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Natural high levels of B12 and B6

Neuropathy | Last Active: Aug 31 6:22pm | Replies (110)

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@ray666

Good morning, Patricia (@patriciaschulz1950) (also @bb0753, @zavantem
I just received my lab results. I was surprised to see B6 is included, but the numbers puzzle me. My level (to my untrained eyes) appears to be off-the-chart: 99.4 (range of 3.4–65.2). The last time my results referenced B6 was 5/3/2021 when my level was a within-range 34.3. What do you think? Should I spend today making sure all of my affairs are in order? ( LOL! How will spend the day is making sure that all of my doctors see these results.) –Ray (@ray666)

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Making sure all your docs see the results sounds like a plan Ray! Not so sure about getting your affairs in order. Hey, you are a guy like me and we have all the time in the world or so we think.
I'm still working on that myself.

A really good source of info on B6 if you haven't already seen it:
--- Linus Pauling Institute » Micronutrient Information Center: Vitamin B6:
https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-B6

The supplement you have been taking included b6 isn't that right? If so this is the cause for high numbers.

Mine was 357 in July, waiting for results from Tuesday. Don't know what to make of all this. I did not have burning for awhile, but it is coming back and walking is getting difficult. Doctors are at a loss except for possible spine surgery. Yikes! Let's hang in there!!

Hi Ray,
Just noticed a comment by you or someone about the confusion surrounding B6. So, I looked at my first (and only at this point B6) lab report. It was for Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate which is the form of B6 in EB-N3-5 from EMB Medical. My reading was 357.7 with normal ranges from 20 to a high of 125. So I was really off the chart. Hence, I never started the EBM product. Your labs are substantially different, and I suspect not for Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate, but for Pyroxidine HCL which unfortunately I self-ordered for my pending test, not knowing the difference; your labs may be fine. But it will be interesting to see what my new reading says in any case. The first test was over $400 and Medicare would not pay for it, so I thought I would game the system at $69 by ordering it myself from Direct Labs (Quest). This is a situation where it appears neither we the patients nor the doctors know a whole lot, except that too much B6 is neurotoxic -- most agree on that, but not the form of it and how one has high readings; indeed, is it another medical issue altogether? In the meantime, we suffer. BTW, my zip code is 80134!

Frank