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Side Effects Of Vitamin B6

Health Encyclopedia: Vitamin B6

Alternative Names

Pyridoxine

Side Effects

Large doses of vitamin B6 can cause neurological disorders and numbness. Deficiency of this vitamin can cause mouth and tongue sores, irritability, confusion, and depression. (Vitamin B6 deficiency is not common in the United States.)

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Expert & Community Posts

Heart Disease - Do you need to supplement L-Carnitine?

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...for prevention. While there are no known side effects from supplementing L-carnitine, always... Read more »

My Neuropathy

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... Then he worked down my legs to my feet with the side of a pin. Again, my feet I had no... Read more »

Take Vitamin B-complex, C and E for High Blood Pressure

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...taken in excess of the RDI has no known negative side effects. Patients under medication of... Read more »

Study Shows B Vitamin Deficiencies Contribute to Memory Disorder

By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

...examine the metabolic, cognitive, and microvascular effects of dietary B-vitamin deficiency." ... Read more »

Study Shows Intravenous Nutrient Therapy Improves Fibromyalgia Symptoms

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...or lasting resolution of pain or fatigue. No side effects were reported.Additional IVMT Notes... Read more »

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Alzheimer's Disease -- Treatment and Research

...is approved for use in moderate to severe forms of the disease, although it is also limited in its effects.Also, some medicines may help control behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease such as... Read more »

Painful menstrual periods

...supplements, especially if your pain is from PMS. Keep your legs elevated while lying down. Or lie on your side with knees bent. If these self-care measures do not work, your doctor may... Read more »

Premenstrual Syndrome: Treatment

...to abuse. Newer antianxiety drugs, notably buspirone (BuSpar), may work better and have fewer side effects.Diuretics may help women with severe fluid retention.Bromocriptine is a drug used for... Read more »

Parkinson's Disease: Lifestyle Changes

...Oil. Omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in oily fish, are proving to have powerful anti-inflammatory effects and may also be nerve protective. Click the icon to see an image of foods that... Read more »

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Medications

BiDil Oral Precautions and Side Effects

...(EYE-soe-SOR-bide dye-NYE-trate/hye-DRAL-a-zeen) Side Effects Headache, dizziness,... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking B vitamins and folic acid may not do much to help patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous research has... Read summary »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There was hope that vitamin B could be beneficial in preventing the cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients, but a new study... Read summary »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- An estimated one-third of adults in the United States currently take a multivitamin containing folic acid, vitamin B6 and B12,... Read summary »

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