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I am living in the south of the netherlands and had for about two month a strange phenomena 'tingling hands', mentioned to my GP and he asked for a blood test; result was 'vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) too high ' (in the netherlands limits 59 - 179 nmol/l) in my case 308 nmol/l so the obvious reason was the B6.
He asked me if i was using supplements , and nearly forgot the Nutrof , a supplement for a possible Macula preventive treatment - never thought about this containing vitamin B6.
So i stopped immediately , but even after 2 month i still have tingling hands ; what i saw in different discussions that it could take very long to get rid of this nasty problem. Is this normally the case ? Even over 6 month to years ? Is there something can be done to speed the process a bit or to handle it better.
Thanks for any info.
Henk

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Hello Henk @tys, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You may be interested in a post I shared in another discussion here on Connect -- B-6 vitamin danger: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/b-6-vitamin-danger/ where I posted the following information:

Livestrong.com – How to Lower B6
https://www.livestrong.com/article/522968-how-to-lower-b6/

Detox From Dangerous Supplements and B6 Toxicity
http://www.drorestesg.com/blog/detox-from-dangerous-supplements-and-b6-toxicity-

Linus Pauling Institute » Micronutrient Information Center B6
— Food sources of B6: https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-B6#food-sources
— Fact Sheet for Consumers: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB6-Consumer/

I have no medical training or background but think it probably didn't happen overnight so it will take awhile for the B6 levels to return to normal. Here is another good site for an explanation:

B6 section it explains -- too much or too little gives neuropathy
-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199287/

You mentioned it's only been 2 months since you stopped taking the supplement. Are you taking another other supplement like a daily vitamin?