Posted by Tomatheus on October 4, 2013, at 1:55:53
In reply to Re: Added High Dose B6..., posted by Tomatheus on October 3, 2013, at 20:07:29
> Christ_empowered,
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> I'm glad to hear that you've been noticing good things from taking high-dose vitamin B6, but please be aware that you're exceeding the FDA's "safe upper limit" of 100 mg of the vitamin. According to Katan (2005), there have been "occasional reports" of vitamin B6 toxicity from patients who were taking 100-300 mg of the vitamin daily. I don't know what the odds are of developing toxicity symptoms at 400 mg of vitamin B6, but I tend to think that the dose is likely unsafe if toxicity reports have come in from patients taking 100-300 mg of the vitamin.
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> I hate to be a bummer and to tell you that what you're doing might not be safe, but I would think twice (or at least check things over with a qualified health professional) before continuing on with your current dose of vitamin B6.
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> T.
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> REFERENCE
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> Katan, M.B. (2005). How much B6 is toxic? [Article in Dutch]. Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde, 149, 2545-2546. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16320662
>Actually, I don't know if it's the FDA or the Institute of Medicine that set the safe upper limit for vitamin B6 (I tend to think it's the latter), but I do know that the safe upper limit of the vitamin in the U.S. is 100 mg.
T.
Conditions:
* chronic fatigue, hypersomnia, and related symptoms
* schizoaffective disorderTaking Abilify, niacin, vit. D
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