Some people start pretty low and I think that is best when you are first starting. (Like 10 mgs. or less...) I was too anxious to get going when I did it which is likely why my kidneys were too strained to keep doing that.... (Now that I think of it!). I only had 100 mg. capsules so Andy told me to take them apart and put them in an acidic juice and then I'd try to lessen the dosages by dividing equal parts (well stirred). Couldn't have been real exact.