A water-soluble form of vitamin E designed for people who can't absorb fat-soluble vitamins properly.
No. Healthy people absorb regular vitamin E just fine.
It delivers the same alpha-tocopherol but attached to a water-soluble PEG molecule. Same vitamin, different delivery.
Specialty pharmaceutical product with a small patient population. The PEG conjugation adds manufacturing cost.
Click through to the studies bar for the evidence base.
See the dosing guide below.
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Some ingredients build up over weeks. Others act fast.
The compound effect of consistent dosing.
Check the cautions section if you have a pre-existing condition.
Some ingredients you feel. Others just work in the background.
Yes. It was specifically developed for pediatric patients with cholestasis and cystic fibrosis.
If you have malabsorption, your vitamin E levels will gradually drop. Don't stop without talking to your doctor.
Polyethylene glycol is used in hundreds of medications and is very well studied. The amount in tocofersolan is small.
Most research uses 200.0g daily. Below 50.0g, you're probably wasting money. Above 400.0g, no extra benefit. The curve plateaus. Safe upper limit ~ 1000.0g.
Tocofersolan is a PEG-conjugated form of alpha-tocopherol that forms micelles in water, bypassing the need for bile salts and lipase for absorption.
Tocofersolan has emerging evidence.
Synthesized from natural d-alpha-tocopherol
D-alpha-tocopherol is esterified with succinic acid, then conjugated with PEG 1000.
Tocofersolan interacts with other supplements and meds. The analyzer flags interactions, dose mismatches, and timing collisions across your whole list.
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