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Originally Posted by v5118lKftfk
If you are taking B6, I suggesting seriously testing and monitoring it.
My doctors gave me a big B6 overdose and made my neuropathy worse.
I have chemo induced PN. Doctors gave me B6 and other B vitamins. I bugged them later to test my values and found it was 11,000 !!! They actually made my neuropathy worse. It has since taken a year for my B6 levels to very slowly come back down and it still isn't near the normal range yet.
So, bug them to get periodically tested and over time you will see trends.
Do not take too much B6, or you may not help your situation.
Natalie
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I tried to find the reference ranges, for B6 testing.
Here is one that goes into detail about lab procedures.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/..._c_met_plp.pdf
This link says upper range to report is 200.
Similar to the B12 range only goes up to 2000 in the US...
I'd get that test repeated. Was it a "serum" report, or a red cell report. There are labs that do vitamin testing only from the cells, and not the serum. The ranges for that may be different.
If you had a plasma (serum) test run on a poorly handled sample where the red cells burst, that could give a factitious (falsely elevated), reading. This often happens with potassium testing.
How much B6 were you taking daily, and for how long?
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