Any recommendations for a Multivitamin with low or no B6?
Hello. My latest two vitamin B6 lab results (24 hours without my supplement) showed my B6 is abnormally high; double what it should be! I didn't realize I've been taking 50mg. in my Max Potency Multivitamin/Mineral supplement. I need to find an equivalent WITHOUT so much B6 in it. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have a lot of disease in my body besides Neuropathy so need a very good all-around multi-vitamin/mineral supplement b/c I don't eat very much. Thank you so much! Sunnyflower
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That is the only one which I have found also. Desert Harvest makes it because they deal with IC/BPS patients and we are sensitive to B6.
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1 ReactionPreservision Areds2, the version with Multivitamin has No B6 and is OTC.
@bckgeo47 when I looked up that label it says it has 1mg b6. Not a huge amount but it does seem to have b6.
Just diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy ,tingling, a numbness in my legs at times, did a blood test,b six toxicity. Early Lyme disease,,prediabetic. looking for a multivitamin without b6.
I did not take any multi vitamin for several years because my new neurology diagnosed B6 toxicity. I recently started One a Day 64+. The Solgar vitamins I was taking were high in B6 and B12. When I stopped taking them the pins and needles became worse.
@russbride, welcome. I moved your question about a multivitamin wihtout B6 to this existing discussion, where you can connect with others and read their recommendations:
- Any recommendations for a Multivitamin with low or no B6? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/best-max-potency-multivitaminmineral-with-low-b6/
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Here are links to two articles on this issue that I found informative and that had been sent to me three years ago by a Connect moderator:
--- What is the Difference Between Pyridoxal 5 Phosphate and Pyridoxine Hydrochloride: https://www.differencebetween.com/what-is-the-difference-between-pyridoxal-5-phosphate-and-pyridoxine-hydrochloride/
--- The vitamin B6 paradox: Supplementation with high concentrations of pyridoxine leads to decreased vitamin B6 function: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28716455/
Best wishes,
Ray (@ray666)
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Here is information from a post on Inspire:
https://www.inspire.com/m/Kathleen1314/journal/7f0d66-b-vitamin-complex-without-b6/
Bvitamin complexs without b6 are difficult to find. Here are three which I did find. One is a multivitamin, one from desert harvest aimed at IC/BPS patients to avoid bladder irritation, one that has all all B vit levels at 50% of RDA which I like the thought of doing.
Desert Harvest:
https://desertharvest.com/products/b-complex-without-b6-90-capsules
B6TSmart, I like this one because the doses are smaller:
https://understandingb6toxicity.com/products/b6t-smart-b-complex-without-b6/
ICNetwork, multivitamin with Bvitamins:
https://www.icnsales.com/bladder-smart-low-acid-multivitamin-one-time-purchase.html
Be careful with any supplement and especially with bvitamins. While most B vitamins are safe in recommended doses, excessive supplemental intake of certain types, particularly niacin (B3) and folic acid (B9), may lead to adverse health effects.
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1 ReactionI am speaking of my experience, not a pro. I have used the P5P version of B6 as a supplement to aid metabolism. It is usually the synthetics that lead to toxicity. Both a deficiency or excess of B6 can cause polyneuropathy—that is where P5P shines.
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2 ReactionsI am able to second what @dckuke says, also from experience and not as a medical person: I have been using P5P for going on three years, with no ill effects, most encouragingly, with no measurable worsening of my PN-induced problematic balance. The P5P was first prescribed for me by my neurologist in the form of a "medicinal food" called EB-N5. I now use a modified formulation, still with P5P, called EB-M8. –Ray (@ray666)
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