Start of my Rapamycin and LDN journey

#1

Around the middle of March, I took my first dose of Rapamycin (5mg). I have actually been meaning to post about it since then but for one reason and another, I have not yet got round to doing so.

I have decided that I will take 5mg on the first of each month. I therefore took my second dose on the 1st of May.

Before I took my first dose, I sent a sample of my blood to myDNAge. My chronological age is 53. According to myDNAge, my epigenetic age is 51. I plan to send another sample of my blood to myDNAge two weeks after my sixth dose of Rapamycin.

About two weeks ago, I also started taking LDN which I have compounded myself by dissolving a 50mg Naltrexone pill into a 20% aqueous solution of pure vegetable glycerine. (The pill was fully dissolved into the water before adding the glycerine.)

The Rapamycin pills are Biocon Rapacan 1 pills which I ordered from Oddway and the Naltrexone pills are Nodict which I ordered from Inhouse Pharmacy.

The Rapamycin pills taste rather strange. I am not sure how to describe it except to say that it is as if rusty iron has been mixed in with it. Does anyone else here have a similar experience with their Rapamycin?

So far the LDN has not made me feel any different and I am not getting any vivid dreams which are supposed to be a side affect of LDN.

To be honest, I am not 100% confident that either the Rapamycin or Naltrexone I have received are genuine. Does anyone here have any thoughts about this?

Does anyone here know of any labs in the UK to which I can send one each of the Rapamycin and Naltrexone pills I received in order to get them analysed?

Thank you very much.

#2

Hi and welcome to the forums. We’ve done lab analysis on the Biocon sirolimus and its likely they are fine (the low dose you’re taking once per month is a dose at which you are unlikely to notice anything positive or negative I suspect). The results of the lab test are posted here: Rapamycin / Sirolimus from India, Lab Test Report on Quality / Purity

Approximately 50% of people taking rapamycin don’t notice anything positive or negative… which I don’t think is suprising… its not like most people “notice” aging on a weekly basis, so if its slowed down by 10% to 30% you probably won’t notice that either. You can review other people’s experiences with rapamycin in our surveys of our users here: Approximately 87% of Rapamycin Users Plan to Keep Using the Longevity Drug

Regarding the rapamycin taste issue you mentioned - we have had that reported once in the past, its very rare but some people seem to experience it. You can see the earlier discussion here: One Side Effect Not Many Talk About - Metallic Taste in Mouth

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Thank you, RapAdmin, very much for your informative reply.