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Guaifenesin Medication in New Zealand
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Everyone who wishes to use Guaifenesin must read
"What Your Doctor May Not Tell you about Fibromyalgia" by Dr R. Paul St Amand and Claudia Marek.
"Fibromyalgia - An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed" by Claudia Marek Both available here
Another excellent book to read is "Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain" by Dr Devin Starlanyl
All Authors are fibromyalgics who write from their own experience as well as their medical knowledge.
Following you will find up-to-date information on Guaifenesin dosages and supply in New Zealand.
Do check the accompanying up-dated list of basic sal-free products. This list does not necessarily contain all products available but gives you a tried and true base to begin with.
I trust this is helpful to you.
Megan Parker
14 Belgium Terrace, Gisborne
For all N.Z. inquiries about Guaifenesin or Sal-free products, email Megan Parker
We are very appreciative of Megan's assistance. Please be respectful of the voluntary time
Megan gives us from her busy family and working life. - Ed.
Dosage and Supply
Guai Order Form for New ZealandersGuai Order Form for People from Other Contries
- Buy 300 mg or 600mg capsules in New Zealand through "Positive Living" Guai Support
- New Zealand Guaifenesin is in sustained action (S.A.) lactose-free, gelatin capsules - not vege capsules
- The N.Z. capsules have an immediate action followed by a sustained release which lasts approx 12 hours
- Megan consulted with Dr St Amand as to the best formula for the New Zealand chemist compounding our Guai
- We continuously keep up with the latest Guai news
- We collated all up-to-date information from The Fibromyalgia Treatment Centre in Los Angeles, U.S.A. and spoke with experienced users, before deciding on the best format to be produced in this country A survey of Guai users in New Zealand, provided enough bulk-buying power for us to negotiate top service for all fibromyalgics with low prices and low overheads when buying through "Positive Living"
- The low prices, the N.Z. compounding of Guai and our service from 'Positive Living'
can only be maintained with your buying support - Take medication 12 hours apart initially and always with food
- Lowest starting dose is 2 x 300 mg per day - take 300 mg morning and evening
- Wait at this dose for 10 days or until exacerbation of symptoms
- If not at your threshold, increase dose by 300 mg to 900 mg daily. Stay at this dose for the next 10 days
- Again, wait at this dose for 10 days or until exacerbation of symptoms
- Always increase dosage in an increment of 300 mg for the next 10 day period
- You must exceed your threshold before you feel pain
- When you reach your dose and your symptoms intensify, you will initiate reverse cycling.
This will be your dose for life. - Some people on high doses take 3 doses daily
- Dosages do not need to be evenly divided - e.g. for a dosage of 900mg, take 600mg morning and 300mg evening
- Doses up to 1800 mg daily have proved to initiate reversal in 90% of people
- You may be a person who needs a higher dose than 1800mg - we know of one person taking 4800 mg
- Always keep a daily diary of how you are feeling to track yourself for ascertaining your own cycles
it may be necessary to remap and re-titrate your dosage.
Watch this Guai page on our website for updates
- If you have Questions about Guaifenesin dosages
- or have more Sal-free products available in New Zealand
- or questions about these products,
New Zealand Fibromyalgia Information and Support
brings you advance notice that
all Specialists including
Prof. Ted Shipton, Jonathan Kuttner, Terry Macedo
and Claudia Marek
have confirmed they will speak again
in New Zealand during 2004 and 2005.
You will be advised of dates and times well in advance.
New Zealand Fibromyalgia Information and Support confirms that
Musculoskeletal Specialist Dr Johnathan Kuttner
will speak at the Fibro Saturday Seminar
during 10.15am - 3.30pm, on 15th November 2003
at Papakura R.S.A., Papakura, South Auckland
Dr Kuttner, who from early 2004 will practice as a musculoskeletal specialist from Papakura in South Auckland, is our most knowledgeable doctor in New Zealand with regard to Fibromyalgia. He also has an extensive Guaifenesin patient list and is happy to give advice and do a first mapping for you, if you are referred and supported by your G.P.
Dr Kuttner prefers that you have first read Dr R. Paul St Amand's book on Guaifenesin before seeing him and that you understand about the Sal-free products and diet suggested.
This is a seminar in the Continuing Series of Fibro Saturday Seminars in Auckland Region.
New Zealand Fibromyalgia Information confirms that
Claudia Marek
from 'The Fibromyalgia Treatment Center', Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Musculoskeletal Specialist Dr Johnathan Kuttner and
Diagnostic Rheumatologist Dr Terry Macedo
spoke at the first NZ Fibromyalgia Conference
on 11th October 2003
Claudia was also joined in Christchurch
by Professor Ted Shipton of the Burwood Pain Centre.
Another New Zealand and Australian Conference is being arranged for Autumn 2005.
New Zealand Fibromyalgia Information and Support confirms that
Diagnostic Rheumatologist Dr Terry Macedo spoke
at Red Beach in February 2003, Takapuna in March 2003
and Titirangi in September 2003.
We are extremely grateful for Dr Macedo's continuing support.
Dr Macedo specialises in diagnostic rheumatology from his clinics
at Suite 4/102 Remuera Road in Remuera, Auckland
from Eastcare Specialist Centre, 260 Botany Road, Howick
and Westcare Whitcross Specialist Centre, 1 Moselle Avenue, Henderson.
He practises in a full range of rheumatic disorders, including inflammatory arthritis, connective tissue disorders, osteoarthritis, viscosupplementation injections, chronic and regional pain disorders and general internl medicine, and also at South Auckland Health.
These seminars were in the Continuing Series of Fibro Saturday Seminars in Auckland Region.
Auckland Fibromyalgia Support confirms that
Dr Johnathan Kuttner spoke
on 5th December 2002
at St Lukes Community Centre,
130 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland.
Dr Kuttner, who practiced then at Waiuku, just out of South Auckland, was our most knowledgeable G.P. in New Zealand with regard to Guaifenesin. He has an extensive Guaifenesin patient list and is happy to give advice and do a first mapping for you, if you are referred and supported by your G.P.
He prefers that you have first read Dr R. Paul St Amand's book on Guaifenesin before seeing him and that you understand about the Sal-free products and diet required.
This talk was given in the Continuing Evening talks for Auckland Fibro Support.
Written comments after meetings held in Auckland on 11th April 2002 when
Megan Parker spoke on Guaifenesin.
People came from as far afield as Kaiwaka in Northland;
Port Waikato, Matamata, Tauranga and Whakatane in the South.
"Thank you very much Jacqui and Megan for a sharing, enlightening
and empowering meeting last night" - D.L.
"Jacqui, I really enjoyed the support meetings, It was nice to meet so many people
in the same situation as I am who are doing lots of positive things.
It was good to hear so many positive things about the Guai treatment too.
I hope to go on Guai at some stage, when the time is right." - B-M N.
"Hi Jacqui. Thanks for organising the wonderful night last night.
It was really great to have the earlier function and get-together
as everyone had a lot of questions
& it was great to have everyone together just to discuss things.
I'm sure everyone got a lot out of it. Thanks once again" - B.W.
"Well done for last night, Jacqui. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone
at your lovely place and I gained lots of ideas.
I think the most encouraging thing was seeing so many people smiling.
I think I have forgotten how - one thing to look forward to again as I recover.
Thank you again. Well done and bless you both" - J.H.
"Thank you for a most interesting and helpful evening, Megan and Jacqui.
Also for all the effort put into spreading helpful information.
It was well worth the effort of coming to Auckland" - K.R. & M.R.
"I had a wonderful time at the Guai evening, thank you for arranging everything!
We arrived home just before midnight. Despite what I said earlier in the night,
I didn't go to sleep on the way home at all! Too much to think about." :-) - W.H.
Watch the Guai page on our website for updates
We are very appreciative of Megan's assistance.
Please be respectful of the voluntary time Megan gives us, from her busy family and working life. - Ed.
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