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Anecdote: be careful with metal supplements. A doctor suggested that I try a larger than usual dose of Zinc (with Copper) to see if it would help with my psoriasis. Worst headache of my life, metallic taste in my mouth, felt like death for about 12 hours

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Heh, yes: be careful with supplements. Iodine is what I screwed myself with.

""" According to the ATA, such supplements may "contain iodine in amounts that are up to several thousand times higher than the daily Tolerable Upper Limits for iodine." """ Not sure why anyone is allow to sell such things as "supplements" legally in the US. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/2...

Despite the unwanted effects, did it make any difference to the psoriasis?

The headache and death feeling greatly reduces awareness of psoriasis

We need a like button (not really, but your comment was +1 funny)

Ah, the good old "chop off your leg so your foot will stop hurting" method that my dad would propose when I was a kid.

I didn't give it a second chance! Most of these things only have an impact over the longer term. Next time I have a blood panel done I'll reconsider supplements

Taking large doses of anything is never a good idea, normal doses of zinc over a long period is excellent starting advice for many dermatological conditions.

Zinc in general is one of the few supplements shown to actually have benefit for the average human.

fwiw, vitamin K2 helped with my psoriasis at an ordinary supplementary dose, and has no known toxicity at high doses.

Did you take it with food? I get very nauseous when taking zinc on an empty stomach.

My recollection is that I took it immediately after a delicious lunch

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