant and started taking 600mg on an empty stomach in the AM and PM (his recommendation. He introduced this as being the "Mother of all antioxidants". I researched it and it stated the benefits of reducing the progression of COPD (early stage) and helped Chronic bronchitis. The benefits are WONDERFUL, I am breathing better, no wheezing and my sputum is thinner. I love this stuff. I forgot to take it a couple of days and realized my chest felt heavier and I wasn't breathing as comfortably. Also, when I started taking it I was in the middle of a flu and it definitely expedited the healing!!Read More Read Less

My dog, an old Labrador Retreiver, was prescribed this by his vet. It has worked very well. He takes 1 600mg. capsule every 12 hours between meals. When I forget to give it to him on time, he starts choking. I think it is giving him a little more quality time with us.