Posted by Kerry Gibbons on August 07, 2001 at 08:48:29:
In Reply to: Mouth Sores/ Irritated Gums/ Red Eyes posted by Adam Muger on August 06, 2001 at 23:28:41:
While I have heard of rashes and sores developing due to toxins coming out of the skin, I have not heard of the list of symptoms that you are experiencing. You didn't say where you got the capsules--I don't see you in our customer lists. Check the labels of the capsules and you will probably see some other ingredients on the list. These other ingredients may be causing you extra problems. If you dump one out into water, you will probably see it floating on a film on top, and it will never dissolve. Our capsules are nothing but MSM and the vegicap gelatin that contains it. To be absolutely sure, you may want to switch to our pure powder so that there are no additional substances at all. Have you doubled your water intake from normal? If not, you need to do that.
I'm trying to also see some reasoning why drinking distilled water (which is nothing but water by definition) would cause the same symptoms. This makes absolutely no sense to me. Distilled water should not change anything unless you were perhaps giving up something else or taking something else when you were drinking it and it was the fact that you were detoxing from whatever you gave up.
If you are taking other drugs besides the MSM (which is not a drug), it is possible that you need less of them now. If your body needs less of the drug, then you may be "overdosing" on the drug and seeing side-effects from the drug. These are all just possibilities, but if it is MSM detox, the solution is always the same: drop the amount of MSM taken and increase the amount of water until symptoms subside and then slowly work up again being sure to keep the amount of water up.
: I have worked my way up to a daily dose of 6000 mg. of MSM in capsule form, divided between the morning and early afternoon. I have noticed that my once seemingly healthy gums have become red, sensitive and irritated; I am also developing sores on the inside of my mouth. The other symptom I have developed since taking MSM is bloodshot eyes (sure looks alot like conjunctivitis, but without the itching); I also had this symptom when I was drinking distilled water. Are these normal detox symptoms that will eventually cease? I am a little concerned and any input/help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.