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severe peripheral neuropathy and vitamin B6

Posted by pain3relief @pain3relief, Feb 9 10:43pm

Hi,
I suffer from severe peripheral neuropathy and have heard that B6 can have an effect on neuropathy.

I take multivitamin and magnesium supplements, that have over 60mg of B6. The RDI is 1.7mg.

Does anyone have any information or references that B6 would be adverse to my condition.

Thanks.

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treetop | @treetop | Feb 12 8:42am
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@treetop

If you’re taking B-6 then you might be doing better by using the P5P form for your PN. Has helped with my feet on fire. Treetop

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50 mg. Treetop

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tprift | @tprift | Feb 12 7:25pm
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@pain3relief

Thanks Ray for the Welcome and your information on B6.

I was diagnosed with severe peripheral neuropathy after years of numbing feet.

My symptoms seemed to worsen after a non explainable seizure. With numbness in my my feet increasing up my legs with terrible pain and what felt like shocks going through my toes.

I was told that nothing could be done but to handle with medication (pregabalin). The pain is getting better with slowly increasing the dosage. I still have poor balance and can’t walk without shoes.

The reason I was looking into B6 because I researched that B6 can increase/worsen symptoms of neuropathy

We had a case here in Australia, where a man was told by his doctor to increase his B6 intake and over time lost the ability to walk. Once the reason was discovered and intake reduced, his slowly started to improve.

I will keep researching and discuss further with my doctor and neurologist(which you only get to see every 3-6 months)

Thanks again, I’m glad I discovered this forum to better understand neuropathy.

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https://understandingb6toxicity.com/

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pain3relief | @pain3relief | Feb 13 1:31am
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50 mg. Treetop

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Hi,
I take bio magnesium for the terrible cramps, which I noticed had B6 in it and multivitamins for general health which also has B6.
This totals over 60mg. It wasn’t until I heard that B6 make cause/impact neuropathy.
I am now researching alternatives. I don’t take B6 by itself.
Thanks.

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tonyde | @tonyde | Feb 15 10:33am

Vitamin B12 with injections helps me with pain, haven't heard anything about B6, pro or con.

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tiberious | @tiberious | Apr 27 5:08pm

Thank you to everyone for your information. I have seizures and peripheral neuropathy due to AIDS that is nontreatable due to my resistance to all the classifications of the drugs, I swim, spin, row everyday and endure the pain but its getting worse. Hopefully cutting the vitamin 6 out might help. I take lots of multi vitamins and Eng C packages throughout the day. Thanks to all and keep moving:)

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sbrown293 | @sbrown293 | Apr 27 7:36pm
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@tiberious

Thank you to everyone for your information. I have seizures and peripheral neuropathy due to AIDS that is nontreatable due to my resistance to all the classifications of the drugs, I swim, spin, row everyday and endure the pain but its getting worse. Hopefully cutting the vitamin 6 out might help. I take lots of multi vitamins and Eng C packages throughout the day. Thanks to all and keep moving:)

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Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I hope you find encouragement from people who have similar experiences.

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tonyde | @tonyde | May 4 9:31am

Let me know how taking vitamin B6 helps. I take vitamin B12 injections and it's done wonders for my neuropathy and no impact on my seizures.

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bigjohnscho | @bigjohnscho | May 5 8:31am

How often do you have the B12 injection

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