Serrapeptase Benefits: Unlocking Enzyme-Powered Health

Used high doses of serrapeptase for almost 2 years to try and clear blocked carotid arteries, combining this with careful diet and exercise but with no apparent effect as checked with ultra sound.

So far, since Nov. 1st, so just 21 days, I am not seeing a huge improvement in my post, nasal drip. Although, I haven't been kept awake gagging from it, and that is an improvement. I think it is loosening, not as thick. I know this sounds so gross, but I know there might be others out there suffering from this, so I want them to know if they come here and read. It feels as if I've been on the Serrapeptase much longer, but since I haven't, I will keep up the dosage I am on which is usually just one a day. I think I will try and up that to two, if I can just remember to take one at bedtime as well. I am hoping for a lower cholesterol # on my next labs as well, possible due to the addition of the serrapeptase as well. So if I take 2 a day, am taking 2 X 120,000 spu. I had to look up what that spu means, but it's a safe dosage from what I read. I'll be back after the labs are done in another month or so :)

Okwukwe,

Serrapeptase (enzyme) takes care of fibroid, blocked fallopian tubes, I cant confirm IBS but it did help with my gastro issues. My tummy went down 3-4 inches just in a month of taking it.

I have seen great results with serrapeptase on abdominal surgery scars (30 yr old).

So far, I have seen no quality drop from doctors best. In China, US and foreign brands are prized because of quality. China has an quality control problem INTERNALLY for it's domestic market due to cost cutting. There is a LACK OF TRUST by China's population regarding iNTERNALLY produced products. I can understand why it would buy the supplement company.

I am on 120,000 spu's a day of Serrapeptase by Carlyle. I really have not noticed a difference in my sinus issue but am wondering if I am taking enough. I thought I had read somewhere (but can't find it now) that it does not absorb good, or not water soluble. So I think that means it should be taken with food. But I thought I also saw it should be taken on an empty stomach. Guess I need to do my homework much better. I'd like to hear feedback on how much others are taking, those that are getting results using it as an anti-inflammatory?

I'll keep taking mine but double the dosage and see if that sets well. I've been taking in after my breakfast as I don't do well taking "any" of my supplements on an empty stomach. Thanks in advance for any help at all on this :)

Exactly. this is called pharmacogenomics. Pharmacogenomics is the study of the role of the genome in drug response. Its name reflects its combining of pharmacology and genomics. Pharmacogenomics analyzes how the genetic makeup of an individual affects their response to drugs. Steroids for example save lives to millions. It nearly killed me and my child. Should I badmouth Prednisone?

Have you considered Nattokinase?

Serrapeptase has taken away my sinus headaches. Each day I wake up so grateful and amazed to be headache free.

I hope other Earthclinic Readers find success with Serrapeptase too.

Can you tell which brands you did use that were good? Thanks

I used to buy from them years ago, now I buy serrapeptase 40K 'best naturals' from amazon for last 5 months. Had been using 120K 'source naturals' for last couple years. Switched due starting to get too many 'cherry angiomas'.

Interesting that half the reviews on this EC page are from 9/4/18 and 9/5/18. I think we're all accustomed to watching Amazon for that kind of behavior because it suggests fake reviews, but I didn't think it would affect my favorite site, Earth Clinic.

I just ordered my 2nd bottle of Dr's Best 40,000 from Amazon, but I wanted to check the EC comments because both my husband and I got bronchitis really bad while taking it a couple of years ago. We'd never taken it for longer than a week before that. It quite certainly may have been a coincidence since it was January and that was going around, but we both ended up really sick and I got scared of taking it for awhile.

I'm starting to think if it sounds too good to be true it just might not be.

Absolutely useless, I would not give it even one star. I thought I am protected with 120000 units, together with double dose of nattokinase, 200 mg), twice a day ( quite aggressive dosages) from clots, etc. My walking distance due to intermittent claudication would not improve, if not getting worse, which suggests that my PAD is progressing. After realizing that my headaches are caused with narrowing blood vessels I started again baby aspirin (which I previously thought I didn't need thanks to the above supplements) and my headaches miraculously stopped. I appreciate that serrap. helped rats, but it helped me like a poultice to dead body. I also tried citrus pectin, which was short of miraculous for swains' arteries (that research was also funded by NIH), but where are those swains, who saw them?

To be fair, not only these oral enzymes and pectin are useless; same results, if not worse, I got from NIH TACT study of IV EDTA, in which I participated in 2005, after which my 90% open artery successfully closed.

Eventually (for leg arteries) I had to turn for revascularization (no matter how much I wanted to avoid it), and now, three years later, my surgeon is quietly waiting for my return, because he knows damn well that despite all this hoopla about miracle supplements I will come back by the simple reason - I still cannot walk, nor I can spend all my life to develop sufficient collateral circulation.

I also hoped to get rid from sinus infection at the same time, so I stopped washing my nose with antibiotic solution. Regardless of that, and twice a day wash with saline solution after several months of getting nowhere, I realized that I again should start Wilson wash.

So it is not all gold which shines. Keep your hope, but at the same time keep looking for more established remedy.

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between Nattokinase and Serrapeptase? They sound the same to me when I look them up but I would love to hear from someone that has had success with either, or both?

Krysia, I have not had issues with Dr.'s Best and I have also purchases SerraGold and have no issues with that brand either.

Years ago they came in tablets and I stopped taking them due to the "inactive ingredients", one of which was a calcium ingredient and enteric coating. I don't know when they changed to capsules but the fillers have changed from being six to just two and appear to be safer. I don't ingest the capsules.

KT

Lad S. I have this sinus and joint condition you mention. I hadn't considered the joint thing was due to the serrapeptase though. Have you found any resolution? I've had surgery on a hand cyst only for it to return. My sinuses are some better. I'd like to find a natural cure for the synovial joint cyst though.

Every time I take serrapeptase, I vomit. I thought it might be dose related so I took 1/2 a cap. (months apart) same result. then I took just a pinch and still got sick. each time, I get even sicker. last time, I have been sick for a week w/nausea, stomach pain, aches and pains, great fatigue. I don't see how a pinch that I vomited up 2 hours later could make me sick for a week (so far). Obviously it's going in the garbage. Can it cause bacteria/viruses in the body to flare?

Hello Lad S from Maryland, I take Serrapeptase for a month or two if I think I need it. Generally 2 capsules which totaled 120,000 SPU on an empty stomach in the early hours of the morning. Originally, a few years ago, I took it for a pinching feeling under my breast bone. When there was no more pain I stopped. Lad S., my question is, are you saying you took (sixty) 120,000 servings a day for your sinus cure? I see written 60-120,000 SPU. That's amazing, please clarify. Thank you

I purchased Serrapeptase from www.SmartNutrition.info. Does anyone else purchase anything from this site?

KT

Balance your Zinc and Copper levels for hemorrhoids. I read on Earth clinic to take 5 peppercorns a day for 3 days for them.

Hello,

Serrapeptase and Armour, both, must be taken on a completely empty stomach and can not be taken together. The enzyme will interact with the thyroid medication. An empty stomach means a minimum 1 hour before meals and 2-3 hours after meals.

I wonder if you could be allergic. The idea came because Dr. Mercola had an article on Nattokinase, Serrapeptase and Lumbrokinase that do similar things, and suggested switching up between bottles in order to avoid developing an allergy. But maybe you are already allergic to serrapeptase.

Serrapeptase and Surgical Implants

I never found a proper answer to this question. I have a titanium steel in my neck due to a cervical fusion from a 5 years ago s surgery. After having read tones of reviews regarding Serrapeptase, I have noticed that some people say “not to take if you have a non living tissue”. In another hand, many studies have been made showing the efficiency of Serrapeptase in the treatment of dental implant infection … Thank you in advance for your reply! Ps do not pay attention at my English as I am a poor Frenchy :)

@Elodie - hi! Your English is great, don't worry about that. Complaining about other people's English is often the only exercise and/or fun American grammar police get out of life so - just ignore them. They seem mean but they're not - they're just stuffy. Like grumpy teachers.

For inflammation, with an implant, I would go with castor oil packs and NO heat. Or even just massaging castor oil into the chest and over the liver area 2 or 3 times per week for a few weeks.And definitely check with your doctor first.

Should feel some relaxation around the area of inflammation and other good results with just one or two applications but I would stay with it, when it comes to inflammation. 2 or 3 times per week for a few of weeks and then taper off to 2 to 3 times per month. I'd start with simply rubbing it on the chest and over the liver a few times to ease into an outward flow of inflammation before I did an all night castor oil pack.

I would definitely check with the doctor, first, but I would NOT apply it directly onto the implant area no matter what he said as its too close to the surface and castor oil penetrates too deeply and I'm an old school mechanical engineer and have no idea if there's any such thing as "Loctite" for surgical screws. It's possible it wouldn't hurt anything but I just wouldn't risk it because I, personally, wouldn't want to know the specifications I would need to know before considering such an application nor would I ever want to go back for some sort of maintenance surgery - and applying it atop the area isn't necessary when it comes to castor oil.

If you wanted to be SUPER safe, you could apply it to your feet. Not sure how the body uses castor oil but I assume it disassembles it to get at its "magical" components and to a degree where it isn't actually used AS oil - like it would be used in an internal combustion engine. In other words, it's not going to be circulated around the body in its original form - I.e. as oil. The body doesn't do that - at least, not outside the digestive tract but I wouldn't take it internally so...

Serrapeptase and Thyroid Medication

For years I've been taking serrapeptase for arthritis. I just started taking thyroid medication (Armour) for hypothyroidism due to the removal of 1/2 my thyroid gland a few years ago. Since I have to take both serrapeptase and Armour on an empty stomach, I asked my MD if I could take them at the same time first thing in the morning (as I've been taking serrapeptase this way for years). She's not familiar with serrapeptase, so I'm hoping someone here on earthclinic has some experience taking these together?

@Elodie (again)

On a side note, rest assured that you're not being ignored. It's just that things like surgical implants - and other things that require ties to the medical establishment - are often quite frightening to those who prefer a more natural, common sense approach to health.

I'm answering because I'm weird and just happen to think of surgeons as mechanics, rather than doctors. Which THEY don't like but, when surgery is required, it definitely makes ME feel a whole lot better about it as I share a lot of common ground with mechanics whereas I share nearly zero common ground with other types of doctors.

Hi Cindy I don't have a comment on this post. However, you responded to someone regarding water intake, and I believe it was related to lymphatic drainage. Anyway I can't find that post if you can recall it could you please send it to me or tell me which category you put it in? Thanks so much when you speak up attention to it I just have not been able to locate that particular post.

I believe I have hemorrhoids. Does anyone know how long it will take for this to work? I'm in lots of pain.thanks