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Originally Posted by glenntaj
--methylcobalamin has been shown to be particularly neuroprotective; it is involved in many of the enzymatic reactions that allow fatty acids to be formed into myelin sheathing. It also may be protective of the biology of the nerve fibers--the axons--themselves.
B12 is not the only vitamin in the B family that is needed for proper nerve functioning--deficiencies of B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), and B6 (pyridoxine) have also been associated with peripheral nerve dysfunction, so a good B-complex is indicated, although one wants to limit megadosing of B6, which can also cause neuropathic symptoms in some people.
Many of us with neuropathies, but without known B vitamin deficiencies, nevertheless think it prudent to take considerably greater doses of B-vitamins than delineated in the USDA minimums; it just makes sense that those with nerve damage, from whatever source, need considerably greater amounts of them for maintenance/repair.
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Hi, I am taking a normal B-complex, its not particularly strong, I also bought some jarrow formula's B-right from iherb but as I said in earlier post it seems to make the tingling im my feet worse and I was only taking 1 a day, no-one can quite understand how it would do that but I also had the same problem a while back trying a b-100 complex. The normal strength b-complex that I am taking at the moment only has 10mg of b6 , the b-right has 25 mg of b6 + 10 mg of b6 p5p so maybe its that,that is causing the intensified tingling sensations... I am not sure if I am getting enough b vitamins through the normal b-complex ,I guess the only way to get more is to buy each b vitamin separately,avoiding any high dose of b6 unless any other b vitamin could be the cause...