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Couple's NMN or NR check-in sheet: weekly notes and questions for a clinician
For couples where one or both partners try NMN or NR: agree what you are hoping for and when you will review it, keep a short weekly note of energy, sleep and intimacy, and take the questions to an appointment if things do not change.
Agree before starting
- What each of you hopes will change
- A review date
- What would count as worth continuing
- A monthly budget you are both comfortable with
- Who to call about side effects
Who is taking what
Partner taking it, product and amount
Start date and review date
Monthly cost (your own figure)
Each partner's other medicinesincluding hormones, antidepressants and erectile dysfunction medicines
Weekly check-in
Rate energy and sleepiness from 1 (low) to 5 (high). Each partner can keep a column.
| Week | Energy | Average hours of sleep | Daytime sleepiness | Desire and intimacy notes | Anything new or worrying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
What the cited studies measured
- In adults aged 40 to 65 taking NMN, self-rated general health on the SF-36 improved more than on placebo in every NMN group by day 60.[1]
- In a 14-day diary study of 171 women, each extra hour of sleep went with 14% higher odds of partnered sexual activity; this is an association, not an NMN result.[2]
Questions for a clinician
- Could tiredness or low desire have a medical cause worth checking first?
- Do any of our medicines interact with NMN or NR?
- Would a sleep evaluation help, given our sleep notes?
- If neither of us notices a change by the review date, is there a reason to continue?
- Would couples counselling or sex therapy address this better than a supplement?
Sources for the facts on this sheet
- Yi L, Maier AB, Tao R, et al. The efficacy and safety of β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) supplementation in healthy middle-aged adults: a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-dependent clinical trial. Geroscience 2023. PMID 36482258. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36482258/
- Kalmbach DA, Arnedt JT, Pillai V, et al. The impact of sleep on female sexual response and behavior: a pilot study. J Sex Med 2015. PMID 25772315. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25772315/
This sheet records information for a conversation with your prescriber or pharmacist. It does not replace their instructions or the medication's prescribing information.