How to use it
How many drops should I take?
Everyone's first question, and the honest answer is: it depends on you. But there's a method to find your number in a week without wasting the bottle or overshooting.
- 01
Shake the bottle
The extract and the sesame oil separate a little when they sit. Five seconds is enough to make each drop the same as the last.
- 02
Under the tongue, one minute
That's where it absorbs straight into the blood. Swallow it immediately and it goes through the liver instead, and you lose a good part of it on the way.
- 03
Wait 45 minutes
That's how long the full effect takes. Impatience is what makes people repeat the dose and overshoot on their first try.
- 04
Only go up every three days
It builds up. Changing the dose daily makes it impossible to know what's working. Three days the same, then decide.
The method
Start low, go slow
It's called titration and it's how you dose anything that behaves differently in each body. The goal isn't to get high on the scale — it's to find the smallest amount where you feel it, and stay there.
| Days | Gotavia C | When | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 5 drops | Once a day | If you already feel it, don't go up. |
| 4 to 6 | 8 drops | Morning and night | Split it — don't take them all at once. |
| 7 to 10 | 12 drops | Morning and night | Usual ceiling. Groggy in the morning means back off. |
The moment you feel the effect, stop going up. That's your dose. More doesn't improve anything and can leave you drowsy during the day.
With THC it's different
The I and S formulas need a lot more care. The effect takes 30 to 90 minutes and then lasts four to eight hours. Start with the smallest amount, at night, with nothing on the next morning, and wait the full 90 minutes before concluding anything. Never with alcohol, never before driving.
How long before it really shows
For sleep and anxiety, most people notice something in the first week. For pain and inflammation it usually takes two to four weeks, because there the effect builds rather than arriving at once.
If four weeks in, on a high dose, you feel nothing — that happens to a share of people. Tell us before buying another bottle.
With or without food
It absorbs noticeably better with some fat, because cannabinoids are fat-soluble. Taking it after a meal with avocado, eggs or olive oil isn't a myth.
Storing it
In its amber bottle, upright, away from light and heat. The amber isn't decoration: it blocks the light that degrades the extract. No need for the fridge, and it thickens the oil.
Unsure about your case?
Tell us what's going on and how long it's been, and we'll tell you where to start.